Old Fartey

OK. I think I'm officially "OLD". There are certain signs that I've detected. Let me explain.

I was watching TV the other night and I saw a band on tv called "The Academy Is". The song wasn't all that particularly spectacular...in fact I thought it rather sucked. The singer was like a young anorexic version of Steven Tyler.

And that's where it happened -- I said to myself, "They suck. They're not as good as the bands I used to like" GAAASP. When did that happen? When did I cross the line where popular music of the day has past me by and I've stopped appreciating the cool music of today? I'm officially the "old guy" who doesn't know what's cool anymore.

Seriously though.... if that song is the band's best song, they suck.

Another thing that tells me I'm old. I went to a music festival yesterday. It featured Jack Johnson, Ben Harper, Willy Nelson, among others. You might say, "Oh, see? You're still going to concerts...you're young!". Well, not when the last concert you went to before this one was the exact same festival the year before. CRYYYYY!

The show turned out ok. I think we were all must excited to see a performer called Ben Harper. The funny thing about Ben Harper is that he's relatively unknown when compared to Jack Johnson. Yet, he's been around for over 15 years...in fact, he kind of gave Jack Johnson his start because Jack's first shows were on Ben Harper's tours. Ben's songs are all pretty soulful and deep. It was great watching him sing...it was even better watching him sing some duets with Jack. There was a surprise appearance of Damien Marley so we got a little bit of dancehall reggae at the show...that was pretty exciting.

OK, last sign I'm getting old -- apparently the cool thing to do at the concert was to high-five the people around around you, get drunk and disorderly even before the show starts, and to yell "I LOVE JACK JOHNSON!" every 5 seconds as if somehow everyone in the concert must know that. What's with the high-fiving!?

Where's my walking cane?