BAM!

I had everything set up to go to the Cursive show. Everything was perfect; I got out of class at 7:18 and the doors opened at 8, there were no Ticketmaster tickets so I'd just pay at the door, the venue was 2.5 blocks away from my house so I could drink and walk... the planets aligned for this event. HOWEVER, as it turns out, tickets were secretly being sold at an indie record store in the Short North and they sold out. OH, WELL THAT'S JUST GREAT! I got angry and drove to a friend's house to cool off. I had the whole evening planned and Magnolia Thunderpussy (the record store) ruined everything! As I admitted to my room mate, I only have one of their albums (The Ugly Organ), and off that album I only really love one song ("Some Red Handed Slight of Hand"), so I wasn't crushed but overall disappointed. I could have seen a band I enjoy (okay, whose one album I have I enjoy {okay, out of which I really enjoy one song}), for relatively cheap, but it wasn't meant to be.

I left my friend's and got home around midnight. Figuring that was not terribly late for a small venued show, I headed over there in hopes of perhaps picking up a CD for $10. When I got there, a lot of the crowd was outside smoking so no one noticed when I walked in. And who was on stage? Cursive. They were in between songs and when they started playing again what song did they play? "Some Red Handed Slight of Hand." I couldn't have asked for better timing. There is no way this could get better, so I picked up a CD and left.

From my perspective, the cosmos were perfectly aligned this evening. I'm not terribly into Cursive and probably wouldn't have enjoyed a full set. I probably would have been bored with the local openers. I didn't have any company so I would have nothing to do between sets. I didn't end up paying for a ticket. I didn't spend money at the bar. I drove (the 2.5 blocks).

I can't tell you how pleased I am with this evening. I felt I needed to support Cursive (and I wanted to give them another shot) so I picked up the Storms of Early Summer: Semantics of Song for $10.

How awesome is that?