Well, actually I didn't. But 'Gemini (Birthday Song)' by Why? just came on whilst listening to my pod and inspired me to write this piece.
Above rests a lonely ticket. A lonely ticket representing a Saturday night in Dublin, red wine, a Blackberry and a gig that never was. It sits at my desk in work reminding me of the 'band that got away'. To this day I have still never seen Joni and his chums on stage. I feat which has annoyed me greatly. It is somewhat encouraging for me to one day see them, but hopefully before I am 50 and they are doing their stadium come back tour.
How did this miss happen you ask? Well, all I can say to you is don't agree to do on-call of any kind when heading away to see a gig. You know the drill, 99 times out of a 100 you won't get hassled, but the one time you go away you get a call. I remember the night well. Blackberry left in the other room while a few friends and I got to some good drinking before heading out. A few beers and a bottle of red, never fails. So, due to leave the house just before 10, also off call at 10, when the phone goes at 955. Game over man, game over. I knew at that point I wouldn't get to the gig.
So, I remained on the phone, watching a laptop screen, continuing to drink red wine (on my own) for about the next 3 hours. Gutted. The gang then came back, looking somewhat sad. I asked 'how was the gig?', to which I got back, 'I'm not going to lie to you, it was awesome.' Not what I wanted to hear, but at the end of the day, this could have been avoided.
If Why? are ever in town, and you are considering going to see them, just go. No two ways about it, just go. I know next time I won't be making such a silly mistake.
In the mean time, get some of their stuff into you life:
Why? MySpace
Man, that gig was awesome...
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