Fencing In Bob Dylan
At last night’s Bob Dylan concert in Prospect Park, the closing night of Celebrate Brooklyn and a benefit for it, too, the last longhaired baby boomers in the borough gathered to listen to the musical icon of their generation sing—though plenty of GenX and GenY-ers showed up as well. Only problem: those who didn’t wish…
At last night’s Bob Dylan concert in Prospect Park, the closing night of Celebrate Brooklyn and a benefit for it, too, the last longhaired baby boomers in the borough gathered to listen to the musical icon of their generation sing—though plenty of GenX and GenY-ers showed up as well. Only problem: those who didn’t wish to swing the $55 for lawn seats or well above a cool hundred for actual chairs found they couldn’t partake of extra-bandshell listening, as so many are accustomed to doing. One reader wrote in to complain about the high fence erected around the venue to prevent glimpses; sound apparently did not travel well beyond it. “Unbelievable: Dylan comes to Brooklyn & everyone who wasn’t in his fan club, a VIP [there were plenty of seats reserved for music biz types], or willing to pay $200+ wound up barely able to hear and completely unable to see the concert, thanks to a tall black fence completely surrounding the bandshell area,” he writes. “Considering that I’ve never seen this sort of setup at Celebrate Brooklyn, I have to ask: Whose idea was this – Dylan’s or Celebrate Brooklyn? Anybody have an answer?” Well, do ya?
Dylan photo by Alan Fleishman
stoned is so 60s and 70s 11217. How about cocktails at Union Hall? I’m not sure if you remember but you were invited once before!!
I think we’re going to have to agree to disagree, Bxgrl. Our communication efforts are not going smoothly and it’s really not worth fighting over.
Let’s call a truce and get stoned just like Bob would want us to do…
Is Biff on vacation???
good lord. i hope 11217 has learned his or her lesson never to contradict bxgrl, and never, ever, to comment about things from, you know, actual experience!
dave- your week is really looking up 🙂
From a fence to keep out those who haven’t paid to a massive conspiracy theory!!! And its only Wednesday!!!
Apparently, this is nothing new. Three other shows had fencing this year. These are paid shows. These shows are huge draws and lots of people would like to attend. This is where “security issues” come into play. I hope everyone is aware that the NYPD has very nearly perfected crowd control, crowd limiting and crowd division.
Sadly, there is a concern that having large amounts of people together will somehow incite a riot or bring about an otherwise chaotic environment. Now I don’t think Feist is going to send anyone up in arms against the man. Bob Dylan should make everybody reflect on excessive sentimentality. The citizens of NYC are slowly being constricted and sublimated in the name of security issues. Watch and see during the West Indies Day Parade (orange, hand-held fencing for starters).
I think some may say that the police were protecting the attendees. I don’t think anyone is thinking that a Prospect Park concert is a good spot for a small or mid-sized explosive. I believe that this is wider effort on the part of the police to create a residual notion amongst the citizenry that trying to gather in large numbers is futile. The NYPD underreported the number of people at the Met Opera that occurred in Prospect Park. By maintaining small crowds it prevents people from developing a sense of unity and strength.
Don’t mistake me. I don’t think people are looking for strength by attending Bob Dylan. I think it is a simple, and slow method of maintaining the idea that large groups won’t form. It won’t be possible to form large groups. People looking for others to join in protest will not be able to find unity and strength in a large group. We have become the “security issues.”
11217- As I said, Adam wasn’t but several other people were (and I wasn’t one of them who commented on what you did) and since you posted that on a public blog, you have nothing to bitch about if anyone- including me, comments (and you used that exact argument about public posting re adam)
Since you don’t read well, let me point out I was not the first to comment about the fence. Let me also point out that your security argument holds no water because they have free concerts (Hello- Celebrate Brooklyn! and how about the recent Bon Jovi concert in CP? Now there was a safety concern and LOOK! No fence)without fences and Bob Dylan is hardly an act that will bring out terrorists. So stuff that argument where it belongs on your own anatomy.
And your sheep mentality argument wasn’t great either- I didn’t say I was right because other people think I am. This is what I said: “Why come after me for agreeing with what several other people have said?” Makes me wonder if english is your first language.
so let’s see- you’re a hypocrite and your arguments are based on a. insult and b. not a very careful reading of my posts. Must mean you’re a wolf in sheeps clothing?
And yeah, I bragged about someone giving me free tickets to an artist I’m lukewarm about at best. Whoopie!
Never mind the people like Dave who talk about his “multiple homes” or Nokilissa’s “we thought it needed 600K in work” so that would have been beyond our 3 million budget or the countless “50K for a kitchen?? are you crazy…are the cabinets from walmart??” or the 100 other things on this blog.
But way to put it all into perspective.
Btw, I don’t mind Dave nor Nokilissa and enjoy them both (and their comments) I’m just sayin’…