Wherein my fat ass busts a move
Tonight my friend Bird and I took a group of our students to see the band Snow Patrol. I have to be honest, I couldn't tell them apart from any of the other mainstream, top 40 radio schlock. I had heard their songs before, but they all blend into the cultural din that is a lot of popular music. Not offensively bad, but not memorable, either. I thought the night was going to be a preview of what my time in Hell will be like, zoobs and squares abounding. While the audience profile certainly matched the most morbid of my nightmares, I have to admit, I had a blast.
There's something so freeing about not giving a damn what other people think. (Though I will be honest, I think that shit needs to be reigned in. God knows I don't want to find myself serenading strangers just because I don't care what people think.) I danced my (sizeable) ass off. I mean, I was out of control. I'm pretty certain my students think I'm mentally deranged, and there's probably some cell phone video footage of me doing over the top crane mimicry, but man, I had fun. I think I would have gladly stayed in my seat, waiting for the thing to end, had the audience not been full of lifeless freaks. I mean, who spends 30 bones to go to a show, and then stands there staring with dead eyes (but then freaks out for the encore. What the hell?) or just holds up their camera phone and makes sure to capture every moment. I danced for every person in that audience. And I am TIRED. I should note: Screw your videophone footage of a concert. Seriously, take your phone, and, sans lube, shove it up your ass. First of all, I'm pretty sure any footage you are getting is absolute shit, so, kind of useless. "OOH, look at this Plain White Ts concert I was at, holding my phone up like a dumbass..." (yes, the "plain white ts" perhaps best known for a milkshake they created at Denny's...or some song...whatever...they were the opening band). And assuming you actually have decent footage, what are you going to do with it? Take it home and relive that awesome concert experience? I watched you. You weren't having fun, so quit pretending that you were. I am so over experience being mediated by technology. You can't take it with you, people, so drop your phone and shake yer ass.
