Remember in June of 2010 when I had that moment where it was supposed to be a good day where the kid and I were going to the fair and then my bosses called and it turned to shit? I got yelled at because of LO and everything that went down in AZ BUT that same night we ended up in the second row of an Eddie Money concert with the kid wearing his sunglasses? Yeah, yesterday was one of those but this time I ended up in the front row of a Metallica concert. At a conference. Weirdness...
So I get on the butt fucking early train yesterday. 5:20am. Shoot me. Way too dark. Get in the office about 6:20 and I go full bore. I have to deal with my boss and the client from around 7 until 11ish. Just going back and forth on why things aren't done, where are we, when it will be done, etc. Around noon our office manager wants to know if anyone wants to see Metallica. Huh? What? Turns out they were doing a corporate gig at a conference. Um, ok. I keep working hard and finally make some progress. At 6 I head out with one of my co-workers because we are going to go to the show together. We drive to her house, she and her husband get a little high, and we head to the show.
Strangest fucking Metallica concert ever. I am surrounded by people in khakis and polo shirts. These people have probably never been to a Metallica concert nor a heavy metal show in general. There was free food and wine/beer. 35 year old women in their marketing clothes. Douchebags in their suits. Weird fucking show. And Metallica basically did a commercial for the conference in the middle of their set. I saw them 29 years ago (thought it was 28 then I did the math) at Metal Up Your Ass. WAY different vibe. Plus I have seen Metallica probably 50 times since and last night not once did they swear. Huh? They self censored themselves. Bizarre. I blew out before the show was over so I could catch that last train.
Let's see how today plays out...
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