A couple weeks ago we bought tickets to go one of the Summer Concert Series at Governors Island, which is a tiny 2 mile island right off the south end of Manhattan. The concert was Paul Van Dyk, who is the number one Electronic Dance Music DJ in the WORLD!
For my readers who don't keep up on electronic music, you all would best think of this as a techno concert. FYI, the term "techno" stopped being used about a decade ago, and now it is described in different genres. Paul Van Dyk plays Trance music. Other DJs play different styles, such as House, Drum Base (Tribal), Progressive, to name a few. Then there are all different types within each genre; House can be Deep House, Acid House, Electro House, etc, which is how those of us who are into electronic music decide which genre and DJ we like. Paul Van Dyk (commonly called just PVD) plays kind of a combo of Trance and Progressive House.
There is your Electronic Music lesson for the day!
So anyway, we took the ferry over to the concert, and it was amazing! Here are some pictures:
In line for the ferry
On the ferry to Governors Island
View from the Island looking back to Manhattan- so beautiful!
We had VIP tickets so we were able to stand in an area elevated away from the main crowd (thank goodness! I'm getting to old to be in that mess!) so we were very close and had a great view!
PVD played a 6 hour set, but we only stayed for about 4 1/2 hours. I guess I'm getting old because I started to get tired after standing and dancing for that long, and we were both hungry. After the concert we went to a late 12:30 am dinner at a nice upscale Mexican restaurant, which is another great thing about NYC! At home the only options to eat at that time of night is fast food-gross!
We shared:
-Beer Braised beef tongue taco (yes, I said tongue!)
-Fried Cod taco
-Short Rib Burger
And it was all delicious! After a great night we went to bed.
I'll end this post with a PVD video (I took 19 videos- no wonder my phone died!)
Hope you enjoy!
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