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Latin Goes Ska (With The Skatalites & Los Pinguos)
07/29/08 at 03:40 PM by allhourcymbals | Woke up in the morning, realized I had another 3 hours to wake up... and stayed awake and posted on AP until it was time to leave. I was exhausted. Walked out my door... realized I was about to see one of the greatest ska bands in the world, alone. Called a few people up and found someone to come! So we headed to Brooklyn, and on the bridge over there, there was a terrible accident. Guy's car (about 4 cars in front of us) was totalled. He cut someone off, and the car he cut off slammed into the back of him and spun around on the bridge about 2 full times. It was crazy. We carefully continued into Brooklyn after that... after the shock wore off, we hopped on the train, and made our way to Central Park. On the way to Summerstage, there was this band playing at this other stage within the park, Neon Swing. They were pretty awesome. It was like... ska fusion swing. Awesome. So we get to Summerstage, and it's pouring... pouring... lightning... raining a little... then Los Pinguos went on. They were brilliant, and played to the weather with some rainy day songs. All spanish music, from Argentina! They were absolutely great. Skatalites were next... played Occupation and Guns of Navarrone, which absolutely blew me away. Played the rest of their tunes, and went out with a bang. It was amazing. Taj was up next, but didn't seem.. completely there the whole time. He was great, and put on a great show, but I expected a little more after seeing the Skatalites' set I suppose. After the show, I stuck around for a little and got to talk to Cedric (sax - skatalites), who asked me, "You know you're gorgeous, baby, right?" Hahah, tried to get a picture with him but he wouldn't stop looking, and then I started cracking up when he kept complimenting me (Yeah, I'm a retard), and when he finally turned to smile for the camera, I was about to burst out into laughter again. He was really cool, but they were in a hurry so the conversation didn't last long. But Fidel Castro... spoke to him for about 20 minutes. He told me about Jamaica and his house there, and the land (and Jesus), and then his house in Long Island, and how he's danced for really important/famous people before. He was wonderful during the show too, with the craziest moves! Haha, then I ended up running into him a few tmes after that, and he kept saying hello and threw out his fist for one of those "pound it" things, which I haven't seen anyone do in years hahaha. He's a really interesting guy to talk to, and I wish I had more time to listen to what he had to say. Took the train back to Brooklyn, dropped my friend off, and then got home. Nothing too interesting like last time haha, but the show... undoubtedly the best show I've seen yet. If you ever get a chance to see the Skatalites, you better.. let me know so I can come hahah. Pictures & Video!
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