OFFICIALLY GETTING MY ASS KICKED BY HIPPIES
Music is one of the few things in the world that makes me unconditionally happy (hence, why I’m here), but lately I’ve been having to ask myself, “How the hell did I get suckered into THIS?!?”
I love The Beardo, and our common appreciation of and love for music is part of what makes life so good. He’s tolerant of *deep guttural voice* the METAL, he might even like some of it, and I can handle the jam band/singer-songwriter/hippy-dippy/retro folk stuff that he likes to an extent as well. Since we both also love live music, we have an agreement to accompany each other to our respective shows whenever they hit the area, and we try to keep the numbers as even as possible. Last fall/winter, he took my to three Phish “experiences”, Ani DiFranco and a Keller Williams show and in return we hit up Arch Enemy, GWAR, Skeletonwitch, Mastodon/Dethklok, and Kittie/God Forbid. But now it summer is upon us and we’re looking at a new line-up… ONE THAT LEAVES ME DROWNING IN HEMP, TIE-DYE, AND PATCHOULI:
- The AWESOME: GWAR will be headlining at Syracuse’s own Westcott Theatre on June 23rd. My 5th GWAR show practically in my own backyard?!?! FUCKIN A!
- The SUCK: As of right now, I’m going to AT LEAST 6 (six, seis, 3X2) Phish shows this summer, plus Furthur (no time to explain, find out what it is here)
So what does this mean? This means that by the end of this summer, I’ll have seen Phish more times than ANY metal band I’ve seen (the next being GWAR with 5). Also that I’ve seen Phish 9 nines before I’ve seen Lamb of God ONCE. Pathetic (no pun intended). When I think about it though, I have seen a wide array of metal bands thus far, and I’d like to see as many as I can once, before I go back for seconds and thirds. When it comes to live music, is it more about quality or quantity? Or maybe both?
-Julia
