11.16.2008

the shape of my heart

backstreet boys in pg.
today the pg snb took over a good 1/4 of the shop. it was kind of overwhelming. while there a lovely friend came over with FREE tickets to the backstreet boys concert. and i thought, i had nothing to do! (ha! thesis? clean the house? get some sleep? nah, these aren't important.)

so we went. and it was out of this world. first, this drunk, perfumed, curly haired girl was jumping all over us yelling, "get up!" and grinding into us yelling, "sing along!" and we just laughed!!

then they did a montage of all their old stuff (can anyone else say grade 9?) and i knew all the words. it was pretty weird/fun.

two things threw me off a little, or were "interesting" to say the least.

first, being that there were these two big screens on either side of the stage that not just showed a "filming" of the concert we were witnessing, but also old music videos and footage that looked like it came out of a japanese karaoke bar. a videographer was there, paid, to put that together. the simulacra came immediately to my mind. which was my reality?

then, oh boy, a.j. mclean. once upon a time this boy looked like this and now looks somewhat more like this. a somewhat hairy, portly (he was "bigger" tonight is for sure), completely tattoo'd, jewish, music critic. i guess that's what years of LA and cocaine addiction can do to a man. what pissed me most off about his current look is that the culture i belong to represents that look. facial hair, tattoos, gross-looking clothes. how did some slimy bastard come to hang out in the culture set that i appreciate and STILL BE IN AN AWFUL BOYBAND? i just don't get it. why did we even let him in.

2 comments:

becka said...

Haha, wow! I am amazingly jealous right now. The Backstreet Boys!! And A.J.....I don't even know what to say. Of course you sung along, we know all those songs by osmosis.

Anonymous said...

backstreet boys in prince george? wtf?
theyve hit rock bottom. why didnt i know about this. its weird. that is weird i think. weird