I’m a little bit country …..
But still a whole lotta rock n roll!
I went to see The Derailers Thursday night with Tricia. Like Tricia, the Derailers also hail from Texas. I was expecting a good time country show and it delivered. The crowd however could have been a little bit younger and a little bit hipper. I was expecting a crowd like the one you would find at a Reverend Horton Heat show … all we got were a bunch of older gentlemen who still wore their hair slicked with grease. They put on a good show so if you ever have the chance and you are feeling a little bit country you should go and check them out.
Yesterday I went to see the 135th running of the Belmont Stakes. I hadn't been to the Stakes since 2000 when Commendable won and boy was it different. I thought with all the bad weather and despite the Triple Crown hype, we have been having that the stakes would be relatively tame. OH Lord was I wrong. The place happened to look like a really bad outdoor concert that allowed you to B.Y.O.B. Even in the rain, people got up, got drunk and PACKED themselves into Belmont. This is really weird to me since I thought the young kids today wouldn't be into watching horses run around in the mud. But then again I guess if you tag a B.Y.O.B. on that, you would have yourself a PARTY! I really should have stayed in bed that day but I had gotten a few bets from my coworkers I had to place so I forced myself out. My coworkers all lost … I won. I could have won more but I'm a spaz and bet Win/Show instead of Win/Place and #6 Ten Most Wanted was my horse. Tricia won because a boy that makes her giggle told her to bet on #1 Empire Maker and well he won WOO HOO! The ponies are fun we are definitely going to go back this summer when it's NICE OUT. Enough with this rain already – yeesh!
Oh and about the Rock n Roll bit … is anyone else interested/a little confused/freaked out/excited/going to see/or even knew that the Sex Pistols were playing at Jones Beach this summer? That could be interesting or at least a little bit disturbing. Anyone want to go?
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