Free music continues to fall upon New York this summer, enriching the lives of people throughout the several boroughs. In the past week I was fortunate enough to catch the NY Philharmonic’s Central Park performance of some Mozart and Beethoven’s 7th Symphony. Friday I ushered a visiting sister down to South Street Seaport to see Superchunk, part of a River to River series of free concerts. Although the North Carolina-based band dispassionately played a string of repetitive power-chord songs, it was good energy. Yesterday’s annual Siren Music Festival in Coney Island was a blast, blast, blast.
I’m so glad I headed on down in time for the final act. Brandishing my reporter’s notebook and pen I told the first security guy I saw that I needed to get into the front section because I write for a blog. He chuckled and told me to tell his boss what I told him, and I repeated it. He looked me in the eye, realized I was telling the truth and yet full of b.s., and he let me through. So, to affirm the honesty of my request, I will recall what I can of the set.
Photos I snagged from the Flickr user phq200.
