Afro Punk Fest @Commodore Barry Park, Aug. 26th

Bestest Boy and I wandered over to near the Brooklyn Navy Yard to Commodore Barry Park, the site of this year's totally free Afro Punk Fest, a two day affair that featured an amazing music line-up on two stages, as well as some amazing skateboarders and bikers, and met up with orange bear @eightrack.  We didn't have too much time there, unfortunately, but managed to catch the wonderfully entertaining Reggie Watts, who dazzled the crowd with his beat-boxing and improvisational stylings despite some technical malfunctions.  I wished we had more than the 40 minutes allotted to his set, but you take what you can get when it's free.  Before Reggie, we also caught a local band called Body Language, who, upon hearing them, I immediately thought they'd be good to spin in the turntable.fm room I help run called Indie While You Work.  And, yeah, I got home and spun some, and the song "Falling Out" went over very well.

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We closed out our afternoon there with watching some of the skateboarders and bikers going up and down the ramps and rails.  I could have easily stayed at the festival for many more hours, but our stomachs were growling, so Bestest Boy and I headed out for some Korean style tacos from Korilla truck and a delicious ginger mango slushie from Kelvin.  Yum.