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Ageing hipsters

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jimmarchi1
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One of my best friends is filing in as the bassist for another mutual friend's power-pop band. The core members of this band are in their late 20s, but my friend is in his mid-to-late 30s like I am. They were playing across from Johnny Brenda's here in Philly last night so I rolled out to show some solidarity.

Fishtown is a pretty mixed bag of overbearing youngsters and middle-aged strange-o's, I am used to that, but last night I was chatting with my buddy and his social worker girlfriend about my ongoing divorce proceedings and this skinny, middle-aged blonde dressed like a she was at Woodstock just butted into my conversation to tell me to be positive and try to have good energy and all sorts of other banal pieces of 20th century hokum that masquerades as spirituality. She went on to kiss some dude who was out walking his dog, she said she knew him but the guy was shaking his head 'no' when her back was turned and he rapidly fobbed her off on someone else inside the bar and made his escape while she was distracted.

This woman was actually pretty damned attractive, so you KNOW she was scary if even horny male musicians were running way from her. At first I thought she was just nutty, but I began to suspect she was high as a kite as her behavior became stranger and stranger. You would really expect one or two of the young kids there to be wrecked like that, but they were hardly even hitting the bar! Instead you have some lady pushing 40 floating around high as a kite and getting upset as we all run away! So what the fuck is wrong with my generation when the kids at a show these days are better behaved than the grownups? And at what point are ageing hipsters so appalling that the city will send out guys in white with nets? God please keep me from becoming one of THOSE people.

Anyway, if you wanna drink to excess at a show just don't get mouthy or try to drive home afterwards.... if you want to load up on whatever this lady took, PLEASE STAY HOME! Maybe I am just getting old and boring, but I really coulda done without her antics.

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  • Gibson SG Standard
  • Vox AC30 Guitar Combo Amp
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josephwjsmart|68
In reply to jimmarchi1:

There's a time and a place! Festivals and such are full of 30-40 somethings on all sorts of narcotics, but at a festival it doesn't cause much of a stir and they tend to stick with their group of friends.

In a bar or pub or small venue though it can be annoying, it is intimate and you can't get away from them all that easily and more often than not they make a fool of themselves.

There's having a good time in the right environment but a line is crossed when the mid-life crisis and failing attempts at a reclaimed youth are blindingly obvious.

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