Comments on: Half a Table Full of Crashing Bores http://www.poppymom.com/?p=979 Fri, 20 Aug 2010 06:37:15 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: pam http://www.poppymom.com/?p=979&cpage=1#comment-24619 pam Thu, 16 Apr 2009 21:05:47 +0000 http://www.poppymom.com/?p=979#comment-24619 you must have hated me at the wilco concert. i can't help it. next time i am lucky enough to be at a concert with you i will keep it shut! :) you must have hated me at the wilco concert. i can’t help it. next time i am lucky enough to be at a concert with you i will keep it shut! :)

]]> By: Exena http://www.poppymom.com/?p=979&cpage=1#comment-24426 Exena Sat, 11 Apr 2009 23:35:34 +0000 http://www.poppymom.com/?p=979#comment-24426 I think Moz is aging quite nicely :) But then again, I think the whole professor-ish look is hot! I think Moz is aging quite nicely :) But then again, I think the whole professor-ish look is hot!

]]> By: Kate http://www.poppymom.com/?p=979&cpage=1#comment-24424 Kate Sat, 11 Apr 2009 22:36:52 +0000 http://www.poppymom.com/?p=979#comment-24424 When I saw Morrissey at the Aragon last weekend I was really anxious about going. I haven't been to a concert in a long time and came out of my Hobbit hole for it......I thought I'd feel really old and out of place with what I thought would be a crowd of Chicago hipsters (oh, and they are oh so hip! :P) However, it only took a few seconds of looking around and I was like, "wow! this is my tribe!" I can't remember the last time I felt so at ease with a crowd. I had a "come to jesus" guy behind me who screamed in my ear, causing temporary deafness - this was after he had tried to act as a bowling ball through the crowd to get as close to the stage (halfway through the show mind you). He was in tears after the show. Part of me was like, "yay! this guy is blissed out and having fun." Another part of me wanted to punch him in the face. :P However, I'll admit, I was in tears at the beginning of the show - This Charming Man? swoon. FYI - I lived my entire high school career in Smiths t-shirts - and that's about it. LOL! :P His birthday is May 22 - I used to "celebrate" it when I was in high school. Dork. When I saw Morrissey at the Aragon last weekend I was really anxious about going. I haven’t been to a concert in a long time and came out of my Hobbit hole for it……I thought I’d feel really old and out of place with what I thought would be a crowd of Chicago hipsters (oh, and they are oh so hip! :P ) However, it only took a few seconds of looking around and I was like, “wow! this is my tribe!” I can’t remember the last time I felt so at ease with a crowd.

I had a “come to jesus” guy behind me who screamed in my ear, causing temporary deafness – this was after he had tried to act as a bowling ball through the crowd to get as close to the stage (halfway through the show mind you). He was in tears after the show. Part of me was like, “yay! this guy is blissed out and having fun.” Another part of me wanted to punch him in the face. :P

However, I’ll admit, I was in tears at the beginning of the show – This Charming Man? swoon.

FYI – I lived my entire high school career in Smiths t-shirts – and that’s about it. LOL! :P

His birthday is May 22 – I used to “celebrate” it when I was in high school. Dork.

]]> By: Analogmoon http://www.poppymom.com/?p=979&cpage=1#comment-24413 Analogmoon Sat, 11 Apr 2009 14:45:44 +0000 http://www.poppymom.com/?p=979#comment-24413 The show you went to is up at Dime a Dozen. The show you went to is up at Dime a Dozen.

]]> By: Robin http://www.poppymom.com/?p=979&cpage=1#comment-24410 Robin Sat, 11 Apr 2009 14:05:43 +0000 http://www.poppymom.com/?p=979#comment-24410 Kathy, I think you nailed it in your last sentence. That's exactly what it is. Amelia, he's definitely old - someone had a sign wishing him a happy 50th birthday (it's in May) - but he really has aged beautifully. I guess all that vegan celibacy is good for ya after all. :) When he ripped off his shirt, I was surprised to see that he's not so much paunch as muscular. He was such a skinny little stick-boy back in the day. I forgot to mention in the original post that the young sound engineer at the sound board looked just like Morrissey 20 years ago. The pompadour, Buddy Holly glasses, rail-thin, everything. He almost could have been wearing a Morrissey Halloween costume. As I told Kristina at he time, "Someone's livin' the dream!" Allison, was Matt one of the mid-30s guys at the show having arm-waving, come-to-Jesus moments? There were a lot of them. Kristina, no thanks necessary. Your "gift" was pretty selfish on my part, as I got to hang out with you and have a hell of a lot of fun. :) Kathy, I think you nailed it in your last sentence. That’s exactly what it is.

Amelia, he’s definitely old – someone had a sign wishing him a happy 50th birthday (it’s in May) – but he really has aged beautifully. I guess all that vegan celibacy is good for ya after all. :) When he ripped off his shirt, I was surprised to see that he’s not so much paunch as muscular. He was such a skinny little stick-boy back in the day.

I forgot to mention in the original post that the young sound engineer at the sound board looked just like Morrissey 20 years ago. The pompadour, Buddy Holly glasses, rail-thin, everything. He almost could have been wearing a Morrissey Halloween costume. As I told Kristina at he time, “Someone’s livin’ the dream!”

Allison, was Matt one of the mid-30s guys at the show having arm-waving, come-to-Jesus moments? There were a lot of them.

Kristina, no thanks necessary. Your “gift” was pretty selfish on my part, as I got to hang out with you and have a hell of a lot of fun. :)

]]> By: Kathy http://www.poppymom.com/?p=979&cpage=1#comment-24409 Kathy Sat, 11 Apr 2009 13:57:33 +0000 http://www.poppymom.com/?p=979#comment-24409 Compared to some of his contemporaries, Morrissey's aged quite well. (The grey hair and extra poundage suits him.) I was going to go to this, but I just can't afford shows right now. I'm glad you enjoyed yourself. Your last Moz post made me feel terribly uncool. ;) I see where your coming from, though. There's something about an artist making himself vulnerable without that layer of grit to make the listener a little less uncomfortable. Compared to some of his contemporaries, Morrissey’s aged quite well. (The grey hair and extra poundage suits him.)

I was going to go to this, but I just can’t afford shows right now. I’m glad you enjoyed yourself. Your last Moz post made me feel terribly uncool. ;) I see where your coming from, though. There’s something about an artist making himself vulnerable without that layer of grit to make the listener a little less uncomfortable.

]]> By: Tessa http://www.poppymom.com/?p=979&cpage=1#comment-24403 Tessa Sat, 11 Apr 2009 13:10:21 +0000 http://www.poppymom.com/?p=979#comment-24403 You're a lovely and hilarious human, Robin!! "...yap like yorkies" HAha! You’re a lovely and hilarious human, Robin!!
“…yap like yorkies” HAha!

]]> By: Amelia http://www.poppymom.com/?p=979&cpage=1#comment-24402 Amelia Sat, 11 Apr 2009 12:56:15 +0000 http://www.poppymom.com/?p=979#comment-24402 I'm rather amused. I haven't looked at pictures of Moz since I was about 17, and your post prompted me to. HE'S OLD! And starting to look like a literature teacher I had in high school! I’m rather amused. I haven’t looked at pictures of Moz since I was about 17, and your post prompted me to. HE’S OLD! And starting to look like a literature teacher I had in high school!

]]> By: allison http://www.poppymom.com/?p=979&cpage=1#comment-24401 allison Sat, 11 Apr 2009 12:19:15 +0000 http://www.poppymom.com/?p=979#comment-24401 I never had a Smiths, Cure or Bauhaus t-shirt, but have spent quite a lot of time on the Internet looking for them. Matt went with his friend and ended up sitting at a table with the previous owners of our house. Strange times, indeed. Glad you've embraced The Smiths! I never had a Smiths, Cure or Bauhaus t-shirt, but have spent quite a lot of time on the Internet looking for them.
Matt went with his friend and ended up sitting at a table with the previous owners of our house. Strange times, indeed.
Glad you’ve embraced The Smiths!

]]> By: Exena http://www.poppymom.com/?p=979&cpage=1#comment-24388 Exena Sat, 11 Apr 2009 05:56:47 +0000 http://www.poppymom.com/?p=979#comment-24388 Is this....dare I say it, the biggest confession to ever be posted in the history of Poppymom? I am digging the Moz and Smiths love, and am thrilled that you enjoyed the show so much. Maybe we'll have a Manchester vegetarian mince pie moment of our own someday? That would be so cool. P.S. I don't think I can thank you enough for the past few days!! Is this….dare I say it, the biggest confession to ever be posted in the history of Poppymom? I am digging the Moz and Smiths love, and am thrilled that you enjoyed the show so much. Maybe we’ll have a Manchester vegetarian mince pie moment of our own someday? That would be so cool.

P.S. I don’t think I can thank you enough for the past few days!!

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