Ozomatli!

Yesterday on Central Park's Summer Stage Ozomatli was performing! Not only am I slightly obsessed with them, but the show was for free! I met Tessa outside the park (after waiting for an E train for 30 bloody minutes), and we walked in together. The temperature was a perfect 75 f, t'was sunny, and the park security people were giving out little hand waving fans. That's how you know it'll be a friendly atmosphere, the people with black leather security belts and walk talkies are organizing the bathroom line and handing out little placards on sticks.

I bought me and Tessa a round and we sat on the green mat, some imitation of grass, and talked till they came on at 5pm. For those of you who don't know - Ozo are an eclectic mix of latino music, rap, rock, and soul - so the band has to mix in a white guy or two, sprinkle some hispanics, throw up a black guy - add dread locks to him so the hippies will come, but make sure he can rap so the ghetto crowd can identify - and as if that wasn't enough, lets have a Hawaiin playing the ukulele for kicks! Needless to say, they sound great and have quite a range in their songs - my favorite is After Party - you should go download it. So me and Tess sipped out beers, danced around with everyone else (would NEVER happen in the UK - they looked like pissed off sitting ducks at the Gipsy Kings concert me and Cal went to), and the light scent of pot gave the grove a homey vibe.