I am looking forward to tonight. As tired as I said I was in my last blog post -- and I am -- I look forward to the challenge of doing two music concerts on the same night ... which, I just realized as I brushed my teeth, I did just a fortnight ago. (But back on the 2nd I went from The Dakota to First Avenue; here, I'm going from Cedar-Riverside to downtown St. Paul, so that will be an added challenge.) I look forward to seeing my friends -- one at Palmer's, then at least one of my high school buddies at NIN. I believe there will be more because we all were listening to The Downward Spiral our senior year.
You know what I am not looking forward to? Well, Trent Reznor & Co. are supposed to end their show by around 10:40, and tomorrow/Monday I have to work, so that won't be fun. Also, I took a look at the band's setlist. They're not ones to change it up, and though it looks as if Nine Inch Nails will play the hits at the end like most bands do ("Hurt" looks to be the last song, and there doesn't seem to be an encore, BTW), there isn't the spontaneity from changing up the setlist that, I feel, makes the show I go to a special one because it isn't quite like all the others. But I have to confess: Besides the hits, I am not familiar with NIN music. Come to think of it, I'm not much of a Nine Inch Nails fan. So, why did I buy a ticket then? To say I saw them in an arena? To park for free in St. Paul?
Well, I am seeing these guys for a bargain. That ain't bad.
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