Blackthoughts
Summer evenings are perfect for outdoor concerts and Central Park is pretty even in that respect as a venue. Wisely over the warm months there is pretty much an event a night and this night it was The Roots supported by De La Soul and who really cares, some guy in a mask who I'd never heard of and couldn't understand.
When buying tickets on ticketmaster you get through all the selection process and then are confronted with a convenience charge, in this case $7 which for a $30 ticket seems pretty steep, with no explanation as to what greater features in the way of ease this money might bring. these were my less than complimentary thoughts while buying the tickets and were quickly forgotten as merely one of the inconveniences of life but were soon rushed back into the forefront of my mind by the 45 minute queue for the Will Call booth, you would think that $7x5000 people could pay for more than two poor sods to deal with distribution.
Thankfully the bill lived up to its pretty fearful reputation with De La taking us on a trip back through the annals of hip hop for which they have been blazing a trail for most of the others to follow. Very cool seeing them joined by Mos Def, the Black Sheep and a raft of others who didn't mean anything to me.
The Roots as always were more than excellent during their more than two hour set. I don't know how Questlove does it keeping a continually excellent beat going pretty much non stop over this marathon. Truly a pleasure to watch him in action, hard to single him out though with truly excellent musicianship from all involved.
When buying tickets on ticketmaster you get through all the selection process and then are confronted with a convenience charge, in this case $7 which for a $30 ticket seems pretty steep, with no explanation as to what greater features in the way of ease this money might bring. these were my less than complimentary thoughts while buying the tickets and were quickly forgotten as merely one of the inconveniences of life but were soon rushed back into the forefront of my mind by the 45 minute queue for the Will Call booth, you would think that $7x5000 people could pay for more than two poor sods to deal with distribution.
Thankfully the bill lived up to its pretty fearful reputation with De La taking us on a trip back through the annals of hip hop for which they have been blazing a trail for most of the others to follow. Very cool seeing them joined by Mos Def, the Black Sheep and a raft of others who didn't mean anything to me.
The Roots as always were more than excellent during their more than two hour set. I don't know how Questlove does it keeping a continually excellent beat going pretty much non stop over this marathon. Truly a pleasure to watch him in action, hard to single him out though with truly excellent musicianship from all involved.
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