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| | I Was Made To Love Magic ~ Keren Ann | ] | So I just got back from Nashville where I celebrated my 23rd birthday in style with Deborah Harry. It was fabulous...how could it not be? Blondie mostly just played their hits which was okay because I was drunk, but I was really looking forward to hearing more new songs & the gorgeous "Angels on the Balcony" from Autoamerican, which they revived recently on the European leg of their tour. Thank god for beer; I would've been severely disappointed. Debbie really got the crowd worked up. You wouldn't believe how absolutely obsessed everyone there was with her! At one point I waved at her & she waved back & I almost fainted. I'm such a geek. The Psychedelic Furs were fun to watch. Richard Butler's on-stage swagger is strangely alluring, even if his voice doesn't sound very lovely live. "Love My Way" must be the best song ever! I never realized how much I liked it with its supergorgeous marimba or vibes or whatever that instrument is. The first 2 bands were godawful, just for the record. I usually really like opening bands, but they seriously sucked. How many Green Day, Stone Temple Pilots, or Alice in Chains rip-offs can we withstand? Clear Channel, I blame you.
At the concert I met up with my sweet & newly brunetted lesbo friend, Katie Jo (who has decided she will vote for Kerry after all, much to my delight). We've always considered each other musical soul mates. We love all the same stuff & have the same unrequitable appetite for it. My first memory of her was in the library of BCHS when I was a Senior & she was a Freshman. I was a co-host on the morning announcements (a student-produced news program that was broadcast to the entire high school every morning) & I had been hawking the brand new Alanis Morissette album (Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie, yeah it was 1998) & she just randomly walked up to me & started asking me questions about what I thought some of the lyrics meant. There's this line in "That I Would Be Good" that goes "that I would be loved even when i was fuming..." She told me she thought that it meant Alanis was having an issue with flatulence, which was weird because that's the first thing that came to my mind when I heard the word "fuming." Yeah, we've been tight ever since.
Scott & his/our friend Nick accompanied me for the Nashville trip. Scott was untypically generous: he rented a car, drove us there, paid for the hotel, bought me food & libations. Last night, we ate at the Melting Pot! I've always wanted to try fondue & it was everything I'd ever expected. The vegetarian entree consisted of artichoke hearts, portabello mushrooms, asparagus, eggplant, tofu, red peppers & maybe some other things which you jab with a skewer & cook in a pot of veggie broth. It was the best thing ever!
We did a bunch of other things while we were there, such as the Nashville Zoo & the Parthenon & Opry Mills Mall, but I'm too tired to coherently get into all that. I had a great time though. It was good to get out of Little Rock for a few days. I really needed to get my batteries recharged. OMG & I come back to find terrific news about the Martha Wainwright show that margorand recorded for me! I couldn't be any happier. And tomorrow is Scott's & my first anniversary. What a milestone for me.... |