I've been to a few concerts in New York and generally I enjoy them. Kate Nash and Missy Higgins actually rocked my socks off. They were amazing. And for anywhere from $20 to $35 bucks, concerts are a fairly cheap way to enjoy the NYC arts. Plays are a little risky- they could easily be terrible, Broadway is an investment not to be entered into lightly, dance can only hold my attention so long...but concerts! these are the songs I listen to on my ipod, the songs I know I will like.
The drawbacks are horrible opening bands (vontrap family slideshow or whatnot, thanks Kate Nash) but opening bands can be great too, like the sexy multi-talented Brit boys of Mumford & Sons. Another drawback is late hours and short sets. Laura Marling, that melancholy pixie, left the stage and all her cheering fans behind before with only around 40 minutes of music. For $20 I should at least get an hour! (ie Kate and Missy both went over an hour).
All of these bring me to the list of meals under $5 (inspired by trying to find dinner before the concert) in order from low to high prices:
1. Unnamed Pizza Place in Astor Place: $2.75 gets you two big cheesy slices and 1 coke
2. Fried Dumpling: $3 dollars gets you 4 steamed pork buns, 5 fried dumplings and 1 coconut juice
3. Mamoon's Falafel, also in Astor Place: $3.25 gets you one vegetable laden falafal sandwhich and a mango juice
4. Rico's Tacos in Sunset Park: $5 gets you three roasted pollo asado tacos and 1 horchata, a delicious milky coconut drink (or alternately, for $1.25 a pop an assortment of delish tamales)
Yay, now you don't have to go to McDonalds!!!
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