So my adventures started back on Thursday night...I was super excited about seeing a favorite band play a really small venue in town, I had turned it into a really cool night in my head...I was conjuring up visions of "where's fluffy"
What I ended up with instead was a really really late night and a couple of panic attacks!
There are times I am having recently where I feel like I am suddenly aware that I am the oldest person in the room. The room can be a restaurant or a bar or a venue...it has been happening more often, sadly.
I am just too cool I guess
The times for the concert were hard to find and so we arrived at 6 to eat some dinner before hand and then get into the all ages show that was suppose to start at 7pm....well 7 pm was arriving and no one else was. I snuck next door and they were doing a sound check!...I was so excited. I embarrassed hubby by dancing and peeking in the door between the sheets of concert posters posted.
It turns out doors were not opening until 8pm.
No biggie, we sat in the car while I had a panic attack that I had left all the doors unlocked. ( I freak out about that when I stress) we went to a gallery and found it filled with children...then a coffeeshop to have a hot beverage while waiting for the doors to open.
We returned to the venue after 8pm to find a line outside, still no entry
We were quickly approached by two super cool guys who were from the bay area, one was a student and the other was days away from leaving for the Ukraine with the Peace Corps.
The tall bay area guy started to talk to us about the concert asking if we knew the opening act...at this I was shot a look from hubby. I didn't know there was an opening act I said...to which I was given a small course on how cool the band was and how they are so much like this band or that band...he spilled a list of bands out as comparisons and I knew most of them but hubs was lost and I watched his hair turn whiter in his beard.
When the ultra fan walked off, hubs turned to me and said "I don't know any of those bands, I am glad you do. Boy I feel out of it and old"
We got inside and it was already loaded and packed with the Ultra cool...we were clearly out of place!!
The super fan returned and told me that the opening band, that he was beyond stoked on, asked him to do sound check for them...he was now in orbit.
It was odd that of all the people he could have met up with outside and chatted with he chose us,
even if I was old enough to be his mother!
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| ignore crazed eyes...It was past my bedtime |
At 9:30pm the opening band came on, Soft Moon...I was very very glad that I have become so obsessed about earplugs these days...years of post concert ringing has me wearing them in movie theatres and other music venues.
The music started and right away I could hear the similarity to their inspiration The Cure, except this band likes to play mostly in the low fidelity ranges...you know the kind that makes your heart beat differently, you feel the pressure of the sound waves all around you :
After a half an hour of it, I was starting to get concerned that I was causing some sort of damage to my brain.
I had secured two bar stools for us to sit on for the concert, and was glad for it, as this whole scene started to unfold and the people watching became more and more intense I began to laugh...really simply laugh.
I was laughing at life... it felt like I had found the secret underbelly that I had searched for all this time.
It was surreal and strange and new and EXCITING.
I watched a couple make out on the balcony overlooking the stage, I watched guys hit on girls at the bar, I made eye contact and smiled with good looking men as they walked into the scene....(some call that flirting) I watched the "pretty girls" steal seats of a couple and then act like they were theirs all a long.
I laughed when the band expressed the crowds apathetic feelings for them,
I held my ears and laughed at it all!
After a break and some more time...the band finally decided to come on stage at 10:50pm!!
I was an old lady by then, I had been up since 5:30am, worked all day and rushed to get food and to the venue in time.
At the break I bitched to my hubby, that they were being DIVAS and that I was disappointed it took so long to see them....I felt myself age as I said these words.
When the band began to play we left our seats and moved the the balcony for a better view. The band was, um... lets say....slow...and flat...and we stayed for three songs and then left for home.
I was so excited when this had all started and so jazzed when I heard the sound check earlier...but when they finally had their moment in the sun with me...they blew it.
Speaking of blowing it, remind me to tell you about the time I met Mary Ellen Mark....one of my photo influences
As we left we passed a burger bar and saw two people eating a handful of hamburger, my mouth watered and I got sad that they don't have late night veggie burger joints.
*note to self add that to my list of lottery winnings ideas
The following day had me feeling like a zombie, and realizing that I am not 20 any longer I can not be the noctural and daytime person anymore.
Friday was work and most of Saturday too, and then Sunday we drove 5hours to spend 5 hours with dear friends. We seem to be getting really good at that! Whirlwind road trips to spend time with friends or family.
It was worth it and I took a bunch of pics
My latest adventure was last night...at the urging of my sweetie, who is all about getting me to enjoy myself, I earned "passenger status" and sent text messages to some friends.
I am sorry but I hope they were amusing, they amused me!
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