I arrive at Neal Mello, a cozy, rustic, horse stable-chic
vintage shop on Grand Street (in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, several
blocks east of the BQE), to find Rob Lowe crouched behind an
open laptop. “Dead Plane” from No Age’s Weirdo Rippers (Fat Cat,
2007) is playing on the computer’s modest speakers, and it’s
just at the part of the song where the filtered guitar emulates
an airplane taking off. (More …)