i finally saw lagwagon last night. first time in like 15 years of being a fan. so it was just kinda set up to be a bit of a let down. it was fun, they were very good, but their live goal seems to be silliness, which just doesnt go well with the songs and lyrics. it kind of takes something away from the seriousness of the songs. they played so many songs i wasnt excited to hear, and they left out so many songs i really wanted to hear. overall grade? probably a B, which is still very good. ive just always expected them to be an easy A.
i spent most of the day in st paul with ross. which was a lot of fun. we ate at a really good pizza place for lunch where we caught some of the vikings game and some of the twins game. overall i think we ate about 4 pounds of cheese throughout the day. sound right? about 4 pounds a piece?
on our way to the show we stopped at a stop sign about 2 or 3 blocks from the venue. a group of guys walked out in front of ross's vehicle so we sat at the stop sign waiting for them to cross. when they got directly in the front of the vehicle i realized who it was...it was joey cape and some of the other members of lagwagon. my heart started pounding and my stomach turned to knots. its joey! i never really get star struck. somewhere along the way i realized band members, actors, whatever, are still just people and theyre nothing to get all excited about. so it was strange for me to get all worked up about it...but sadly, i did. and so did ross. it was kind of funny in a really embarrassing way. long story short...joey cape can apparantly turn me into a dork really quick.
we were early for the show...so we drove around st paul a lot trying to decide what to do. after a lot of driving we stopped at a park in st paul. it was a few blocks away from the excel and right on the mississippi river over looking harriot island. ross parked on the side of the road and i got out first. i closed the door and looked towards where i would be walking. in front of me was an older couple making out...right in the middle of the park...dozens of people all around, including children. not only were they making out, the woman was...ummm....hmmm..."manually expressing her love" to the man. following me? yeah...right in the middle of the park...in broad day light. within easy sight of a fairly busy st paul street. so...the "annual display of class in a public place award" goes to these 2. good job guys.
today. i am off of work. i am also off tomorrow. my plans? as much laziness as possible. i slept until noon today. Mmmmm. extra sleep.
2 comments:
Great review of our stellar Laggy Cheesy day. I, too, had fun. However, you forgot to mention six things:
1) How we very un-creepily followed Lagwagon into a local pub and sat across from them for a few minutes, trying to figure out the least fan-boy way to tell them thanks for the tunes. Just as I was about to buy them a drink, they got up and left. We decided not to follow them a second time; doth that not constitute creepy? We are not creepy, we told ourselves.
2) How you paid Joey Cape $45 to lay on top of him for 6 minutes. You didn't move at all, but you breathed very near his mouth. That mouth which has sung so many of your favorite songs.
3) How we both consumed almost exactly 4.0 pounds of cheese at lunch + dinner, as you said, but you neglected to mention that I jammed an additional 2.16 pounds of cheese into my trousers and saved it, kept it warm. (Perhaps too warm.) Later, whilst in the first row at Lagwagon, I ated the extr'ins.
So I ended the day having consumed closer to 6.16 lbs o'cheese [more accurately, cheese curd, given the state of the cheese when I retrieved it hours later from my pants and then stuffed it into my curd-hungry gaping maw] -- which clearly eclipsed your paltry (Get it? Paul-tree? Brilliant!) 4.0 pounds.
4) How disturbingly curd-mad I was when I threw that curd-fueled "fit" during the MxPx set. Sorry about that.
5) Curd.
6) Keith.
following the band to the local pub is a little more embarrassing then the earlier stop sign incident. so i hit it with the blanket line of "long story short"...
as far as me lying on joey cape. in my defense i only had 8 bucks on me. he asked for 45...i countered with 2 bucks...he laughed and countered with 30."im joey f-ing cape" he said. i told him i only had 8 bucks. he said "good enough for joey" which i thought was more then fair for a 6 minute lay. and again, in my defense...at the 5:23 mark i realized he wasnt breathing anymore, so i got off of him a little early...i think it was only like 5:57.
that cheese in your man pants...mixed with the horrible horrible heat of the venue really yellowed up your socks. it was kinda disgusting. so much melted cheese in your loafers. remember when those kids dipped their corn chips into your loafers and called their invention "chips and loafer cheese"...i threw up a little bit in the corner, but it was still kinda funny.
i really enjoyed watching you sing along to responsibility and punk rock show...i didnt realize you loved mxpx that much. the weirdest part of the night for me was when you told me you liked them a lot more than lagwagon...and "always have"...i lost so much respect for you then and there.
and ross...screw keith..he wasnt even invited.
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