Tuesday, June 20, 2006
We Interrupt This Blog...
to recover from rocking out Sunday and Monday nights.
Sunday night was spent sweating and wondering about retinal damage from EXCELLENT center section, back row orchestra seats at the Bauhaus and Nine Inch Nails Saratoga Performing Arts Center gig.
I got to see Peter Murphy act like a bat and a vampire live!!!! (It only took 20 years to actually get there. It almost made me long for my my vintage store black trench coat and some really black eyeliner. Almost.)
Total death count: 3 guitars, one tambourine, at least one mike stand, and maybe a 12 pack of AquaFina? The local paper made a big deal about chucking stuff into the audience, but at the time, I just figured that Trent Reznor wanted to keep the "young enough to think getting squished is cool so a rock star can sweat on you crowd" hydrated.
Of course, the local paper also made a big deal that the light show only let you see the band in profile most of the time... Do I really need to say DUH!!! on this one? What? You want full stage lighting + la Streisand spot lights for proto-Goth and techno-Goth? And you were at this concert why?
Next up... Bruce Springsteen Seeger Sessions. Also at SPAC. This time from some pretty comfy camp chairs on the lawn and far less heat (Note: There's something appropriate about going to a Nine Inch Nails concert in 90 degree humidity. Must be the atmosphere.).
Total death count: Maybe a guitar string? Although with the boss's tendency toward marathon concerts, I was kind of surprised some of the horns held out as long as they did. Guess they have good lungs.
I wonder if someone sent Bruce to music school behind our backs? Great concert, but I've already attended the history of American folk music lectures... Maybe this is Bruce's way of giving the band a break between songs since he makes them play for 3 hours! The performance was flawless and the musicians were in top form.
XM... wha? What's that? OHHH. You thought this was going to be the XML in Office blog. Yeah, well, I didn't get to do much with XML in Office today. I was too busy doing my day job and rehashing Bauhaus songs in my mind. OK. And Nine Inch Nails songs... And I do have to admit that John Henry's running around in there somewhere alongside the siren spiritual from the movie O Brother Where Art Thou, too.
Hey. Even geeks gotta step out from behind the monitor some time (and, contrary to popular belief, not just to go to the bathroom). Back to the Xs, Ms, Ls, and Office 200Xs next time... when I will regale you all with the woas of valid, but incorrect Oasis table markup, and maybe a W3C standard or two.
Sunday night was spent sweating and wondering about retinal damage from EXCELLENT center section, back row orchestra seats at the Bauhaus and Nine Inch Nails Saratoga Performing Arts Center gig.
I got to see Peter Murphy act like a bat and a vampire live!!!! (It only took 20 years to actually get there. It almost made me long for my my vintage store black trench coat and some really black eyeliner. Almost.)
Total death count: 3 guitars, one tambourine, at least one mike stand, and maybe a 12 pack of AquaFina? The local paper made a big deal about chucking stuff into the audience, but at the time, I just figured that Trent Reznor wanted to keep the "young enough to think getting squished is cool so a rock star can sweat on you crowd" hydrated.
Of course, the local paper also made a big deal that the light show only let you see the band in profile most of the time... Do I really need to say DUH!!! on this one? What? You want full stage lighting + la Streisand spot lights for proto-Goth and techno-Goth? And you were at this concert why?
Next up... Bruce Springsteen Seeger Sessions. Also at SPAC. This time from some pretty comfy camp chairs on the lawn and far less heat (Note: There's something appropriate about going to a Nine Inch Nails concert in 90 degree humidity. Must be the atmosphere.).
Total death count: Maybe a guitar string? Although with the boss's tendency toward marathon concerts, I was kind of surprised some of the horns held out as long as they did. Guess they have good lungs.
I wonder if someone sent Bruce to music school behind our backs? Great concert, but I've already attended the history of American folk music lectures... Maybe this is Bruce's way of giving the band a break between songs since he makes them play for 3 hours! The performance was flawless and the musicians were in top form.
XM... wha? What's that? OHHH. You thought this was going to be the XML in Office blog. Yeah, well, I didn't get to do much with XML in Office today. I was too busy doing my day job and rehashing Bauhaus songs in my mind. OK. And Nine Inch Nails songs... And I do have to admit that John Henry's running around in there somewhere alongside the siren spiritual from the movie O Brother Where Art Thou, too.
Hey. Even geeks gotta step out from behind the monitor some time (and, contrary to popular belief, not just to go to the bathroom). Back to the Xs, Ms, Ls, and Office 200Xs next time... when I will regale you all with the woas of valid, but incorrect Oasis table markup, and maybe a W3C standard or two.
// posted by Jean K. @ 11:21 PM 
