All those horrifying puns were thrown out last night, and were promptly forgiven because it was a special enough night that all bad jokes were chuckled at, and then allowed to be healed by the two hour set that Wilco played. Once the show ended, I turned around to see my friend who had never heard Wilco before approaching me with the same dazed, slightly drunken-with-magnificence look on her face that I'm sure I had. I tried to keep from giggling and dancing a little bit, because there is nothing more irritating than a self-satisfied giddy friend dancing and singing, "I told you so!" After a few "wow"s and "holy shit"s I agreed to give her the Wilco/Tweedy from my iTunes. Which was the first thing that happened today, after a long breakfast peppered with things like, "wow" and "holy shit."
How awesome to see a band like Wilco for the first time having never heard them before.
Anyway, I have a pot smoke hangover from having some very enthusiastic mary-joo-wanna connoisseurs right by me for the whole set. But it was worth it to have my face more or less melted off.
I don't think I want to elaborate on the set in general, because I don't think it's necessary to. I do have one point from all this though;
I do not like how music has become a commodity, or a "cool" meter. You know, people who go to concerts just to prove they are the biggest fan, or when someone says they haven't heard a certain band and people jump all over them like "WHAT? ARE YOU A HUMAN? DO YOU HAVE A SOUL? I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU'VE BEEN ALLOWED TO EXIST AS A CARBON BASED LIFE FORM!" (taken from actual conversation*)
I think it's completely cool when someone goes to a show of a band they don't know. It should be encouraged, not dribbled upon. And if they end up not having a conversion of biblical proportions, then whatever. At least they gave it a shot. Music is not Vitamin B. It does not have to be "good for you." It's whatever appeals to your taste buds. I like some cotton candy, for instance. Cotton candy would be in this case....early Relient K.
Speaking of catchy, here's the new single from The Lodger that has been stuck in my head (along with Do the Panic by Phantom Planet)
The Good Old Days- The Lodger
*I lied about that.
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Still trying to figure out how Jeff ended up being in focus while the rest of the room was spinning.
Quite the "fog" machine.
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