I'm about to embark on the life (or lack thereof) of a veterinary medicine student... I'm not sure what to expect! so live and learn with me...
I went to a Dave Matthews Band concert the other evening - he's kicked off his summer tour and this is the first of three DMB concerts I'll be attending this summer. It's been an annual thing of mine since 1996, so while I'm not a crazy fan, I consider myself a true fan of the band.

Now, I'm not old. At least, I don't think I am, I'm still (barely) in the early 20s and that's young enough to have a good time. But I was considerably irritated by certain people surrounding me at the concert. Let's group them like this:

GUY THAT TALKS ON HIS CELL PHONE ALL THE TIME: You're at a concert to enjoy the music, right? And perhaps brag to your friends about what a great time you had. So what's the point of yelling in to your phone and holding it up periodically so your friend can try to listen to a song despite the screaming audience and not-so-transmittable acoustics? And my favorite comment of all... "I'm at the Dave concert! Yeah, it's totally awesome!" Etc, etc, etc. If you spend all your time on the phone, how are you going to know how awesome it is?

GIRL THAT LOVES TO SCREAM OUT ALL THE LYRICS: Yes, I know the lyrics too. I paid to hear Dave sing. So stop screaming in my ear. Now, I don't mind people that sing along. I do it. But please, please, please! stop screaming all the words! This girl also likes to make song requests, as if Dave can hear her - or will honor them.

GUYS THAT SMOKE CIGARS: Smoking is annoying enough to non-smokers. I can tolerate it in a well ventilated place like a concert, but please... you don't look cool smoking that cheap cigar. And you really won't look cool with mouth cancer. So stop blowing smoke in other people's faces.

DRUNK PEOPLE: Unless you're on the lawn, which is a big party where you can't see the band and you're close to all the porta-potties, don't get stumbling drunk. Please. If you have to go to the bathroom 5 times in 2 hours and thus keep pushing past other people in your aisle, you've had enough.

GIRL THAT TALKS HER FRIEND'S EAR OFF: This was a new one. The girl in front of me spent half the concert yelling in to her friend's ear. 1, she can't hear you very well and she's probably deaf now. 2, you could have saved your $60 and talked to her in the car.

So if you're reading this and you fall in to one of the above categories... STOP YOUR BEHAVIOR! Or find a new fan base to bother.

By the way, the concert was great.

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on Jun 19, 2004
grouch