Monday I flew to Washington D.C. to join up with Garage Voice on their tour of the U.S.. I was excited to take a break from school to travel and spend time with good friends. Was I even more excited to find out that we were driving up to New York Tuesday to see Steven Delopoulos from Burlap to Cashmere in concert.
Patrick, Tommy, Bruce, and their friend Nunz greeted me at baggage claim at 12:40am with hugs. It was late, and I wanted to sleep. It was great to see friends.
The next day we took the 3 hour drive to NYC - we had the opportunity to pay over $30 in tolls that day. Yuck. We had about 4 hours to kill before the concert. We caught a subway and walked around Times Square. There are people everywhere downtown – everyone is in a huge rush. It was crazy. I couldn’t live there.
The concert that evening was in a small seated venue. While we were sitting down to eat, Steven Delopoulos walk by and Bruce introduced himself. For the next 15 minutes Steven sat at our table and we all talked about music, New York, and the weather. I was impressed that this guy took time to sit and talk with us before his concert. He was very down to earth and sincere (and he plays great music). You can listen to it here.
by ben blood
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