Day Two was significantly better! Once again I turned to the River2River festival to find entertainment, and I found it in the form of a free concert down at the South Street Seaport, featuring an opening act called Die Die Die (a punk band from New Zealand), and Wire (probably one of the most influential British punk/rock bands over the past 30 years). Let it be known: I was going to see Wire. I was not going to see Die Die Die. This is important to know, lest I be associated with actually enjoying Die Die Die as a band. This is incorrect. Die Die Die....has some interesting songs and some alright compositions....but the talent isn't exactly...there. The vocals were pretty hideous. I chalk part of it up, of course, to nerves and such. I will say that I loved the bassist, though. Lachlan Anderson? He's kinda cute. And kind of awesome with the bass. Yeah. But seriously. They had this song ...that I can assume is titled "Attitude"...I'm assuming this because the majority of the song was Andrew shrieking out "ay tee tee aye tee you dee Eee!"...which can get pretty fucking annoying when his voice can't be withstood.
Finally Wire played and they were AMAZING. It's probably my favorite thing to do: watch rock stars who've been goin' at it for 30 years STILL rocking the fuckin house. Colin Newman is INCREDIBLE and Lewis is kinda creepy and kinda the awesomest person in the world. Not only that, but they had Margaret McGinnis with them on rhythm guitar. They had a girl with them! Do you know how many points that upped them? a LOT.
Anyway, the bands were not the only part of the experience, of course. The crowd was, as expected, pretty interesting. I think the best part was seeing all these east coast punk kids mixed in with west coast punk kids, mixed in with people like me who don't wholly adapt themselves to it, mixed in with some CUNY Professors with their grey hair, dockers, and Bill Blass shirts. Seriously. Hilarious. This is why I love New York.
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