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Sunday, February 10, 2008

I've been here before...

A good night, last night. Seeing Brian during this weekend has been great, which goes without saying. Had a wonderful time going out for drinks and dinner Friday and a fun lunch yesterday afternoon. Played him some of the demos and the old, rediscovered gems and headed into the city to see the "From The Jam" show, which was more than I'd anticipated. Hugh Cornwell was a great opener--I still love hearing Stranglers songs (even stripped down, minus the keyboards) and From The Jam were tight and gave the audience everything they could have asked for and wanted. The sound was full and my reservations were negated quickly. The band also seemed to feed off the audience's vibe, which was very loving and appreciative. Saw so many old friends there, which was very warming; ran into my local buds and all in all, enjoyed every bit. It also doesn't hurt the fact that we had done a bit of drinking (which I don't usually do) and we were sitting very comfortably in the balcony seats--able to avoid the crowd swelter and the aural assault down on the floor.

The one funny moment of the night was as we waited outside the venue, some guy in a "Mod" get-up was handing out (what do you call them?) flyer-type cards for a d.j. night in New Jersey. He was asking the concert goers if anyone was from New Jersey and Brian piped up with "should anyone be from Jersey?"; he handed the cards to us, even though we weren't extending our hands. One of my friends looked at him as he kept loping along, looked at the card and tore it up, saying "I can think of better things to do in the rain". A few of my friends were laughing at the fact that the dude looked to be in our age range and was playing dress-up. I found it a little silly--if (in fact) the guy is in our age range, it's embarrassing--if he wasn't, you know--fine. But the whole Mod thing is just ecch. It was pretty funny; the poor guy getting soggy, looking like he was either trying to impress that he was a "Mod" or trying desperately to get people interested in some dance club in N.J. Ah, the folly of middle-age. But that added on to the good time vibe. Premium pre-show entertainment. A group slap-up breakfast out this morning, drop B. off at the train in Metropark (aagh! New Jersey again!), grocery shop and see Dad--thus my weekend is over.

Now with everything wrapped up, it's back to listening to more demos and transferring what I need and to get the Cope tribute tracks off for Volume 4 of Interpreters.

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