what it's about

I went and saw a live rock n' roll act last night. It was pretty freaking awesome. First off we went to a bar before the show, because all shows are better with booze--even ballet. This bar was extra cool though because the bartender had us pick a drink out of a 500 page cocktail book and he made a free 'sample' of the chosen drink for us (a sample the size of a normal drink). BTW Hakkatinis are pretty good just add a little lime in there with the 2 parts apple juice, 1 part orange vodka, 1 part Gran Marnier, and 1-.5 part Campari.

So the opening band was decent however I don't think that they ever escaped the high school notebook phase of writing. The first song was about "addiction", the second about "people we've lost", the third was about "anyone in jail", and the last song was about "those people in the south who have got the short end of the stick". Oh happy little americana colloquialisms! Honest this was all from the singer's mouth, hence the quotations. I'm surprised that there weren't song about "all those people out there with diabetes", "people with gassy pets", and "anyone who's ever used a charge card".

I think the headliners (The Hold Steady, check 'em out) later made fun of the opening band when the lead singer said "this next song is about nicknames!" and it clearly was.