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Posted: September 10th, 2009 | Filed under: Brooklyn

The first Jelly Pool Party of the summer took place on July 12 at a new venue, East River State Park in Williamsburg, Brooklyn:

Jelly Pool Party, East River State Park, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, July 12, 2009

The setting on the East River with the Midtown skyline behind the stage was gorgeous, and it’s nice to see the park put to such good use — again, it seems like the State Parks Department is doing all the cool stuff these days. The only drawback with having the stage set up with that stunning backdrop was that the setting sun was a little bright behind the bands, but if you stood to the left of the stage (stage right?), it wasn’t too bad.

This is not a photograph:

Mission of Burma, Jelly Pool Party, East River State Park, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, July 12, 2009

One of the strangest, most loopy and generally awesome things I’ve seen in some time was Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz introducing headliners Mission of Burma (unfortunately, I missed the first part . . .):

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