Scene: Man leaves the Arena in New Haven January 1970 after seeing The Carpenters perform an unannounced show. I emerge from the smoke filled cage they call an auditorium onto the stark assembly of brick buildings with faces like a cast of family members who don’t talk to each other anymore. My head still throbbing from the shouts and screams of riled up fans throwing themselves at our local sirens on stage. The only throbbing I feel is in my gut. Damn I’m hungry. This area of downtown still has