Diesel's flagship store on Fifth Avenue in New York City is already an iconic fashion address -- and this week, it's a music mecca, too.

"I just hope you invite us back for the victory party!" said Franz Ferdinand's Alex Kapranos at Tuesday night's Barack Rock benefit show at Brooklyn's Music Hall of Williamsburg. And as evidenced by the evening's general ebullience, Obama's Brooklyn contingency expect to have reason to plan that celebratory bash.

Every fantasy you ever had of exploring the resort hotel from Dirty Dancing, every furtive wish that you'd someday get the chance to say hi to J Mascis face-to-face, and every hope that you could wander through a surreal reality for days sans chemical assistance came to life this weekend at Kutsher's Country Club, the once-thriving Catskills resort that hasn't seen a coat of paint since

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