Stuart greets his public. Pics by Rob, more below.

​Belle and Sebastian/Teenage Fanclub
East River State Park
Thursday, September 30

"Make me dance/I want to surrender," croons Stuart Murdoch, doing both, actually, as "I Didn't See It Coming" winds down to inaugurate Belle and Sebastian's 20-song set, which just an hour ago seemed doomed to be a quasi-hurricane-addled washout, but was in fact addled by nary a drop. "Oh, what a great job," he adds as applause overtakes him; soon he is tossing band-autographed footballs (American footballs!) into the crowd. For children 12 and under, he specifies. That, indeed, is a pretty good job.

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​Right now, there is not just a flood watch but also a high surf advisory and a high wind warning in effect for Brooklyn this evening, where Belle & Sebastian are scheduled to perform on the Williamsburg Waterfront. Their set starts at 8:15 p.m 8 p.m.; it is virtually a guarantee that it will be raining heavily by 9, if not long before then. But at the moment, Open Space Alliance for North Brooklyn is maintaining that the show will go on:

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