MUSIC
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 2019
7:00 PM

Black Rock Coalition: History of Our Future
Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium, Metropolitan Museum of Art
1000 5th Avenue, Upper East Side, Manhattan

$40; $1 children ages 6-16
https://rsecure.metmuseum.org/event/ticket/513998?program=all&location=main%7Cbreuer%7Ccloisters&startDate=8%2F30%2F2019%203:57:55%20PM&page=9

Rock (as distinct from rock and roll) is a form of music created by Europeans and European-Americans on the basis of (stolen from, if you're feeling less charitable) African-American music. The Black Rock Coalition was formed decades ago as an attempt by African-American musicians to stake a claim to that stolen music, whose audience seemed to actively reject musicians of color. Back then, rock was a vital style that was the dominant form of pop music, so this was an important mission; now, rock is essentially irrelevant, and you almost wonder why they still bother. Still, the line-up for this show is eye-popping: three-quarters of Living Colour; Stew; Nona Hendryx; "Captain" Kirk Douglas of The Roots; Fantastic Negrito; The Family Stand; Carl Hancock Rux; Toshi Reagan. If you have any lingering affection at all for rock music, this amazing concert is unmissable.

MAKE A NIGHT OF IT: Some friends and I were just talking about how much we like the avant-Roman pizza at PQR.