Tickets went on sale for the Ben Folds/Rufus Wainwright show in Tulsa yesterday at 10:00 AM. I was online at startickets.com refreshing the page over and over again until finally at 10:02 it said "BUY NOW". Excited that I was going to get some great seats I quickly signed in only to be broken hearted that it is all general admission. Still, it's fun to buy those tickets the same minute that they go onsale. I'll be there early in the hopes of actually being able to see the stage.
Last night Liana and I went to see Jimmy Chamberlin (see previous post for more on that). It was my first time at Sticky Fingerz, and I was impressed. It's a nice club with a good atmosphere. It had the same problem as most small clubs, and that is an inability to recognize the acoustic limitations of the space. In other words...turn it down a little bit. I knew that it would be loud and had put in my earplugs before the show started. As an experiment I took the plugs out toward the end of the show. HOLY COW! It was blindingly loud without the plugs. I lasted about 5 seconds before I had to cram them back in my ears. You can feel the music in your body very well at that level, but your ears' ability to decipher it is limited (unless you have already suffered extensive hearing loss).
Enough about that, but if you are laughing at my "Turn that music down you crazy kids" attitude right now, then at least do me a favor of visiting H.E.A.R.
Also, check out Can You Turn That Down, Please? from my favorite magizine, Wired.
Click here to download a PDF file of a poster from H.E.A.R to help you remember to wear your earplugs. (Warning for the easily offended. This poster contains the "D" word. Click at your own risk)
OK, enough for now.
Blake
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