This is what living like this does.
RATM is playing in my backyard. Daft Punk is not playing in my house. One of the most.. err.. the most intense band to be seen in my lifetime is (supposedly) playing at the State Capitol in St. Paul during the Republican National Convention. I have friends in town who are staying with me from Duluth. Both are rather spontaneous events. And I am randomly doing my one closing shift of the month.
I knew Rage had been trying to play St. Paul anywhere during the RNC, but finally decided to play the Target Center (tomorrow) in lieu of St. Paul completely black-listing them. But about 4-5 hours ago tweets (twitter.com) and txts started coming that they were jumping on the Ripple Effect Festival bill with Anti-Flag.
My friend Faye told me to go to it before all this happened.
UGH.
Ridiculous.
I hope RATM performs acoustically.
I will not forgive myself for missing out on a giant piece of my own personal history for having to work.
As time passes I realize I need a completely fluid schedule and am usually okay with it.
But today I am restless and antsy and feel exactly the way Zach del la Rocha thinks the American public is: trapped.