Daft Punk at Keyspan Park
I just got back from a long weekend which included seeing Daft Punk at Coney Island and camping with my Dad and Grandpa in Old Forge in the Adirondacks.
On Thursday at Noon I jumped on a Jet Blue flight bound for JFK. One hour and one hundred dollars later I was waiting at JFK for my bag. When it showed up, I took the $5 “AirTrain” (see “tram”) to Station D (Jamaica Station) where I caught the LIRR for $5 to Penn Station. I walked a few blocks to meet Carolyn at Bryant Park. We shared a sandwich, watched a fight, and then headed to the Times Square Dream Hostel to check in. It’s a nice (new?) little hostel ~5 blocks from (gasp!) Times Square. The owner, Peter, showed us around and we took off to catch the D line to Coney Island.
While we were waiting in line, I nabbed a $30 American Apparel Alive ’07 shirt and a $3 decal which I think will look nice on the Thinkpad.
We got through the gates a bit before 7pm and found a nice spot against the front barrier under the right stack. Forty five minutes later they pulled a tarp away from a table directly in front of us to reveal three CDJs and a mixer. Much to our delight, these belonged to the openers: Sebastian and Kavinsky.
These guys played for ~1/2hr before The Rapture and for another ~45min afterwards. I liked the second set better – more bangin’ hard house beats (esp. from Sebastian), less experimental bleeps and bloops.
Daft Punk’s performance was Perfect. I think maybe too perfect, but that’s another story.
On Friday morning we grabbed a $1 egg sandwich and headed to MOMA where I was told I couldn’t check my pack because it was too big. We walked for a minute into Central Park (real estate trivia) but then gave up because it was pouring rain.
After parting w/ Carolyn, I caught Amtrak from Penn Station to Utica (torture trivia!) to meet up with my Dad. We drove up to the Cabin for some hiking, boating, and good food.
