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yawn list with a brawn twist July 10, 2008

Feist rocked Prospect Park

As tiring as it is to hear how much someone likes Feist, the woman’s got the rock and roll. I wasn’t at the show at Prospect Park, but I’ve been told it was an absolute fulfillment. The loyal Baird brothers are still hanging tight, and the dangling beads of light we saw last has been ditched in favor of beautiful paper cutout shadow animations. According to one security guard, the turnout ran in the 6000’s, the truth of which depends on his counting abilities, but that is what he claimed. And for whatever reason, despite the weather forecast that rightly predicted it would pour, umbrellas were not allowed inside! A man who skateboarded to the show wasn’t allowed to enter with his skateboard either. A woman tried to hide her green umbrella amongst the leaves of a tree, giving up on the strategy eventually. Ticketed shows at the Bandshell can come with bitchy rules, as I’ve learnt in the past. Videos coming next posted below, take the jump for all photos, taken by Kashish.

Update: several rebellious encounters occurred with the security guards over the issue of said umbrellas. Some of my friends pointed out to them that many people had sneaked in umbrellas, so they haughtily picked theirs up from what the security had amassed and walked back in.

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concert review July 2, 2007

Malajube, The Stills, Sam Roberts played Prospect Park

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Three bands from Montreal – Malajube, Sam Roberts Band and The Stills – played Prospect Park’s Celebrate Brooklyn series on the occassion of Canada Day. Out of all outdoor venues this summer, Prospect Park’s Bandhsell is perhaps the classiest (as reflected by the bill, which includes fine orchestras and jazz acts). Enclosed by lush trees, there’s plenty of shade, but most worth noting is the superior quality of sound. Rows and rows of chairs, however, (and a half-empty “members only” area in front of the stage) can seem awkward when a band like Malajube is playing- sitting and Malajube just don’t go together. But the patch of cool grass at the back is quite spacious, and by the time the Stills came on and evening turned into night, there was more getting up and dancing.

More after the jump.

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