Swell Season

Tonight I went to the Swell Season concert on a whim. I had bought 6 tickets back when they went on sale shortly after they won the oscar for best song from the movie Once. I knew they'd go quick, and might be able to make a buck or two. So I had always planned on going with two of them. Home repairs took hold, expenses grew, so i sold them all. Fast forward to today. I looked on craigslist, and some guy was looking to get rid of his row B (read 2nd row) for whatever. I offered him face value, and met up in Plymouth in the Target parking lot. It was ironic, as later on during the show, Glen, the main guy from the band, mentioned how they had gone to this 'shop' earlier in the day called... and he paused... "Target." The crowd laughed a good bit, hometown mass retailer joke went over well!



Anywho. It's been a rough last two days for me. The show really made me smile when I needed it. I loved the movie, and the show was a very complimentary experience. I think it was my third favorite movie of last year. Juno was #1, Into the Wild #2, but I loved it. Reminded me of Lost In Translation in the sense that these characters were very rich, yet isolated and unnoticed by many. Both movies, the lead man and woman characters come to a glorious mutual bond/respect/love without any sort of traditional romantic payoff which I think is REALLY cool...

Anywho, not sure where i'm going with this. I think it had something to do with the fact that Glen talked and talked from the heart, and was insanely genuine in both his performance and his words. He talked about the disconnect between the head and the heart and how it can get people in trouble, one often outpacing the other to the detriment of both, and how different people are prone to different bumps in the road along the way depending on which of those two factors is stronger.

I haven't been to a show in too long. Sadly I went to this one solo, all my potential hot dates had prior engagements or already decided that my head heart disconnect was a little too distant. Oh well... Next up, either tuesday night summer league or perhaps Flight of the Conchords. Not gonna lie, row B at the orpheum for a fantastic show was pretty cool. Might just be worth missing the first night of summer league. Is it Business time?

In other news, during the time it took me to put this shoddy blog entry together, I've won $165 in online poker. WOOT!