Live Article – NY Times “Everyone Out of the Pool (Musicians and Hipsters, That Means You.)
September 1st, 2008 - by Eddie
* Photo by the NY Times and during McCarren’s final show with Sonic Youth
It’s Monday, Labor Day, and I’m enjoying some of life’s rarest moments: a morning with a decent breakfast, time with the Wii Fit, and a clear head that only comes from a full day of boozing and playing horseshoes. But the day off from the day job also offers me time to sit back and indulge in the New York Times, something I almost never get to do during the week.
Today, in the arts section, I came upon a story about McCarren Pool, the outdoor music venue in Brooklyn that enjoyed a brief 3-year run as a place to see free indie-rock shows in the confines of an enormous pool, larger than four Olympic-sized pools combined.
The pool’s last show was this past Saturday, where Sonic Youth played to a varied audience, complete with hipsters and 50-year-old fans of the band. Eventually, the area will be converted back to what it was, a place for swimmers.
Is it possible the recent heroics of Michael Phelps pushed this project along? Probably not. There’s been a long discussion about the space and recently, even before the Olympics, NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg pledged $50 Million to the project.
And while many of the residents applaud the project and say they’d rather have the pool than the venue, it strikes an interesting chord for music fans hungry for something different than the smokey, crowded club with bad acoustics and spotty lighting.
There has to be more venues like McCarren Pool, a place for people to gather freely in wide open spaces and not be forced to lean up against a wall. And in a land of soaring concert ticket prices, a free show with a decent band is increasingly hard to come by.
But I have faith. Music always finds a way. There will be more McCarren Pools, you just have to search around the dark corners of your neighborhood to find it, like a junkie determined to find crack from the last dealer in town.
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