4th Of July, Battery Park NYC
July 5th, 2008 at 3:24 pm by Gerard
(from Brian Turner‘s Flickr page)
There were really too many highlights to list. But I’ll try, anyway.
* – The Feelies covering “Outdoor Miner”…and absolutely slaying with material from throughout their illustrious career.
* – watching WFMU‘s Brian Turner forced to give props to American Express. File under “Things You Will Probably Never See Again”
* – Sonic Youth - turning old chestnuts “The World Looks Red” and “Making The Nature Scene” inside out. 90+ minutes of selections from across a 27 year span. If you’re one of the folks that paid scalper dough for a ticket, you actually got your money’s worth.
* – some guy wearing a Drazen Petrovic throwback. Had I worn mine, the hair-pulling would’ve been outta control.
* – fantastic blast from the past sightings : See/Hear’s Ted Gottfried, Richard Kern, Ken Katkin, acting/journalism double threat Brad Holbrook.
* – The Staten Island Ferry. Every day, it brings people to at least one location that doesn’t suck.
(OK, Brad Holbrook wasn’t there. But I was just wondering how he chose to celebrate our Nation’s birthday, and if he picked an event other than Sonic Youth and the Feelies, he’s a BAD AMERICAN)
July 5th, 2008 at 5:14 pm
ughhh..i’m really sad i missed this show.
July 5th, 2008 at 8:19 pm
I would say a Ken Katkin sighting is worth the price of the scalped ticket.
July 6th, 2008 at 12:28 pm
i guess people are finally starting to discover st. george.
July 7th, 2008 at 5:34 pm
Staten Island is on the incline. Check out our many quality bands:
the heavenly tenants(playing the knitting factory Tuesday), the great unwashed, kilgore trout is dead, captain ahab and the sea crackens, paragraph, vessels, wahoo skiffle crazies, and many others.
This show was amazing and there were many bearded islanders in attendance.
July 7th, 2008 at 5:40 pm
Gerard, if you really have a Drazen jersey, may I please borrow it?
July 7th, 2008 at 8:12 pm
Tim,
I guess the other Great Unwashed will have to feel great knowing their name & legacy have been ferry-jacked.
What, you guys on Staten island don’t have Google?
July 8th, 2008 at 3:31 pm
Don’t forget about actual poor people from the early 19th century, they were the real originators!
July 9th, 2008 at 10:24 am
Gerard,
Picking on Staten Island seems far too easy a target for a man of your wit and taste. Why don’t you just complain about airplane food while you’re at it?
According to Tom Scharpling, Staten Island ranks higher than the perfect waffle. And while SI’s Great Unwashed are unfortunately named, they do a pretty awesome cover of “Pink Turns to Blue.”
July 9th, 2008 at 10:50 am
PB -
there’s no target too easy for a man of my wit and taste. You oughta know that by know.
p.s. – ever notice that airline food is almost always terrible? what’s up with that?
March 6th, 2009 at 5:23 pm
Jesus Christ The Walls are Melting