In praise of charity fandom
So, busy weekend… first chili of the season, which was tremendously exciting, and about which I promise I’ll post soon (pics!)… but setting aside all that deliciousness for the time being, let’s talk entertainment. I managed to take in two concerts last weekend, and they proved a study in contrast. On the one hand, Saturday night, Stars at the world famous 9:30 club. Was it awesome? Fuck yes. CV thinks so too, and more thoroughly and excellently than I could possibly muster here. Can you listen to the same concert? Why of course you can - thanks NPR. I have but a trifling few nits to pick with CV’s review (no mention of how adorable Amy Millan and her omnipresent bottle (of which I can find no pictures, sadly) are, no mention of the crazy homeless guy who tried to get me to take a pull off his ‘joint’ (nasty cigar, from the smell)) but that’s not really what I want to discuss here - let’s instead talk about friday night, and the magic of (sing it with me now) lowered expectaaaa-tions (please don’t watch that past 8 seconds, ‘mad tv’ may occur.) (more…)
