Ponytail News: Mission Of Burma / Fucked Up / Ponytail

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Let’s start this review off with some trivial context. McCarren Park Pool, a gigantic, empty, disused outdoor swimming pool in Brooklyn, played host to free rock shows since 2006. But sometime in 2008, the owners decided they wanted to put water in it again. Hipsters, cheapskates, and general music fans were sad. Then the promoters quickly figured out a way to move the whole shebang a few blocks away to a new state park on the East River and decided to keep calling shows "pool parties."

This show, with Mission of Burma, Fucked Up, and Ponytail, was the first Pool Party...