Thursday, June 28, 2007
Scared of doing things by your lonesome?
Living in New York will cure such ills. As I posted yesterday, I went to the Siren Festival, held at the famous Coney Island. I went with friends, who decided to jump ship around 3:30 pm. I decided to stay and handle the rest of the festival a la solo, which left me feeling rather empowered, if not a bit tired from standing most of the day.The bands I saw:Deadboy and the Elephant MenThe Rogers SistersCelebrationSerena ManeeshDirty on PurposeThe CribsArt BrutScissor Sisters
Performances from Dirty on Purpose to the Scissor Sisters (in order as listed) were most enjoyable. I would buy their albums (heads up, folks -- emusic. com has albums by Dirty on Purpose and Art Brut, subscribe for a trial period and download them for free) and give these bands a second viewing, or more. Art Brut and Scissor Sisters were the personal highlights of my day. The frontman for Art Brut provided excellent entertainment with his sarcastic commentary. Other performances ranged from okay ... but now I'm bored to horrid, that's horrid, turn it off! *coughs*Celebration*coughs* The latter experience, at its worst, was like attending a bad jam session in someone's garage.To say the least, it was hipster heaven. I was surrounded by young 'uns (and some not so young) who have perfected the art of carelessly messy hair, mismatched clothing, and the pretense of having rolled out of bed just minutes before hopping on the subway to get to the festival. I was overstimulated (*loved it*) and likewise exhausted by all the lack of effort. Riiiiiiiight. Also, people have some really ugly tattoos. And I can say this because I have a really ugly tattoo on my back which I once was so very proud of.In sum: it was fun, lonnnng, and ironically relaxing given that I was enmeshed in a crowd (which I normally hate.) My friend got to ride the cyclone and later drag her boyfriend to the freak show. I chomped on some middle eastern food while watching Deadboy, etc. and was awed by the man who wound his way through a jam packed crowd carrying a huge boa constrictor. He was followed by another guy pulling a carry-on suitcase -- the look, of course, was completed by two very colorful parrots. Friends of the boa's, I presumed.New York....Newyorknewyorknewyork.
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8 comments:
Sounds like you had an awesome day! ;-) I'd love to visit New York some day -- never been ever except in the airport!
Well, let me know when you're in town. I'd be happy to provide a comfortable home away from home. :)
hee! Thank you! Same goes this way, if you ever want to get away from the cold in the winter! It rarely gets below a high of 60 here! :-)
Sounds excellent. Glad you were able to be out on your own. I missed a lot of things cuz I didn't want to go it alone - I don't do that anymore. Nice that you are enjoying yourself.
Mmmmm, sounds like a delicious day! I'm so curious to see Art Brut live. I'll have to catch them next time they're in town. How were the Sisters? I love and adore them so. But you know that already. Glad you had a great time!
Funny thing is, I love to do a lot of things on my own -- including watching movies and restaurant dining. I love to do 'em with friends, too, of course, but there are days when I just want to get lost in the hum and buzz of NY energy without anyone else sitting at the table with me.
The Sisters were FANTASTIC! They were like the cherry on top of the banana split sundae with extra fudge and nuts ... oh, damn, ice cream. They rocked right next to the Cyclone and there was a little bit of funny commentary about how 6 people have died since it was built, which was followed by: do you really want to ride that thing? My GF took 2 spins on it by herself since me and her BF were being wanky and old-like. ;)
Wonderful! So glad you had fun and got to see lots of good music. I saw photos of Jake stripped down to his undies onstage somewhere today. God bless the Sisters!
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