Friday Night Video

Friday was a big music night last week: Cult favorite Phish at Keyspan Park in Coney Island and indie scene darling Franz Ferdinand at Volume. We hear that hipsters were close to passing out at Volume, since it was so hot, humid, and crowded (stereogum has a comments thread to complain about concert - except the music), which makes Gothamist glad we are not so hip and just watched broad comedies in an air-conditioned movie theater. But the Phish concert is another matter, if only because we would have liked to have witnessed special guest Jay-Z rapping with Phish backing him. Bold marketing move, Jay-Z, to further widen your audience from urban youth and posturing teenagers to now introduce 21st century hippie types (usually white, from colleges where there's a good amount of greenery) to "Big Pimpin'", Gothamist's favorite song of 2000. Tien, who went to the concert (he also took the photo above), tells us, "I think Jay-Z was the only black person there." Tien also has a .mov file of Jay-Z performing.

MTV review of the Franz Ferdinand concert; NY Times review of the Phish concert.

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By Jen Chung in Arts & Entertainment on June 21, 2004 11:08 AM

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J

'broad comedies' ?

Are they the new chick flicks ?

Dirk

Don't worry mister, you'll still be able to trade tapes of your favorite shows with other Phish-heads. They'll always live on in our hearts.

mister

The world is a much better place thanks to Dirk's comment.

Dirk

The world is a better place with one less jam band in it...

marciaingalls

The Franz review at MTV is not for the Volume show, although I realize details matter little around here!

M

"I think Jay-Z was the only black person there."

there were other "black people" there, and there are "black people" into phish, believe it or not. Of course, it is a small number in context of the scene.

Anyway, not a very original observation/joke(?), Tien.

Hear See NYC

The kd Lang concert at Carnegie Hall on Saturday night deserves a mention. Arguably the greatest voice of our generation performing in one of the greatest concert halls in the world. It was astounding.

astrid

I think it was because they are both retiring.

oliver

Jay-Z with Phish? What the phuck?

saltydog

Jay-Z was the hardest working man in show business this weekend. He was also at the K-Rock DFP8 show at Jones Beach on Saturday. He came out between The Beastie Boys and The Strokes to do "99 Problems". It was a nice treat.