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vovatYesterday, 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. ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
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.
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.
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Date: 2006-07-18 03:06 pm (UTC)Do I have any Cracker on my mix? (the mythical mix which may never get burned, I mean ;) )
I just watched two episodes of Penn and Teller: Bullshit! I thought of you and felt you'd be proud. I was surprised it was even on, but it was right there on Channel 9. I really enjoyed it. They were on UFO Conventions and stupid people who make bunkers because of the supposed apocalypse.
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Date: 2006-07-18 03:24 pm (UTC)The UFO episode of Bullshit! was a good one. I liked how they mentioned that, when people claim to have seen aliens, the descriptions are often really close to what they'd been showing in movies. I also remember one particular part that was really funny, where they paused the lady who had been talking about being probed by aliens, and Penn said to guess where they stuck the tube.
Those were both first season episodes, by the way, back when Penn wasn't QUITE so angry all the time.
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Date: 2006-07-19 12:30 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-07-20 09:37 pm (UTC)Which two Cracker albums do you have, by the way?