General Post

This is a general post. It's late at night, and I wish I had some ice cream. Maybe tomorrow. On Monday, I rode the train to Chicago to see Low at Millennium Park. Immediately after I boarded the train, I discovered that my phone battery was completely dead. This meant that I couldn't contact my friend, who is blind and was supposed to meet me there. I covered placed where he might be twice to no avail (including walking from the field back to the train station). Finally, I sat in the back row of seats, looking around as often as I could. Man, did the first act annoy me. He is some Irish gentleman from some romance movie that tied in music. So song after song was about luv, except that he played one Van Morrison cover (I love Van Morrison; this guy shouldn't have tried). I noticed young women all around me, all clapping enthusiastically after every song. I also noticed a few stretching out an Irish flag. Blech. Then Low started, really slow...

The first time I saw Low, they were opening for Luna. Luna is the poppier incarnation of Galaxie 500. Low seemed like a Galaxie 500 tribute band that just got that Galaxie 500 is slow. The second time I saw Low, it was because a couple of bands I like were opening. But after a few songs of Low, I just had to leave--too slow. I gave Low's recorded works a chance; one of them has some good production and variation in songs. Probably overall I'm not that crazy about them, but for free... Anyway, after a few songs, they got to the couple that I like. But I had to leave early to wake up early the next day. I did feel pretty crappy about never meeting up with my friend, but his wife and daughter were there with him, as it turned out. The Pitchfork Festival is in two weeks, and I've barely gotten out this summer. I might need to get a bit more acclimated.

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