Have to say...OUTSTANDING Show
The National!
Yeah Yeah Yeahs!
Vampire Weekend!
Jay-z!
well worth the trip...
and, almost didn't make it out there due to our uncertainty about the weather
"lets just do it," I said to S as we peeked out the window to examine the clouds for the 100th time
life is an adventure, right?! Live on the edge! This was one of my smaller ones...
took the G (a new G train now stops at 7th ave/9th street Park Slope...yippee)! to the R to reach lower Manhattan, then a $25/10 minute ferry ride to Liberty Park (which is technically NJ)
next thing on our agenda... still need to buy tickets!
Security was extremely high (we saw 2 men holding machine guns)
Oh, no are we gonna be able to scalp tickets, as planned??????
whew...scalper gave it to us for $80
started raining a bit and saw someone selling a poncho and asked "how much?" "What??...$10 I said, ""how about 5?" "no...it's 10"
decided not to buy it...why should I pay $10 for a piece of plastic "trash bag"!
continued on our way and finally reached the main stage to see The National play
started pouring...maybe I need a poncho now!
gave S a $20 bill to go on a search for a poncho.
"I went to 3 different places, " he said "The last guy had only 1 left and asked for $20."
Then Vampire Weekend came on...
ANNOUNCEMENT by the lead singer...
"Friday tickets are now being honored for Saturday and Sunday shows now due to the weather!"
REALLY?
Can't be true we thought. Must be a joke!
Miraculously, the rain stopped and the sun started to come out...looked back at the NYC skyline...how beautiful!
"YEAH NJ and NY!" said the Yeah Yeah Yeahs!
saw people dancing in the mud, didn't seem like they cared though, they were just too into the music!
Time for the finale of the night...JAY-Z!
Came out singing the classic Beastie Boys song "No Sleep till Brooklyn".
sang it as a tribute to Beastie Boys band member, Adam Yauch recently diagnosed with cancer and had to cancel their show there
time to take the ferry back to NYC before the crowd
home now...have to shower and wash the mud off my feet...
-J
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