You know how every cool toy is invented once you're just too old to play with it? The lady friend's two-year old nephew definitely has way cooler shit than I ever had as a little one.
And now the state of Iowa is doing to me what the toy-makers of the world have been doing to all of us for years: making cool things once we're gone.
When I lived in Iowa I saw exactly three good shows: Dylan at the State Fair, Willie at the Cattle Congress, and then Willie opening for Dylan at the minor-league ballpark.
But now there's the 80-35 festival.
Just look at some of the people in this ridiculous line-up:
The Flaming Lips
The Roots
Yonder Mountain String Band
Jakob Dylan
Andrew Bird
Drive-By Truckers
Black Francis
Ingrid Michaelson
And that's not even half of it.
I lived in that damn state for 23 fucking years and nothing, nothing even approaching this cool ever came through. But then you leave for a year or two and lookie what happens...
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