Whatever show this was, it didn't make the list, remarkably. Pic by Rebecca Smeyne.

​Shea Stadium has been one of Brooklyn's finer DIY-type venues since opening in April 2009 -- after a quick move from Debevoise Avenue over to its current home at 20 Meadow Street (neighbor issues, alas), the spot has hosted hundreds of oft-chaotic rock shows that now live on as high-quality bootlegs in the fantastic Live at Shea Stadium archive overseen by venue owner/founder/soundman Adam Reich. "Recording (and eventually releasing the shows) was the original concept behind starting the space in the first place," he explains. "At first I was thinking about opening a more traditional studio, but I wanted to do something different with it. Something a little more exciting and interactive." And daunting, too -- it's tough to know where to start. So we asked Reich to pick his 10 favorites; after struggling with it a bit ("it's like picking your favorite child!), here's what he came up with.

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all photos Sam Horine

Chuck Schumer with the JellyNYC gang, Sarah Hooper and Alexander Kane. Full gallery from Sunday's first Pool Party here.

The line-up announcement for this season's slew of Jelly NYC Pool Parties wasn't quite as mercilessly drawn out as Big Boi's solo record, but it certainly felt that way. Then, after breathless internet speculation and even a leaked fake schedule was passed around as the real thing, word went out a week and a half ago that not only this year East River Park would be hosting seven free, rain or shine, Sunday-afternoon shows, but that the first Pool Party would be in merely nine days, on July 11. And so yesterday, the Williamsburg Waterfront filled up dutifully to watch Xiu Xiu and Deerhoof cover Joy Division's Unknown Pleasures, Why?, Fang Island, and a girl in a fat suit. Such familiar faces were also there, like the Fiery Furnaces' Eleanor Friedberger, Fiasco's Lucien Buscemi, and the Pool Parties very own saviour, Chuck Schumer. Our friendly neighborhood photographer Sam Horine was there, and endless gallery of shots is here, selected photos below.

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Fiasco
Old Stone House
Friday, December 19
photos by Rebecca Smeyne

Three years ago, Fiasco played their first show, a night mostly of hardcore covers, at the Old Stone House in Brooklyn. Countless Death by Audio appearances, one kidcore addendum, and one Vampire Weekend opening slot later, they celebrated their third anniversary last Friday at the same place, again playing hardcore covers (i.e. Fugazi's "Waiting Room," Flipper's "Love Canal," the Dead Kennedys "Police Truck"). Holy shit, sometimes we forget how young these guys really are, but let these pictures serve as a reminder.

Sorry, now we have to go join AARP or something.

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Vampire Weekend
Fiasco
Terminal 5
Saturday, December 6
photos by Rebecca Smeyne

Fiasco

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