Boredom Blogging

I should probably be doing something productive with my extra day off but today I'm feeling particularly lazy. Well maybe not lazy, maybe unmotivated. I went to two concerts in a row and I'm feeling it today. My ears are ringing, my feet and legs are exhausted and even after numerous showers I still probably smell like cigarettes and beer.

Eric Church is I'd say one of my top five favorite singers and top two that I like to see live (Buble obviously holds the top spot). Unfortunately Eric was at 4th Street for Hot Country Nights - a free concert. So about 15% of the thousands of people there were actually there to see him. The rest of the people were just there to hang out and socialize and make me feel like I'm 80 years old. So not the best concert but thanks to some good friends the night wasn't a total loss.

Last night was Gary Allan, which despite my hung over state and the threatening of thunderstorms we made the trip to the waterfront. Another free one. Blech. I love Gary Allan, and Todd has a huge man crush on him but when I say it was a trying night that would be an understatement. We got there about two hours before he was set to perform. We got a great spot right by the stage and waited and waited. The crowd was... diverse. Mostly, it was what you'd expect at a free waterfront concert with a couple of normal people here and there (counting yours truly). It was a freak show. Fantastic people watching which is one of my favorite things to do. But about a half an hour before the show some drunk guys came barreling up toward the stage to claim their front row spots. Now some people had been there literally all day to stand close to the stage so needless to say these people were pissed. So you can guess what happened next. Two guys got into a massive beer throwing, drunk punching, shirt ripping fight. Right next to us. I was mortified. Todd was protecting small children, I was smashed up against the metal divider in front of the stage. The little girl next to me started crying and I felt like joining in. Security (all two of them) eventually made there way to the fight and broke it up. The escorted the two guys out and all was well again - unless you count I could barely stand cause my legs were shaking so bad. I'm such a wuss, but I could just imagine one of the guys missing his intended target and hitting me, knocking out all my teeth. Anyway, about 20 minutes later the concert started and it made up for the whole ordeal. It was fabulous. There was the issue of the amazon drunk lady that decided to push me out of the way and stand directly in front of me but she moved eventually. But, all in all - good show. He played a few songs with just him and an acoustic guitar - fantastic. Worth the trouble but definitely made me realize how much better paid shows are.