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I had my Dutch lesson.
I walked with M.
T. and I had to go retrieve his forgotten phone at school.
Then we stopped at Whole Foods to get the things I was unable to get earlier at Roche Bros (a turnip, organge blossom water) and agar agar to try to make home made ant farm gel because the ants arrived and I realized I didn’t have any gel for the farm.
In the event, the agar agar didn’t set up properly. When R. unpackaged the ants to put them in the fridge to hopefully slow them down enough to keep them going until we solve this problem, he discovered a packet of gel chemicals. Surprise! Now we just need distilled water.
That all happened while T. and I were at the concert. We missed the very beginning of Kasey Musgreaves because we were in a very long line to buy T. a t-shirt. She did a lovely set, and her performance was flawless.
I didn’t really figure it out at that point, but did realize during Harry Styles that I was listening to the Very Best Sound System I have ever heard. Ever. No exceptions. And this was in TD Garden! Who expects unbelievable sound in TD Garden? Nuance even with massive power and volume. Crystal clear low frequency reproduction. I mean, life altering high quality sound. I’m assuming that Harry Styles is a bit of an audio nerd. Because it’s not like he spent a ton of money on a flashy light show. He _did_ have the BEST video screen I have ever seen. Seats behind the stage were sold, and the video went all the way round. Super high resolution. Very beautiful color. Extremely responsive / real time.
Styles’ drummer and keys are women, and the camera was on the drummer a lot, and the keys 3rd. I think we saw more of the guitar and bass instruments than the muscians. The crowd was the most female dominated crowd I’ve ever seen (and I’ve been to a Demi Lovato concert recently). 95% / 5% at least. At one point, when I was line counting, I counted 37 women before I saw another man. I saw no very young children, but I did see some obvious parent / daughter groups, and one 2 parents / son group.
I accidentally bought seats in the disabled / handicapped / accessible row at the back of Loge 10. I will always do this again if I possibly can. This is the most relaxed and comfortable I have ever been at a concert. Folding chair was more comfortable than the regular seats. As much leg room as you want, and NO ONE behind you. No anxiety about beer being dumped on one, no random touching. I didn’t even _realize_ I had this issue. I was concerned we shouldn’t have bought tickets there, but the staff said they actually get spectrum people in those seats for basically the reasons I just listed. Who knew?
I know the Musgreaves / Styles combo seems a little odd, but both of them are singer-song writers, and both of them love love love doing super awesome covers of fairly similar music. They tell stories with a lot of emotion in them — unlike Lovato, who basically paints a picture of an emotion / set of feelings, or a more trad country singer who tells a story with emotion as a side light (and often over the top humorous / angry / etc.). Listening to Styles cover Break the Chain (which I always think of as a Stevie Nicks song but which is actually Fleetwood Mac) tells you everything you could need to know about why Styles is touring with Musgreaves.
Phenomenal show. Styles fronts almost as well as Dan Reynolds, which is sort of amazing, if you think about the size difference. Super tight, just like Imagine Dragons. Very professional, with intermittent breakthroughs of personality. Very, very, very unlike the Ed Sheeran show. Opposite of that, in every way except the hordes of women screaming I Love You at random intervals.
Oh, and I parked in the South Acton lot. T. misread the schedule, but I got us there in time. It was really nice not having to walk home in the rain, even tho it was really light, at 1 a.m. We missed the 10:40 train since we stayed to the end and through the encore. Long wait for the 12:10 train, but worth it anyway. I opted to not try to get an uber or Lyft — I looked at the pricing and decided I would rather read a book on my phone. I also felt like there was sort of a point to learn about the consequences of deciding to stay to the very end of a concert: only do this when you _really_ want to.
I walked with M.
T. and I had to go retrieve his forgotten phone at school.
Then we stopped at Whole Foods to get the things I was unable to get earlier at Roche Bros (a turnip, organge blossom water) and agar agar to try to make home made ant farm gel because the ants arrived and I realized I didn’t have any gel for the farm.
In the event, the agar agar didn’t set up properly. When R. unpackaged the ants to put them in the fridge to hopefully slow them down enough to keep them going until we solve this problem, he discovered a packet of gel chemicals. Surprise! Now we just need distilled water.
That all happened while T. and I were at the concert. We missed the very beginning of Kasey Musgreaves because we were in a very long line to buy T. a t-shirt. She did a lovely set, and her performance was flawless.
I didn’t really figure it out at that point, but did realize during Harry Styles that I was listening to the Very Best Sound System I have ever heard. Ever. No exceptions. And this was in TD Garden! Who expects unbelievable sound in TD Garden? Nuance even with massive power and volume. Crystal clear low frequency reproduction. I mean, life altering high quality sound. I’m assuming that Harry Styles is a bit of an audio nerd. Because it’s not like he spent a ton of money on a flashy light show. He _did_ have the BEST video screen I have ever seen. Seats behind the stage were sold, and the video went all the way round. Super high resolution. Very beautiful color. Extremely responsive / real time.
Styles’ drummer and keys are women, and the camera was on the drummer a lot, and the keys 3rd. I think we saw more of the guitar and bass instruments than the muscians. The crowd was the most female dominated crowd I’ve ever seen (and I’ve been to a Demi Lovato concert recently). 95% / 5% at least. At one point, when I was line counting, I counted 37 women before I saw another man. I saw no very young children, but I did see some obvious parent / daughter groups, and one 2 parents / son group.
I accidentally bought seats in the disabled / handicapped / accessible row at the back of Loge 10. I will always do this again if I possibly can. This is the most relaxed and comfortable I have ever been at a concert. Folding chair was more comfortable than the regular seats. As much leg room as you want, and NO ONE behind you. No anxiety about beer being dumped on one, no random touching. I didn’t even _realize_ I had this issue. I was concerned we shouldn’t have bought tickets there, but the staff said they actually get spectrum people in those seats for basically the reasons I just listed. Who knew?
I know the Musgreaves / Styles combo seems a little odd, but both of them are singer-song writers, and both of them love love love doing super awesome covers of fairly similar music. They tell stories with a lot of emotion in them — unlike Lovato, who basically paints a picture of an emotion / set of feelings, or a more trad country singer who tells a story with emotion as a side light (and often over the top humorous / angry / etc.). Listening to Styles cover Break the Chain (which I always think of as a Stevie Nicks song but which is actually Fleetwood Mac) tells you everything you could need to know about why Styles is touring with Musgreaves.
Phenomenal show. Styles fronts almost as well as Dan Reynolds, which is sort of amazing, if you think about the size difference. Super tight, just like Imagine Dragons. Very professional, with intermittent breakthroughs of personality. Very, very, very unlike the Ed Sheeran show. Opposite of that, in every way except the hordes of women screaming I Love You at random intervals.
Oh, and I parked in the South Acton lot. T. misread the schedule, but I got us there in time. It was really nice not having to walk home in the rain, even tho it was really light, at 1 a.m. We missed the 10:40 train since we stayed to the end and through the encore. Long wait for the 12:10 train, but worth it anyway. I opted to not try to get an uber or Lyft — I looked at the pricing and decided I would rather read a book on my phone. I also felt like there was sort of a point to learn about the consequences of deciding to stay to the very end of a concert: only do this when you _really_ want to.