It's static craziness to me, is it a solar fever?

I'm going to see Of Montreal in concert tonight. I can't really tell you much about the band because I was just introduced to them last week, by a friend who asked if I wanted to go to the show. I like the sampler CD she gave me, plus tickets are only $10 so it's kind of hard to go wrong.

I'm fully expecting to see plenty of emo boys and girls there, but I don't have an aversion to them like some people I know. The subject came up the other night while I was out with some friends and one guy started talking about he went to the mall and saw emo kids everywhere.

Him: They really seem to congregate at stores like Hot Topic*. I was thinking that I should just go down to Sears, buy a ball hammer, hide out and then hit them in the head when they pass by. It'd be just like a duck blind.





* Don't get me started on how contradictive it is to "stick it to the man" by shopping at a chain store that was created just to make it more convenient for you to get clothes that show how much you're willing to "stick it to the man." That said, I own at least one shirt from Hot Topic.

Another Concert

I went and saw Imogen Heap play at the House of Blues last night. For those of you who don't know her, she's the lead singer of Frou Frou and just released a solo album late last year (there does that help?). She's an Indie artist who uses loops in her music so that she's able to put on an entire show by herself. It's pretty cool stuff. She played all my favorites including Goodnight and Go, Hide and Seek and Frou Frou's Let Go from the Garden State soundtrack.

It was an all ages show, so there were a lot of high school aged emo-kids there. Some were in large packs, others with their parents, and believe it or not I actually saw some of them smiling.

You'll also be happy to know that even excluding the people who were there as chaperones, I wasn't the oldest guy in the audience. Yes, it's a fear of mine that some day I'll be 'that guy' and just not know it. At least I'm not yet though. That's a good thing.

Unfortunately, it was more of a typical Vegas concert. Sometimes it was hard to focus on the music because of the constant chatter that was going on with the people in the back. Come on people, show some respect for the band you just paid to see, and perhaps more importantly, the other people who also paid to see them. If all you're going to do is talk to your friends, you may as well spare the rest of us the trouble and stay out in the casino and talk. Then everyone's happy (well, at least I am, and that's what is most important).

All things considered, it beat the typical Friday night in Vegas. You know, the ones that consist of snortin' crank and bangin' hos.