football friday (week 11: actually i'm gonna talk about less than jake)...!

yep, it's more talk about less than jake.  i'm not going to review the show because as usual (for the third time this year, even) it was awesome.  amazing.  those guys just know how to put on one hell of an enjoyable show.  even if you hate their music they'll entertain you between songs.  me?  i love their music.  they are by far my favourite band.

could the show have been better?  maybe.  they could have played my very own flag.  been ages since i've seen them play it live.  they did play national anthem though, which is probably my second fave.  yeah, that was awesome, even if i did land up with a huge bump on the back of my head when i jumped in the circle pit to enjoy it.

but like i said, we're not here to review the show, we're here to review it's audience.  the show was at the nokia theater in times square.  either the nokia is much bigger than i thought or the show didn't sell very well because there was a ton of room in the crowd.  my cousin danielle likes going to the front of the crowd at events like an ltj show.  it's normally very crowded and people are pushing and shifting with each movement of another person.  that wasn't so much the case on thursday.  it was crowded, but very spread out.  everyone really did have a lot of personal space.  of course "a lot" is relative.  it's usually less than none.

oddly in the nicest most spread out crowd i've ever been a part of there was a problem.  a girl (turned out to be 2) from atlanta (as i learned later) decided to take it upon herself to throw a can at a guy she thought was being too rowdy.  she was at the front of a crowd of people and took exception to being bumped.

now, i've been going to shows for a good 15 years.  getting bumped is part of the concert going experience if you decided you want to be at the front of the crowd.  so she throws the can and misses her target,  i saw it flying and caught it.  i decided to tell her she was in the wrong.

see, when i go to a show i tend to be a mini bouncer.  i keep my eye out for all sorts of stuff, random crowd surfers, overly aggressive folks, and other such things.  my goal is ot make sure i don't get kicked in the head and i tend to look out for the girls in my general area.  it's cool that girls want to have fun, but in general they don't know what they're getting themselves into.

the girl was standing next to me, so i mentioned it was uncool to throw the can.  she decided to tell me she wasn't scared of me and that i should hit her if i want to.  i didn't want to hit her.  in fact i really wanted to fuck her.  she was a pretty sexy lil redhead.  until she opened her mouth at least.  so i told her again, she missed her target and hit me, it wasn't cool.  i didn't care that her can could have hit me, i cared it was there at all.  if someone's bumping you, bump them back.  that's how it goes.

so the show went on.  ginger mccuntalot didn't really know any of the songs.  she was just there annoying people.  she and her friend tried to get on stage.  the entire crowd around us all pleaded with hand gestures for the band to take them away from us.  finally she convinced buddy she and her friend could shotgun a pbr faster than some asian dudes.  they were now on stage.  and gone.

so i started a "they are cunts!" chant.  10-15 people from the area joined in, but the crowd did not.  to them she was just a sexy lil redhead.  the cans got poked and they failed in shotgunning quite miserably.  ultimately getting booed, throwing the cans in the crowd, and disappearing...until they were back.  fuck!  we thought we were rid of them.

upon arriving she somehow wound up having words with some guy.  i didn't see who started it, but she sure as hell escalated it.  then her friend topped it off by grabbing the guy by his throat.  why the bouncer who was literally right in front of us did nothing, i don't know.  i saw the guy wasn't about to hold back, so i stepped between em, knocked the girls hand away and pushed the guy back.  he tried to get at em again, but i held my ground.

i think that finally scared the lil cunt away.  instead of trying to get her spot back like she was planning, she grabbed her stuff from the bouncer.  giving her a bit of credit, she did thank me for involving myself.  to which i responded, "we're just here to have fun.  stick around he won't bug you."  sadly she left.  which is too bad i would have like to have gotten a piece of that.

the moral of the story...don't be a cunt at the less than jake show.

moving on, it's week 11!  i'm 1-0 on the week, and we have a fulls late of games with the bye weeks being over.  home team in CAPS and the lines, as usual, come from the post.

dolphins +3 over PANTHERS (win - thursday)
falcons +6.5 over GIANTS
jets +10.5 over PATRIOTS
LIONS -3.5 over browns
JAGUARS -9 over bills
steelers-10 over CHIEFS
colts -1 over RAVENS
49ers +6.5 over PACKERS
VIKINGS -10.5 over seahawks
COWBOYS -11 over redskins
saints -11.5 over BUCCANEERS
cardinals -9 over RAMS
bengals -9.5 over RAIDERS
chargers over BRONCOS
eagles -3 over BEARS
titans +4.5 over TEXANS

and with that, i shall go fix my typos.  the in browser spell check has nearly turned my page red i made so many... 

(also a pic later or tomorrow, waiting for my cuz to send me the ones she took)

Comments

[Everyone's Favourite Canadian]

Must be nice to live somewhere that bands are willing to play. So it goes, I guess. As for crowds at concerts, I totally agree. I hate the people who are there to be assholes. When I went to see Bad Religion, there was a guy in a Marilyn Manson shirt. He had spiked wristbands and pushed his way through the crowd while hitting people from behind with the spikes. On the other end of the spectrum, the second time I saw the Pixies play, the crowd was stationary and silent. Nobody moved or anything. They just stood there. I was in the front, right in front of Kim Deal, so I was expecting a little pushing. Nothing. I don't think anybody came within six inches of me until the encore, when a guy accidentally bumped into me and apologized. Of course, it was the Pixies, so it's one of the best experiences of my life. A little enthusiasm from the crowd would have been nice, though.