In an open letter to Open Space Alliance, a Williamsburg Waterfront resident is reporting blatant drug abuse outside last weekend’s Widespread Panic show. Despite her attempt at calling police attention to the “hundreds of people” gathering around nitrous oxide balloon sellers, the “lawless drug nightmare” continued unabated.
Although no arrests were made, police found three empty nitrous oxide containers and are allegedly investigating. According to The Brooklyn Paper, while this was the first instance of nitrous oxide abuse officers discovered at the Waterfront series, residents have complained of similar incidents outside Brooklyn Bowl six months ago.
Need visuals? Watch part one of the concerned resident’s nine-part “post-concert drug orgy mob nightmare” video series below:
Luckily, locals will get a small reprieve from all that merrymakin’ after Fleet Foxes and The Walkmen close out the 2011 Waterfront series this Saturday, September 24.
Sorry priced-out Manhattan folks at The Edge. Gothamist reports receipt of the new Williamsburg zip code divide, and the luxury condos will be among those forced to adopt the new 11249.
The zipcode change spans Bedford Avenue to the waterfront.
The rest of us can still claim the uber-hip original gangsta 11211. Represent, yo.
Welp, we already knew that the Jelly parties were not returning to the Waterfront this summer. But yesterday the internet was blowing up trying to determine the fate of East River State Park concerts as a whole. Two nights ago at a community board meeting, a consensus was reached that the community does not want the concerts in their hood. According to Brooklyn 365:
What came up was the waterfront concert series held at the Williamsburg Waterfront / East River State Park and the cluster-fuck it causes every Saturday and Sunday. The throngs of people ebbing and flowing and the VERY loud music being pumped through the sound stage were the biggest issue and as such, the board voted to ban the waterfront concert series at East River State Park (Williamsburg Waterfront).
But apparently, according to the Open Space Alliance, the organization putting on the shows at the Waterferont, there will still be events held at the location. This summer will see 10 ticketed and five free concerts at the park, all yet to be announced, but definitely not Jelly’s Pool Parties.
I am exhausted by this back and forth. And in addition to the waterfront shows, there is also that new 5,000-person show space being worked on at McCarren Park, where Beirut will be playing for Northside Festival in June. For more info on that, head over to BrooklynVegan.
Pavement played the first of many NYC reunion shows last night on the Williamsburg Waterfront, and Big Ass Lens was there to capture and document the experience. The band played material spanning their entire career, including “Unfair”, the video above. Lots more footage, including a 4 song mega mix, and review of the show over at Big Ass Lens.
We hear the guests are “super special” but still have no idea who will be closing out the summer. For now, we’re looking forward to Delorean! We’ll keep you posted on twitter.
Jen C. and John over at Gothamist are hot on the trail of reports that Jelly, unwitting overlords of the over-enforced Pool Parties, will soon be announcing another summer concert series on the Williamsburg waterfront.
This one will be a bit smaller, more homemade, and hopefully less-crowded than the weekly shows at East River State Park, which will of course continue on towards oblivion until OSA or the new neighbors swallow them alive.
We were told that the series will occur on “six Saturdays over the next three months at a brand new outdoor venue in Williamsburg that will include the long-awaited return of the Slip n’ Slide!” All shows will be free, beers will be cheap (Six Point is a sponsor), and lineups will be announced next week.
Jelly confirmed that the venue will be in South Williamsburg but not on the water, as John initially speculated. Hm! Where, oh where, will my Jelly be?
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We get about three emails a day asking if there is any other place outside the demon lairs of Ticketmaster to buy tickets to the Open Space Alliance’s concerts at the Williamsburg Waterfront. After deleting them for weeks or responding, “We’re a blog goddamnit. We don’t know,” I decided to ask somebody.
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Beloved twee-pop cult heroes Belle and Sebastian haven’t played a show on American soil since 2006. But this fall, the Matablog reports that the band will breeze through North American venues on a way-too-brief tour that’ll include a pair of Mexican dates.
This announcement comes on the heels of news that the band is back at work, writing songs in Glasgow and recording in Los Angeles. According to a Friday news update on the band’s site, they’re currently in “the final stages” of recording a new album. They’ll also tour through Europe and Asia in the coming months, and also promise some UK dates and “a trip to South America” before year’s end. And they’ll curate and headline the Bowlie 2 festival, which takes over Butlins in Minehead, England December 10-12. Taking twee global!
