Jeffrey Lewis and “Sal’s Pizza”
A few years ago, reports the Guardian, Jeffrey Lewis (pictured) wrote a song called “Sal’s Pizza Has Sold Out to the Yuppie Scum,” in which he complained about the rising cost of takeout in the East Village. New York’s “anti-folk” scene had by then grown too big for squat parties and moved to the Sidewalk Cafe on Avenue A, and although Lewis was the main draw at open mic nights there (alongside the Moldy Peaches), the extra 50 cents for a cheese slice was more than he could take.
