07.19.08 - Christian Fennesz + Ryuichi Sakamoto @ World Financial Center

US premiere of last year’s “Cendre” (see top albums of 2007). Sorry for the low quality shots. The iPhone has a way to go if it wants to unseat Verizon’s stellar Startac line.

Just outside, passer-byers sense the excitement inside:

The restless crowd:

Is Bono and the Edge playing tonight? No, it’s Fennesz and Sakamoto.

Sakamoto’s Yacht (filled with ice-cold Miller Genuine Drafts for the after-party):

Fennesz’s Yacht (I was told, “only women are allowed on this vessel”) :

Just on the other side of the NYMEX: