Blood Stains: Three Things I Noticed At Last Night's Jonathan Richman Show
1. The staff at The 5 Spot rule. If you were at the show, you probably saw my girlfriend crack her head open right before intermission. You also probably ignored the whole event beause the Spot-dudes kept it super low-key and totally pro. They were also calm and collected enough to keep my panic-stricken punk-ass from totally freaking the f--k out. Kudos, gentlemen.
2. These things only seem to happen when I quit smoking. During my decade-long nicotine binge I didn't any run into any of this sudden-head-injury bullshit, but once I go on that godforsaken patch my better-half's brains are splattered all over the floor. Plus, we had only drank one beer! My entire adult life has been spent knee-deep in a lake of booze and now that I'm acting like a grown-up things start going haywire—WTF!
3. Eight surgical staples and a trip to the emergency room will totally ruin an otherwise awesome night. I'll never hear Richman's song "Hospital" the same way ever again.
Needless to say, I'll be attending the show tonight while my lady-friend sleeps off one hella headache. So if you see me out, buy me a beer—I could really use one right now.
Comments
You quit smoking? Damn!
Posted 02/28/2008 at 10:37:26 AMIt's been three weeks, three days, five hours and forty six minutes since I had a cigarette. Not that I'm counting or anything.
Posted 02/28/2008 at 10:54:27 AMCongrats on that. One of the hardest things I've ever done. Aside from sitting through all twelve acts at 12th & Porter once.
Posted 02/28/2008 at 11:00:51 AMI gotcha covered on the beer my friend. See you there.
Posted 02/28/2008 at 01:20:08 PMSean,
Posted 02/28/2008 at 01:43:03 PMDid you and I quit at the same time?? Nukin Futs...
what time did he actually play? If I can't get there until 11pm, I'm outta luck, right?
Posted 02/28/2008 at 03:52:31 PMi heard he was gonna start at around 8:30??
Posted 02/28/2008 at 04:27:28 PManyone got the facts?
i heard he was gonna start at around 8:30??
Posted 02/28/2008 at 04:27:34 PManyone got the facts?
Yeah... I realized it was 8:30 last night and was like... screw it... i'll wait til tomorrow... but yeah.. anyone got the word on how punctual this show is???
Posted 02/28/2008 at 05:40:53 PMthe official time is
Posted 02/28/2008 at 06:38:17 PM8:45ish
Damn surewood - it was 8:45ish on the nose. Impressive sir. Impressive.
Posted 02/28/2008 at 11:13:47 PM