village voice

Date: 10.04.99

Publication: The Village Voice

Article: The Best of NYC – Fastest and Most Reliable

Tubesville’s Blackie Pagano has a thing for all things shiny and silver — the building’s facade glistens like the chrome guts of the tube amps and hi-fi stereo equipment that litter the space inside. Pagano is a rock ’n’ roll nurse, and Tubesville is where he preforms open amp surgery. His patients have included the amps of Lou Reed, Sheryl Crow, and Jon Spencer. Pagano, averages a one-week turnaround, with a trauma unit for 24-hour rush service (at an extra charge).