“Of course, Long Play is about the music and the transcendent experiences it offers us, but that isn’t the most important part of going each year, at least not for me. If you attend enough Bang on a Can events, you’ll start to run into friends sitting in each room, soaking in whatever sounds that are put in front of them; you can meet people of all ages who have been going to shows for years in New York, learning a little more about the city’s history.”