Halloween Comes But Once A Year

Since living in NYC, one holiday always stands out to me amongst the others: Halloween. I'll go out on a limb and say that no other city revels in the freaky spectacle of the holiday like New York.

First you have the Village Halloween Parade. Brooklyn Vegan has some great links and photos up and YouTube has lots of videos. Loud music, wild costumes and a huge group of people doing the "Thriller" dance in unison - it's a spirited affair to say the least.

Here's a video snippet of some young funky drummers strutting their drum corps stuff in the parade at Bleecker and Ave of the Americas:



The other highlight of Halloween in NYC is the live music scene. Here's a few of last night's live music options: Shore Fire clients B-52's w/ The Rapture, Antibalas, Ryan Adams, The Black Crowes w/Patti Smith, The Police!! Wow that's a lot of good bands playing on the same night. I ended up at the Mercury Lounge to see a fantastic Danish band called The Figurines - the perfect way to cap off another great Halloween.