Thursday, October 13, 2005
Shooter and Sushi
Well, last night I had the pleasure of seeing Shooter Jennings. If you don't know, I've thought the guy rocked since I first listened to his album back in June...just check out this post http://www.xanga.com/item.aspx?user=jhartsell&tab=weblogs&uid=293078718 if there is any doubt! Well, yesterday I went to see him at the Music Mill.
RG, CB, and myself met at Asaka for some sushi before the concert. It was sushi happy hour and we ate some good sushi. Interestingly enough sitting at the table next to us there was a mom and her two kids. They were all eating sushi! The kids couldn't have been any older than 4 or 5, but they were downing it! See, it just goes to show you that a kids pallet is definitely influenced by the parents more than anything. Hopefully when we have kids we can expose them to a wide variety of food so that they aren't prudes about trying new things. You might be thinking "Jason, but last week you went off about crazy crab lady!" Yeah, I did complain about her, not because she let her little kid have crab, but rather she didn't help the kid eat it nor did she show the girl how to use the tools...she just wanted to engulf her food and then eat the kids crab. Ok, so back to my night!
Well, after sushi we left for the concert. We made it there about 2 minutes or so before the doors opened up for the general admission concert. So we were there about 7:30 for the 8:30 concert. We hung out and drank some beers waiting for the show to begin. It wasn't too packed, so people weren't fighting to get close to the stage, so that was good. About 8:40 or so the opening act began.
The opening act is a semi-local band, from Seymore, IN. They are called The Elms, and they seem to have a bright future. They have a record deal, and have a pretty good sound. The band seems to have good chemistry, and they played some good music. Look for them in the future. Oh, and they are not country.
Funny thing happened while they were playing though, to the left of me was a heavily tattooed guy. He had a thick wallet chain and was pretty buff. Well, there was a group of middleaged guys messing with him. They kept yanking the guys chain and then acting all cool like nothing happened. I could tell that the chain guy was starting to get pissed off. He was just there rocking to the music. Well they eventually stopped, The Elms were done and the guy left.
After a L O N G set changed Shooter Jennings and his band The .357s came onstage. Guess who their drummer was? Yes, none other than chain guy! How funny is that. Here is a picture of him playing ping pong with another guy in the band...and probably the same damn chain that he had on last night.
Well, last night I had the pleasure of seeing Shooter Jennings. If you don't know, I've thought the guy rocked since I first listened to his album back in June...just check out this post http://www.xanga.com/item.aspx?user=jhartsell&tab=weblogs&uid=293078718 if there is any doubt! Well, yesterday I went to see him at the Music Mill.
RG, CB, and myself met at Asaka for some sushi before the concert. It was sushi happy hour and we ate some good sushi. Interestingly enough sitting at the table next to us there was a mom and her two kids. They were all eating sushi! The kids couldn't have been any older than 4 or 5, but they were downing it! See, it just goes to show you that a kids pallet is definitely influenced by the parents more than anything. Hopefully when we have kids we can expose them to a wide variety of food so that they aren't prudes about trying new things. You might be thinking "Jason, but last week you went off about crazy crab lady!" Yeah, I did complain about her, not because she let her little kid have crab, but rather she didn't help the kid eat it nor did she show the girl how to use the tools...she just wanted to engulf her food and then eat the kids crab. Ok, so back to my night!
Well, after sushi we left for the concert. We made it there about 2 minutes or so before the doors opened up for the general admission concert. So we were there about 7:30 for the 8:30 concert. We hung out and drank some beers waiting for the show to begin. It wasn't too packed, so people weren't fighting to get close to the stage, so that was good. About 8:40 or so the opening act began.
The opening act is a semi-local band, from Seymore, IN. They are called The Elms, and they seem to have a bright future. They have a record deal, and have a pretty good sound. The band seems to have good chemistry, and they played some good music. Look for them in the future. Oh, and they are not country.
Funny thing happened while they were playing though, to the left of me was a heavily tattooed guy. He had a thick wallet chain and was pretty buff. Well, there was a group of middleaged guys messing with him. They kept yanking the guys chain and then acting all cool like nothing happened. I could tell that the chain guy was starting to get pissed off. He was just there rocking to the music. Well they eventually stopped, The Elms were done and the guy left.
After a L O N G set changed Shooter Jennings and his band The .357s came onstage. Guess who their drummer was? Yes, none other than chain guy! How funny is that. Here is a picture of him playing ping pong with another guy in the band...and probably the same damn chain that he had on last night.
So yeah, that whole chain incident was pretty funny. Shooter played a long set, he played every single song off his album 'Put the 'O' Back in Country'. He also played 2 of his dads songs. It was a great seat, and I'll definitely see him next time he is in town. He also played the keyboards on a couple songs as well as his trademark V guitar, and the same guitar that his dad used. The place was rocking pretty good. What was neat about this show is that he is still pretty unknown in the whole music world, and most the people there obviously had his album since everyone sang along to every song. That was neat, and it probably won't be replicated again.
Well, after the rocking concert, we went to get some food at Perkins since we were hungry and sushi, like all Asian food only fills you up for like 20 minutes. I got home pretty late, not sure what time but it was 1ish Well, we are going to a movie premiere for Elizabeth town and getting dinner, take it easy!
Well, after the rocking concert, we went to get some food at Perkins since we were hungry and sushi, like all Asian food only fills you up for like 20 minutes. I got home pretty late, not sure what time but it was 1ish Well, we are going to a movie premiere for Elizabeth town and getting dinner, take it easy!
