"Oh no, I said too much, I haven't said enough"
Before I get started on all my late work that I have to turn in tomorrow, I think I ought to post my commentary on last night's R.E.M. concert. I can still smell the pot in my mind's nose.
I apologize to the world for being the worst concert-goer EVER! In the presence of music, I won't thrash about or even wiggle, really. Apparently I'm odd for not participating in this movement. I dunno, art is an internal thing for me, not external in the slightest.
Onward...so we left on the b.a.r.t. train towards Berkeley. I love people watching. It's so interesting. In fact, on our first train, we were behind a guy with brown, curly hair who was carrying an Ibanez guitar case. He was totally indie rocker. During the train ride, he got up and handed a group of college kids behind us some fliers. I'm pretty sure it was for some band. And my guess is that he was in said band. So that was pretty cool. On the next train, a whole bunch of college age kids were there too. I guess all of them were going to see R.E.M. All those indie kids *shakes head*.
The concert was at the Greek Theater, directly on the UC Berkeley campus. (which is gorgeous. Taking a tour of there made me really, really want to go to college a few years back) And that venue is amazing. It was built by Hearst, the guy who built that castle down south. So cool. It's actually like the Greek Amphitheater.
The opening bands were The National and Modest Mouse. The National were...eh. Minor chorded modern indie rock, for you. Not my type, sorry. They did follow suit with the style of new indie bands too. The pioneer look on top with the beard and all, but with the dark colored, modern clothes. :P It's amusing. Modest Mouse, I have some of their albums and enjoy listening to them...every so often, I guess. Their instrumentals were moving and during the show, I just wanted the singer to shut up so I could keep listening to the music. Plus they play a bunch of different kinds of instruments.
Before R.E.M. got on, the guy on the other side of my mom lit up a pipe. My mom looked so uncomfortable. I almost burst out laughing. And of course, the people watching at this point in time was stellar. There was the overly chatty couple in front of us talking to a bald guy with a purple and green bandanna on his head. And the already drunk blonde lady with the sparkly red Mickey Mouse on her shirt...well, she was either drunk or just really in love with R.E.M. She was shaking hands with all the security people and chatting up everyone she could find.
R.E.M. came on stage and let me just tell you, the stage design was incredible. The screens would show really pixelated images of them on stage, but with a ton of different ways of arranging them and effects. One of them totally reminded me of those too much selective coloring images. :P I think I watched the visuals on those screens half the time. But the music was awesome as well. It was R.E.M. and they had stage presence. They played quite a few classics. ^^
One thing about them, though, was that Michael Stipe felt that he had the liberty to express his views on things because he was in liberal Berkeley. He told us his excitement about CA passing gay marriage and told us he was voting for Obama. Haha, my mom kept yelling "Just SING!"
On the way out, hiking all the way across the UC Berkeley campus, there were some kids behind us...I guess around my age, speculating about the popularity of "old bands", lol. My mom was laughing. When they passed by us, we had a good conversation as to what exactly IS the band of my generation. I laughed and said "Entrance", as I jumped down some stairs.
The show, overall, though, was alright. And I've learned my lesson not to go to a concert unless I dig the band.
AND we saw an ad for the San Francisco's Outside Lands Music and Arts Festival which is Aug 22-24. I really want to go see Tom Petty and Devendra Banhart on the 23rd! I hope I can convince my mom in time to get tickets.
Katrina
Ps- Two reasons why you go see a rock show: lights and drugs. Oh yeah...and the music.
I apologize to the world for being the worst concert-goer EVER! In the presence of music, I won't thrash about or even wiggle, really. Apparently I'm odd for not participating in this movement. I dunno, art is an internal thing for me, not external in the slightest.
Onward...so we left on the b.a.r.t. train towards Berkeley. I love people watching. It's so interesting. In fact, on our first train, we were behind a guy with brown, curly hair who was carrying an Ibanez guitar case. He was totally indie rocker. During the train ride, he got up and handed a group of college kids behind us some fliers. I'm pretty sure it was for some band. And my guess is that he was in said band. So that was pretty cool. On the next train, a whole bunch of college age kids were there too. I guess all of them were going to see R.E.M. All those indie kids *shakes head*.
The concert was at the Greek Theater, directly on the UC Berkeley campus. (which is gorgeous. Taking a tour of there made me really, really want to go to college a few years back) And that venue is amazing. It was built by Hearst, the guy who built that castle down south. So cool. It's actually like the Greek Amphitheater.
The opening bands were The National and Modest Mouse. The National were...eh. Minor chorded modern indie rock, for you. Not my type, sorry. They did follow suit with the style of new indie bands too. The pioneer look on top with the beard and all, but with the dark colored, modern clothes. :P It's amusing. Modest Mouse, I have some of their albums and enjoy listening to them...every so often, I guess. Their instrumentals were moving and during the show, I just wanted the singer to shut up so I could keep listening to the music. Plus they play a bunch of different kinds of instruments.
Before R.E.M. got on, the guy on the other side of my mom lit up a pipe. My mom looked so uncomfortable. I almost burst out laughing. And of course, the people watching at this point in time was stellar. There was the overly chatty couple in front of us talking to a bald guy with a purple and green bandanna on his head. And the already drunk blonde lady with the sparkly red Mickey Mouse on her shirt...well, she was either drunk or just really in love with R.E.M. She was shaking hands with all the security people and chatting up everyone she could find.
R.E.M. came on stage and let me just tell you, the stage design was incredible. The screens would show really pixelated images of them on stage, but with a ton of different ways of arranging them and effects. One of them totally reminded me of those too much selective coloring images. :P I think I watched the visuals on those screens half the time. But the music was awesome as well. It was R.E.M. and they had stage presence. They played quite a few classics. ^^
One thing about them, though, was that Michael Stipe felt that he had the liberty to express his views on things because he was in liberal Berkeley. He told us his excitement about CA passing gay marriage and told us he was voting for Obama. Haha, my mom kept yelling "Just SING!"
On the way out, hiking all the way across the UC Berkeley campus, there were some kids behind us...I guess around my age, speculating about the popularity of "old bands", lol. My mom was laughing. When they passed by us, we had a good conversation as to what exactly IS the band of my generation. I laughed and said "Entrance", as I jumped down some stairs.
The show, overall, though, was alright. And I've learned my lesson not to go to a concert unless I dig the band.
AND we saw an ad for the San Francisco's Outside Lands Music and Arts Festival which is Aug 22-24. I really want to go see Tom Petty and Devendra Banhart on the 23rd! I hope I can convince my mom in time to get tickets.
Katrina
Ps- Two reasons why you go see a rock show: lights and drugs. Oh yeah...and the music.