Comments | protoclown: gypsies are singing in the garage again

protoclown

gypsies are singing in the garage again

Mar 22, 2007 10:02

Last night Rachael, Macon and I went to see accordian-wielding Jason Webley (a guy whose sound is somewhere between Tom Waits and a crazed, drunken gypsy, realizing that sometimes ol' Mr. Waits sounds like a crazed, drunken gypsy himself) at a house show, and he was fantastic. Rachael and Macon really enjoyed him, and seemed very appreciative of ( Read more... )

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stupid kids.. fireballzer0 March 22 2007, 14:52:55 UTC

fret not old man. i too have felt the sting of age whenever i go.. well, anywhere in public where there's going to be a younger crowd. be it the movies, a show, a party, even bars. i always chalk it up to "youthful enthusiasm" vs. the "been there, done that crowd". in the end i'm always accepting of it and i'm not shaking my fist so hard.

still, i see where you're coming from. another side of me says "are kids today just fucking retarded or something?!" answer: yes.

Re: stupid kids.. protoclown March 22 2007, 15:06:35 UTC

It scares me to think though that a decade or so ago there were probably people thinking this same kinda shit about us! haha

And I know there ARE a lot of younger people who are very mature, but I guess in those kind of crowded venues they aren't the ones who are going to stand out.

mr_jaeger March 22 2007, 16:30:34 UTC

I'd like to allay your fears about a certain facet of this issue...but I'm not going to. Truth is: we WERE like that when we were their age. JUST like that. And not altogether very long ago.

Sleep easy.

You're an old fart, now.

protoclown March 22 2007, 16:33:18 UTC

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOooooooooooooooooooooooooooo! :darthvader

kalinichta March 22 2007, 17:54:59 UTC

First off: accordion, yum.

Second: I get those feelings of annoyance about the people around me at nearly every show I go to, so I don't think it's an age thing. I think it's a people-are-assholes thing.

protoclown March 22 2007, 19:26:42 UTC

Yeah, I often get those kind of feelings myself, depending on the show and what kind of crowd it draws, but this crowd just struck me as grossly immature (more than most), and I found myself extremely annoyed by it. I was kind of bothered by how much they annoyed me, really.

i_mockery March 22 2007, 18:21:15 UTC

Haha, just imagine how bad the kids are gonna seem when we really are old (ie: in our 50's 'n 60's). It's gonna be hard not shooting all of them in the face.

protoclown March 22 2007, 19:27:12 UTC

Oh you bastard. I hadn't even THOUGHT of that. Now I can't STOP thinking about it, and it's horrible...HORRIBLE!

i_mockery March 22 2007, 22:20:36 UTC

My work here is finished!

mogguy March 22 2007, 23:59:25 UTC

"I really don't want to feel old, but when I find myself complaining about "the kids these days" and how much they annoy me, and when I consider that I really can't identify with the youth of today,"

I'm 19 and I feel the exact same way about almost all the high school students I run into around here. So if you're old, then I'm right up there with you. And I'm not ready to be old yet.

Why would you call me old? :p

protoclown March 27 2007, 17:55:43 UTC

Wow, I guess if you're 10 years younger than me but still feel the same way, that kind of puts it in perspective, and suddenly I don't feel so old as "easily annoyed by stupid people". Thanks! :P