It was a weekend of indulgence and reliving the good ol’ days. Not sure how good those days are for me today. I couldn’t digest half the level of intoxicants in my system on an average Saturday while a sophomore in high school. Unfortunately I wasn’t feeling so well and I didn’t even take many legal intoxicants.
Brett arrived on Friday night with his friend Fudge a bit late after a few detours. I was hoping to go to the Hackensaw Boys show at the State Theatre but that wasn’t able to happen. Matt came in town and we hit IOTA. The band had already stopped playing. After that place emptied out we hit Ragtimes for last call. We stayed up for awhile playing euchre and drinking fine beer.
On Saturday we woke up to an alarm to get lunch and metro it out to MD. Matt was to pick us up and take us to the show. About the time we were going to go to lunch Matt called and bailed on the show. We also decided we didn’t need to be there when the gates opened and that gave us a few hours to kill. We hit Hell Burger for lunch and Brett and Fudge were thoroughly pleased. After a nap we hit the grocery store. Since Rocklands was right across the street we grabbed some more grub before the long night.
Thankfully we took 95 as 29 was backed up. We got the closest parking spot to the exit. Cops were out but we didn’t see any arrests. Although later I found out a friend’s car got surrounded by undercover cops. It was a very hot day. We walked around the lot while swillin’ a beer and I came across some nice hand-made belt buckles among other jewelry. The guy made jewelry out of silver and added various jewels to some. A lot of it had Grateful Dead symbols such as the Steal Your Face. They were nice unique hand-made sterling silver belt buckles. For $600 - $900. I’m starting to realize I got a good deal on my silver turquoise bear claw buckle (under $300) but I’m not ready to spend $600 just yet. There were lots of OU and Columbus people there that Brett knew. There weren’t any tickets available and a lot of people didn’t make it in.
I was a bit worried my paper tickets printed from the internet would work being that I bought them off a guy from the internet. He could have easily sold 20 of them. Thankfully the guy had a soul and we got in without issues. The place was packed. I think it was $8 for a 24oz of macro brew and $9 a 24oz for a few decent selections. We found a spot on the lawn hung out for the show. It was mostly new songs. But they did bust out a few classics. The Good Times Bad Times encore rocked. Setlist:
1: Crowd Control, Kill Devil Falls, The Sloth, Beauty Of A Broken Heart, Axilla I, Foam, Esther, Ha Ha Ha, Party Time, Tube, Stealing Time From The Faulty Plan, Strange Design, Time Turns Elastic2: Tweezer > Taste, Alaska, Let Me Lie, 46 Days, Oh! Sweet Nuthin', Harry HoodE: Good Times Bad Times, Tweezer Reprise
Right after the show we saw four big buses leave with a police escort. We spotted Trey with some chick in one; Mike was visible in another. We boogied back to Arlington to grab some food. None of us were in the mood for veggie burritos. DC was noticeably lacking people over the weekend due to congress being out on summer break. All the lawyers, lobbyists, and aides are back home or on vacation.
On Sunday we woke up late and got crabs at the Quarterdeck. I took Brett there a couple years ago when he was in town and he was looking forward to hitting it again. We dug in to the all-you-can-eat for awhile. None of us where in the mood for beers. It was 4:00 by the time Brett and Fudge got on the road back to Columbus. Hopefully they didn’t take as many detours on the way home.
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