In the parking lot of the Showboat Casino Hotel

Yesterday, I went down to Atlantic City to see Cracker, and was disappointed to find out that parking at the Showboat is no longer free (well, except for Diamond and Platinum members). Now that I think about it, I'm pretty sure they've raised the parking prices before, and then lowered them again. bethje thinks it's probably a summer thing.

The opening act was a band from Philadelphia called Black Pearl, who weren't particularly noteable for anything, aside from the fact that the keyboard player knocked over his keyboard stand and microphone after the last song. During the opening set, there were a bunch of kids standing up near the stage with their parents. They left before Cracker actually started playing, though. I'm not sure if they just moved (which would have been a good idea, since there were some annoying drunks up there for the main set), or left entirely. I don't think I would have liked Cracker much when I was a kid. I might have been into some of the sillier Camper Van Beethoven songs, though. I don't know.

Cracker started their set with "One Fine Day," and played a lot of the hits that you'd probably expect them to play, including "Teen Angst," "Sweet Thistle Pie," "Seven Days," "Get Off This," "Brides Of Neptune," and obvioiusly "Low." They also did "Movie Star," a good song that I wasn't expecting to hear. Songs from their newest album that they did were "Something You Ain't Got," "Gimme One More Chance," "Everybody Gets One For Free" (probably my favorite song from Greenland), and "Darling We're Out Of Time" (as the closer, which makes sense). After one of the new songs, David Lowery said something like, "See, after sixteen years, we can still rock," which amused me for some reason. I guess I generally appreciate longevity in a band, rather than living fast and dying young (or, as is more common nowadays, living fast, retiring young, and then coming back as a nostalgia act when you need the money). The only song they did with Johnny Hickman singing lead was "Shake Some Action." During "Eurotrash Girl," Kenny Margolis played an accordion solo, which was cool. I'm disappointed that they didn't do "Happy Birthday To Me," not just because it's my favorite Cracker song, but because it mentions the Showboat Casino Hotel, which we were IN. It would have been PERFECT! Oh, well. You can't win 'em all.

Afterwards, I bought a Greenland shirt that's probably too big for me (they only had it in small and 2XL), and got it signed by David and Johnny. Then I came back home, checked my e-mail, and went to bed. And I guess that's all for now. I do have some other stuff I'd like to say, but I'll save that for another entry.

But you'll be thinking about me

I had a dream last night that I really wanted to play The Sims, so I started installing it on my computer. I kind of want to do that in my waking life, too, but I don't think I will, mostly because: 1) it's time-consuming, and I already spend pretty much all my free time on the computer as it is, and 2) I'm not sure if I have any of my old data, and I'm not sure I want to start over again. Actually, I probably have the data SOMEWHERE, but last time I tried loading it into a reinstalled game, some of the objects wouldn't load properly, and nobody remembered any of their friends from outside their own houses. Not huge problems, I'll admit, but kind of a hassle nonetheless.

Happy belated birthday to jenhime! Also, congratulations to all you people for making this my first post to receive over fifty replies. Here's a similar meme, which I got from lozenger8:

Post this in your journal, asking your friendslist (or whatever stranger that happens to wander by) to respond with whatever they know about you. It can be as matter of fact as 'Your name is Bridget, you're 25 and attending Harvard.' to the absolute useless 'One Thursday, you tried to hop down a flight of stairs and you fell on your face'.

Tag five people. A week later, write an 'about me' post to fill in the gaps in your friends knowledge.

( Two more memes, with no interaction involved )

Finally, here's a question. What programs do you people use to burn CD's? I know I've gotten some from both revme and obsessical that included the track information, which I've never been able to do.