'Dirty Girls'
There's a lady plays her fav'rite records/On the jukebox ev'ry day/All day long she plays the same old songs/And she believes the things that they say/She sings along with all the saddest songs/And she believes the stories are real/She lets the music dictate the way that she feels.
I go to a lot of shows at small venues that are about $10 a pop, or even free, and I take public transit to get there, otherwise I wouldn't be able to afford it.
That's one of the sweet things about life in NYC. $5-7 for a show is pretty normal and you take the subway home.
One of my favorite shows ever was scalping tickets for the Dead at the Garden, last minute, the night before Jake was going to be induced. A last hurrah! With Deadheads patting my belly! Good times.
How was Laurie Anderson? I haven't seen her since, uh, the Bright Red tour, maybe? 1995-ish. She was working on her Moby Dick work then, but it was pretty early in the process.
I saw her at a summer concert two years ago (with Tuvan throat-singers), and she seemed exactly the same as she was in the 80s. Same haircut and everything.
How was Laurie Anderson?
Really really good. It was a new work that I guess will be out on disc this summer called Homeland. It definitely had some moments of political commentary, but it was mainly about the feeling of having lost your country from different perspectives. Very spare stage set up (candles and dangling lights plus musicians) and it was just her and three other musicians.
Unfortunately, musically it was very mellow (though gorgeous) and I was exhausted that day, so I actually started nodding a little towards the end, which was embarassing because I was in the front row.
I tend to go to concerts with a posse of underage fangirls, although two of them recently (finally) turned 21, so at least I'm not the only one with a wristband.
Huh. Really? That young? I've always picture the Chicago crew as older than that!
The posse I met up with at Cobra Starship were all old enough to be in the bar.
ETA: I go to a lot of shows at small venues that are about $10 a pop, or even free, and I take public transit to get there, otherwise I wouldn't be able to afford it.
Me too with the small venues, if not the public transit. But depending on the venue, I can walk home (and that will be much more frequently when amyth and I move in June).
I've gotten so spoiled going to see Lucero and Cory Branan and Corb Lund and such that I find myself bemused when I don't get to talk to the band. And like shrift, I've been waved at from the stage.
I've always picture the Chicago crew as older than that!
Maybe my perception is skewed because I'm in the minority? And usually the oldest? Chicago media fandom in general definitely isn't that young, but most of them don't go to shows.
I just read that Laurie Anderson and Lou Reed got married in Colorado.
I haven't been to a show of any sort for a shamefully long time.
I just read that Laurie Anderson and Lou Reed got married in Colorado.
Huh. I know they've been involved for years (possibly over a decade at this point). Surprised they finally made the move.
Why didn't I know about the Horrorpops until after they'd already come through Chicago on tour this year?