For this assignment, I chose to walk around Greenwich Village last night, during the Halloween Parade, or well more like standing. First off, I'll confidently confirm that I probably will never return to that torture they call a parade, since I've never seen such chaos ever in my life. Such as a goddamn line to get into the subway station. Like what the fuck? But for the sounds, it was interesting. Right before the parade, it was rather calm and quiet. Yes, it was crowded, but it wasn't mayhem yet. For the most part, all you could hear were people around you asking, 'when is it starting?' Or 'I can't see anything from here.' It was interesting as I've never seen the West Village that silent before. You could literally hear the traffic from several streets away. The normal loud restaurants and bars were quiet. All of course, until the parade started, and everything went fucking berserk.
You started hearing people yelling 'stop pushing' and 'what the fuck is going on?' At points it was comical, at others it was torture. The sound of the people in turmoil overpowered the drums and cheers of the parade. Honestly, I've never heard anything as chaotic as I did that night. And I think it was intriguing on how at points it sounded like Manhattan was being evacuated, because everyone was trying to get out of the anarchy; while the loud parade beats sounded like explosions being set off in the distance. I mean if you recorded the sound, it could probably fit with certain scenes in Cloverfield. But all in all, I think its safe to say that I won't be going back to that hell for a long time.
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