Got to see Andrew Bird at the Berklee Performance Center last night. Opening for them was Joan As Police Woman. He put on a good show, but that guy is a workaholic on stage, a bit distracting when you’re trying to get lost in the music. So many instruments to control. He’s a kick-arse whistler though, plus he has the best monkey in the world.
Before the show Daisy, her friend Danielle, and I got some eatings at Bukowski’s Tavern near Hynes. Their sweet potato french fries are worth the trip, go there! Plus they had this really good dipping sauce, I don’t remember anything about it, maybe there was horseradish stuff in there, Daisy knows, but I’d go back just for that.
Got a t-shirt too, but had to jump through a couple of hoops to get it. No biggie, the two girls selling concert items were super cool about it. First I had to decide what shirt to get, was a toss up between the green, the bright yellow, and then off-white. Chose not to get the off-white one cause I don’t think I’m an off-white t-shirt kind of guy (thanks for Danielle for helping out on this one, also, for some reason she things I’m super weak, even though I’m the strongest guy ever). Went for the bright yellow instead cause I like bright stuff (even though the green had a cooler design on the front).
Got up there, bought a medium size bright yellow shirt, brought it back…the thing almost came down way past my waist, even though the width was perfect. Who the heck made this shirt? Went back, talked to the girl, she spent a few minutes with me (even though there was a big crowd, she was super nice about it), looked at the other shirts, they didn’t have a medium sized green one, got the small instead (the large was huge). We then went to our seats…
Decided in two minutes I made another mistake, the small was too small, figured I’d check out the other shirts to see if they’re super long or not. Went back to the nice girl, she smiled and said sorry, but then said hold on, let me see if I can dig up a medium sized green one, cool. Came back…sorry again, but we’ll have them after the show, awesome. She gave me my money back and I came back after the show. Big crowd again, the other girl apologized this time for making me wait, threw me the shirt over a few people, I handed her the cash, and I was good to go.
Nice people at the Berklee.
And oh yeah, I picked up a couple Muse tickets for the Agganis show in August, too bad I missed the beginning presale yesterday like a chump, what an idiot. Got seats somewhere in the 102 area, oh well, they’re not that bad.