Little Steven bids us all a good night. The crowd is staggering off the field. We call Bryan on his cell phone. He tells us that he's lost a lens from his eyeglasses. We meet up by the sound board and head back to the car. He's euphoric and full of war stories and I'm mostly deaf and exhausted and royally pissed off about his glasses. I summon up enough energy to give him hell for a few minutes, but then I want to hear about Iggy. We'll finish the eyeglass conversation tomorrow. For now, we have a long drive home ahead of us.
Going into this, I wasn't sure I had the stamina to endure a 12-hour day. As it turns out, I didn't. It took me all day Sunday and most of Monday to recover. Jim, who knows enough to wear earplugs, fared slightly better. On Monday, I had to drive Bryan to the optician's to get his lens replaced. On the way, I explained to him who Edd "Kookie" Byrnes is. If Little Steven does this again next year, I'll be there.
Article comments
1 - Eric Olsen
Great you-are-there diary, DA, and there's nothing pretentious about taking notes at a freaking 12-hour show - how could you remember otherwise? Even though the show was REALLY long, the multitude of bands kept it moving, which is a lesson all festivals should learn.
Thanks!
2 - Distorted Angel
Thank you kindly, Eric! I'm hoping that Bryan will blog the full story of the Strokes and Iggy -- it's the adrenaline-fueled side of the story, and probably much more entertaining :-)
3 - Eric Olsen
Cool!
Oh and btw, my 17 year-old son has had his glasses lost, crushed, snapped, squished, several times in the last few years. I think it goes with the territory
4 - MT
Best review I've read yet on this event.
5 - Brett
I just stumbled across this blog looking for reviews of the show. I was right up front for the show, and remember a guy right next to me losing a lens from his glasses. I was the tall 19 year old wearing a blue Bruce Springsteen shirt and white Yankees hat (which was plucked right off the top of my head by some jerk during Iggy's set). It's a small world indeed.
6 - Eric Olsen
Brett, meet Bryan!
7 - Janette Fritz
How do I get concert tickets to Little Steven's Underground Garage Festival?