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(TV) Re: Television in Central Park
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- Subject: (TV) Re: Television in Central Park
- From: Michael Mantra <michaelmantra200x@yahoo.com>
- Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2007 08:31:33 -0700 (PDT)
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I came up from Philadelphia to attend the concert and it was a very enjoyable day...It was
interesting travelling around the 'post 9-11' politically correct NYC...Central Park was amazingly clean, and the concert was pretty well organized, although I didn't like the idea
of the Summer Stage organization having a horde of teenagers outside the so-called 'free
concert' begging people for money to ostensibly 'keep the music' going...there were about
20-30 corporate sponsors for the event...let them pay the money, as they milk us for out-
rageous profits for their products that are mostly made overseas, thereby dewstroying our
economy...also, Mayor Bloomberg is a multi-billionaire, and is touch w/all the big money
in the city...let them contribute something to the cultural life of NY, and do it without con-
cern for their fat wallets...
As far as the concert, the first band was a kind of Funkadelic/Rap fusion that was interesting, although their frontman/rapper stunk...good rythmn section...the second band,
'Apples in Stereo' were like the Archies, bubble-gum, with a slightly obnoxious bald-headed
40-ish guy singing lead...it rained all during their set, and they overstayed their welcome.
Television were excellent...Tom Verlaine came out, complained about the sound system
and the '$8 million venue where they can't get the sound right' and then hit the nail on the
head...he said 'you know, this city has so much money, but without the people it's NOTHING!'...right on...I say Television back in 2003 in Philly w/Lloyd, and they were great
that night, playing rock w/the sensitivity of a jazz group...in Central Park, with the great
Smith & Ficca on bass and drums, Jimmy Ripp gave Tom Verlaine his 'head', and Verlaine
showed what he could really do on guitar...w/Lloyd there is a certain tension happening
that makes Verlaine back off a bit...but in Central Park, Verlaine really showed off his chops, going from Middle-Eastern drones to extended psychedlic surf-guitar, to almost
Mahler/classical crescendi on 'Marquee Moon'...the more open-ended nature of their newer
material was well-suited to this new lineup, and, again Smith & Ficca are top-drawer...it
certainly was Television, a new more organic & mature version...there's a lot more I could
say but, all in all it was a beautiful concert.............Michael Mantra
Tom Miller <blackmonk@msn.com> wrote:
The entire things is supposed to run from 3-6, but does anyone have an idea
when Television would actually go on? I have a family thing in the
afternoon, so 3 or 4 would be impossible for me, but if they went on at 5, I
might have a chance of seeing most of their set.
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