Conflicts, conflicts
So on the train down Monday morning, I was reading in metro about how dinosaur, jr. was reunited and touring. If you haven't ever listened to dinosaur, jr. you should have. They were one of the key 1980s bands (along with Husker Du and the Pixies) that fused the guitar pyrotechnics of metal with the energy of punk to form what became known as "grunge" or "alternative" rock in the 1990s. Just a great, great band with a lot of sweet guitar work.
However, they broke up years ago (typical intra-band squabbles) and went on to other projects. For example, one of the members went on to form Folk Implosion, best known for their hit off the Kids soundtrack ("Natural One"). Anyway, they are back together and playing in New York on Thursday evening.
I got pretty excited, because I haven't seen any good rock shows in forever. Probably Pearl Jam last fall was the last, given that bizarre scheduling conflicts have forced me to miss Autolux and some other shows that I really wanted to see. I was even happier when I realized that the show would be free, because it's part of Summer Stage at Central Park. fn1.
However, like a bully stealing a little girl's doll and rubbing its face in the dirt, my dream was torn from my hands and spoiled when I realized that I have a firm outing on Thursday. Don't get me wrong -- I'm excited about going out to some phatty country club in Long Island and golfing for the day. fn2. I suppose I would be even more excited if I was going to hang out at the pool and check out my hottie co-workers in bikinis, except that there's really no one around here who I'm interested in seeing clad in a bikini, and even if there were, that would be more than offset by the negative feelings caused by the people who I really don't want to see wearing bathing suits.
I mean, if you want to see hot bodies in swimwear, you just DO NOT go to a law firm event. Besides, it's just weird.
But I digress. My point is that I'm annoyed that my golf outing is preventing me from seeing dinosaur jr. I'm also encouraging all of you to show up at Rumsey Playfield at 6pm on Thursday to hear the show for me.
1. Ok, so on further inspection, I discovered that the concert is a benefit concert for the Summer Stage program, so it costs $40. So I'm not as disappointed, but disappointed none the less.
2. I would be even more excited if I didn't have to be in Long Island for this event.
However, they broke up years ago (typical intra-band squabbles) and went on to other projects. For example, one of the members went on to form Folk Implosion, best known for their hit off the Kids soundtrack ("Natural One"). Anyway, they are back together and playing in New York on Thursday evening.
I got pretty excited, because I haven't seen any good rock shows in forever. Probably Pearl Jam last fall was the last, given that bizarre scheduling conflicts have forced me to miss Autolux and some other shows that I really wanted to see. I was even happier when I realized that the show would be free, because it's part of Summer Stage at Central Park. fn1.
However, like a bully stealing a little girl's doll and rubbing its face in the dirt, my dream was torn from my hands and spoiled when I realized that I have a firm outing on Thursday. Don't get me wrong -- I'm excited about going out to some phatty country club in Long Island and golfing for the day. fn2. I suppose I would be even more excited if I was going to hang out at the pool and check out my hottie co-workers in bikinis, except that there's really no one around here who I'm interested in seeing clad in a bikini, and even if there were, that would be more than offset by the negative feelings caused by the people who I really don't want to see wearing bathing suits.
I mean, if you want to see hot bodies in swimwear, you just DO NOT go to a law firm event. Besides, it's just weird.
But I digress. My point is that I'm annoyed that my golf outing is preventing me from seeing dinosaur jr. I'm also encouraging all of you to show up at Rumsey Playfield at 6pm on Thursday to hear the show for me.
1. Ok, so on further inspection, I discovered that the concert is a benefit concert for the Summer Stage program, so it costs $40. So I'm not as disappointed, but disappointed none the less.
2. I would be even more excited if I didn't have to be in Long Island for this event.
posted by N at 2:56 PM
3 Comments:
"Besides, it's just weird."
Oh, c'mon. It's fun to see the expressions on lawyer's faces when they try to remember Title VII. It's a combination of slight discomfort from the fact that they know they were supposed to learn it in school and the mild irritation that they didn't.
In a lot of ways it looks like constipation.
I just now read your post (it's 10 pm on thursday) and i also just so happened to hear Dinosaur Jr. I was jogging in Central Park, and Lord only knows how rare THAT is, when i heard music. I figured it was free music at Summer Stage, so i ran over, only to be stopped by the guys at the gate, saying "You going in there? You got a ticket?" D'oh! $40!
So jogged on in sadness...but not to much sadness because i had no idea who Dinosaur Jr. was.
k1 you are too funny.
it's particularly funny that you were trying to sneak into a concert when you didn't even know who was playing.
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