I don't think this family act is part of the official "Music Under New York" series, but they set the Times Square subway station ablaze with some amazing drumming. Sort of a low-rent version of "Stomp."

The Music Under New York series continues. This shot—like the violinist several months ago—is at Grand Central Station. Brenna Bavis (vocals) and Cary DeNigris (guitar) work on “(Baby, You Can) Drive My Car,” a Beatles song from Rubber Soul, circa 1965.

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We had a heck of a time finding it, but the statue commemorating "the kiss" at the VJ-Day celebration in Times Square, is temporarily at 44th and Broadway in New York. The statue, created by J. Seward Johnson replicated the Eisenstadt picture that appeared in Life magazine in 1945. The woman in the kiss--Edith Shain--was on hand a few days ago for the unveiling.

At 1:30 this Sunday, to honor the men and women of the armed forces, there will be a "Pucker Up for Peace"  kiss-in at the site of the statue.

After the guitar smashing, the crowd swelled in front of the Hard Rock Café. Some folks said that Bruce Springsteen was leaving the building, but it was Little Steven (aka Steve Van Zandt) standing in front doing some obligatory interviews. Like millions of others, I know Van Zandt as Silvio Dante from The Sopranos.

We were wandering through Times Square-actually in search of the new “Unconditional Surrender” statue-- and we came across a special event to honor to soon-to-open Hard Rock Café. We witnessed the “great guitar smash off” held above the café and on street level. After the smashing, everyone scrambled for a guitar piece; my intrepid wife wound up with a few small souvenirs.

The other afternoon, we took the “S” shuttle that runs from Times Square to Grand Central Station. Our destination was the Grand Central Oyster Bar for lunch. We sat at the counter and feasted on all manner of shellfish, grabbing a quick clip of the master chowder-maker at work. The light is a little dim, but it’s a fun shot.