I was supposed to go on a trip for my 40th birthday. With girlfriends. To, say, New Orleans or someplace. And when that started to crumble, I thought about having a girls' weekend at a nice hotel here in Austin. But I never managed to get plans off the ground for that, either.
So instead, I'm flying to Washington DC in less than 2 weeks to go see the Smashing Pumpkins on their 20th anniversary tour. It's a two-night spectacular, so I'll be attending both shows. These shows are taking place almost a year to the day that I was put on bedrest when pregnant with the twins, and had to miss the Austin show at the Backyard.
The husband is taking vacation time from work (don't worry, kids, he has 118 hours of vacation left for 2008) so that I can go.
Happy birthday to me!
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Sunday, November 2, 2008
Saturday, August 9, 2008
Chillin wit da homies
Last Saturday evening found me and my husband enjoying the musical offerings of the illustrious Snoop Dogg and 311. The concert was held at The Backyard, a venue that will soon be closing. This was my first time there, although I did have tickets to The Smashing Pumpkins' rescheduled 2007 show, which fell on the date I was put on bedrest for my twin pregnancy. But that's another story for another post.
We missed the opening act, Fictionplane, which apparently is Sting's son's band and gets halfway decent reviews. We opted for food instead. We arrived just as Snoop was taking the stage. I couldn't wipe the big goofy smile off my face. Snoop played all da hitz, from back in the day to his more recent offerings. I haven't had that much pure, silly fun at a concert since I saw The Beastie Boys back in 2004. He had the (mostly white) crowd doing all the hip hop moves the entire time he performed. I was right there along with them. He closed with a version of the classic, Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye; instead of the word "Goodbye" in the interminable chorus, we sang "Snoop Dogg".
311 took the stage around 10:00 p.m., so we were already watching the clock a bit. They put on a great show, with a very effective lighting display and a perfect setlist. Unfortunately, by the time they came out for the encore, we were feeling the need to leave, to avoid the crazy parking situation. If we didn't have kids, or if my parents hadn't been our sitters, we might have stayed a bit longer. As we walked across the Best Buy parking lot to make our way to the dirt trail leading to the "parking lot", we heard the strains of their second encore tune, which happens to be my favorite 311 song, Beyond the Grey Sky. I was disappointed that I missed it, because it was one of two songs I'd really hoped they would do. At least I got to hear the first one, their cover of Lovesong by the Cure.
We returned home at midnight to non-sleeping babies and tired grandparents, but it was worth every bit of sleep I lost that night.
We missed the opening act, Fictionplane, which apparently is Sting's son's band and gets halfway decent reviews. We opted for food instead. We arrived just as Snoop was taking the stage. I couldn't wipe the big goofy smile off my face. Snoop played all da hitz, from back in the day to his more recent offerings. I haven't had that much pure, silly fun at a concert since I saw The Beastie Boys back in 2004. He had the (mostly white) crowd doing all the hip hop moves the entire time he performed. I was right there along with them. He closed with a version of the classic, Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye; instead of the word "Goodbye" in the interminable chorus, we sang "Snoop Dogg".
311 took the stage around 10:00 p.m., so we were already watching the clock a bit. They put on a great show, with a very effective lighting display and a perfect setlist. Unfortunately, by the time they came out for the encore, we were feeling the need to leave, to avoid the crazy parking situation. If we didn't have kids, or if my parents hadn't been our sitters, we might have stayed a bit longer. As we walked across the Best Buy parking lot to make our way to the dirt trail leading to the "parking lot", we heard the strains of their second encore tune, which happens to be my favorite 311 song, Beyond the Grey Sky. I was disappointed that I missed it, because it was one of two songs I'd really hoped they would do. At least I got to hear the first one, their cover of Lovesong by the Cure.
We returned home at midnight to non-sleeping babies and tired grandparents, but it was worth every bit of sleep I lost that night.
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