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Amidst a torrid ice storm, I braved the two hour drive (which turned into a three hour b/c of the weather), stood up for almost five hours and sat through three bands i’d never heard of (Andy, Colour Revolt and Awesome Color) to get to see DJr. in a headlining role for the first time in almost ten years.
Comepletely worth it. Hell, the opening bands rocked too. I’m not sure if it was just me excited to be at a real rock show again, or if the openers (especially the drummers of the two "Colo/ur" bands) were really THAT good. Anyway, bonus points for the openers being good. The Conservatory looked to hold maybe 300 people (if the Fire Marshal isn’t watching) so everybody was pretty close. I also forgot my ear plugs. Still, unbelievably good show with a good mix of old and new. No "In A Jar" for me, but really everything sounded so good that the exclusion of that song wasn’t such a big deal.
Funny story afterward…..I drove from OKC to Tulsa in a big winter storm….the drive took about three hours. After having my eardrums pulverized for a good four and a half hours, and standing up all of that time (owww, my knees!! My hips!!!) I headed back at 12:30AM. I was just outside Edmond when I saw a flash of bright green light to my left. At least, I thought that’s what I saw. Could I have imagined it? Yea….probably….stressful drive, tired, ears ringing….I imagined it.
After the third one popped, my theory had progressed from some sort of jumping green lightning to, possibly, alien life.
After the fifth one popped, I was relatively certain my alien life hypothesis would be proven true. And I was really hoping those rumors of probes were just that. If anything would have made that drive home worse, it would have been a probe.
I probably saw 10 of them before I got home, and, until now, I was just not gonna say anything and be thankful that I got home probe-less. Well, I called my brother who already thinks I’m a goof, and he explained they were electrical transformers blowing out. I think i’m going to go with that transformer theory too. Sounds solid.
Ya mon, that looks right up my alley. After I fully wrap my mind around "Zen Catholicism," which i’m currently trying to get through, i’ll definately check this one out.
P.S. Cool avatar. My nine week old daughter’s name is Marley.
"rosa " wrote:sorry I jumped to a bad conclusion like that. hope you’re feeling well and that the tat is healing nicelyDon’t sweat it. I never thought about it, but they DO look like cigarette burns (or cigar burns….some are bigger than others). You should have seen them a couple of years ago before my docs found a medicine that worked. It looked like flesh eating bacteria. Blech.
And thanks for the ink props. Everybody who sees it smiles, even though hardly anyone knows from where it originated. Well, almost everyone smiles. My father-in-law didn’t.
Funny thing, my 10 year old son goes to a private Catholic school. About a week before I got it done, his art teacher stopped me on back to school night and quietly said, "didn’t I see you at the Dinosaur Jr. show a couple of months ago??" Heh.
I probably should have explained those…..
Those are from sarcoidosis. Don’t know how ya get it (sarcoidosis). Don’t know how to cure it. And they don’t know what it is. It could go away any day, or it could kill you (like Reggie White). Thankfully my symptoms have been limited to just skin scarring and periodic arthritis-like joint pain. It affects other people’s lungs (Reggie White), liver and neurological system (some people would probably say my neurological has been affected, but I don’t think so).
The boots on my dude are covering up some scar tissue. This tattoo is an experiment to see how they will react. If all is good in six months, i’m going to get more work. LOTS more work. Normally, if the scar tissue is raised, tattooing over them is a no-go, but none of my scarring is raised. In fact, some of it actually makes slight indentions. Kind of like a bizzaro scar. My main worry is the ink bleeding and forming big blotches. So far, it looks pretty decent.
Well…..here ’tis!!
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I didn’t want to go with white for the face, hands and pants, so we took some liberties with those colors. I think it turned out pretty cool. Go me.
Very cool. Thank you guys so much.
P.S. I’ll post pictures of it after I get it inked on the back of my calf.
I caught the show on Wednesday night. Apparently J. and Co. had some issues getting to Cain’s and were a tad late. They didn’t have a set list and had to gather at the middle of the stage after almost every song.
There was a healthy crowd there….probably five or six hundred people or so. I like the Black Keys, but DJr. blew them off the stage. I know of several people who went who had never listened to them before, and went out and bought CD’s the next day.Hopefully they will want to come back to Oklahoma on a headlining tour……45 minutes just wasn’t enough!!
Hot damn. Living in Tulsa DOES have some purks. Like Dinosaur Jr. at Cain’s.
It’s been something like twelve year’s since I’ve seen them…..last time was at Tree’s in Dallas. I’m too old to go to shows much anymore, but i’m stoked. I, too, am irritated that DinoJr. is opening for Black Keyes, but BK is really damn good as well. It will be a great show for sure.
BTW, Cain’s Ballroom is in a warehouse district in Tulsa and was the site where legendary Texas swing musician Bob Wills broadcasted from. That, and there’s a hole in the wall where Sid Vicious punched it. Yes sir, Dinosaur Jr. at the Cain’s. Hooray for me.
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