The City of Sport’s Champions is full of pyrotechnics and lacking in music!
Saturday, July 4th, 2009Happy 4th of July to all you out there!
I’m about ready to walk around with my tank top on, grow my beard out year round, carry a big club over my head and talk using only caveman speak!
I do not like the local music or sport scene in the summer. Our baseball team is so bad that they are the Cleveland Indians from Major Leage. Despite management’s efforts to blow up a line up that was only 5 games out of first place future talent makes it neccessary for the local news to cover NHL free agency like it was the only sports news. Oh, the fact that the Mustard Palace is hosting a country type/old hair band rock show all day up until the fireworks, makes me wonder where Gen X went in this town. At my gym there are a handful of us! On a day like today the Silversneakers outnumber those of us who should have a holiday from work.
Enough of the venting. There is a reason I got my workout in this morning and was lucky enough to have a spinning instructor to give me a non-elliptical machine option for cardio. I’ve got grilling chicken marinating to avoid hot dogs today! I’ve got sweet potatoes, being baked instead of going for the potato salad. In fact the only salad today will have strawberry’s, lettuce, tomatoes and whatever else I can chop in.
Ok, back to why music sucks in Pittsburgh. I’ve had Sirius in my car for at least the past 4 years. I know why after driving out to DMB in a friends car listenting to the crap that repeats every hour.
I went to see a little band called Augustana. Some of you who only listen to free radio in this country may have heard their song BOSTON. The attendance was not what I would expect, however considering the only radio station that would play their music, other than the local public radio station, is playing music from when I was in high school. I completely loved the Dylan that was brought out on stage. I also loathed watching 3 other local bands open for them. I even tried to get their late enough to only catch 1 of the 3, but got stuck watching 2 of them. ( www.augustanamusic.com) )
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