shame is so in this season

fins to the left, crazies to the right

the judes and i went to the big apple to the big easy concert benefit last night at the garden. it was... interesting, putting it lightly. i was excited for lenny, elton, bette, paul, cyndi & elvis, but incredibly let down when they were only on stage for about 10 minutes. there were also some new orleans legends like irma thomas and the dixie cups. but for the other 5 hours and 50 minutes... jimmy buffet. and john fogerty. and the nevilles. i should have known. the crowd was clearly reliving their college days. i think i mentioned earlier that indie kids can't dance. i take that back. jimmy buffet fans can't dance. there was a couple of frizzy haired females who looked like they were trying out for a nordic track infomercial. then there was the guy who was all but humping the chair in front of him, including the chair's much annoyed occupant. and this was just in my 10 foot radius.

and then there were these two fifteen year old girls standing in the aisle. i don't know if they were drunk or just run of the mill crazy, but one was crying hysterically and shouting "jimmy!" while reaching her arms to the stage and the other was just swaying (about 20% to the music and 80% to whatever's going on in her crazy little head) and offering multiple hugs to the crying girl. together, they were a smoking car wreck. the judes and i were thoroughly entertained.

and then there was another crazy about three rows in front of us. she apparently went to town and back at the merch table, as she was sporting the concert tee, multiple flashy colored light things, a million strands of beads and a mardi gras mask. note: she wore the mask the entire time. ubercreepy would be an understatement. she kept turning around and facing the back of the arena, waving her hands wildly, holding a flashing light ball attached to some beads. we turned around, thinking that she was waving to somebody or maybe even a boom camera, but alas, she was waving at nothing. periodically she would take her husband's camera and point it at some random place in the audience. then she'd wave some more. we decided that it was the ludes.

posted by erica @ 11:05 AM