scenester overdose
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scenester overdose Saturday July 16
Last night I spent the evening in chicago with my old roommate Katy. We went to go see Her Friend's Band ™ at the Metro. You know, they opened for Troubled Hubble. From Champaign?
Right. Not so much.
Anyway, after the show we played some bar billiards next door to the venue; this activity reminded me how much of a pool snob I'm becoming. After Jupiter's, Esquire, and Crane Alley in Champaign, why would I ever want to play on a warped, six-foot coin-op bar table that has no cue chalk or cues that aren't warped? I didn't complain at the time, nor did I blame my losses on these factors, so I still consider myself within legal bounds of non-snobbery.
And then we went to SmartBar underneath the Metro. Katy knows someone who dated So-and-So that works there, so we got in free, and I found myself sitting in a booth with a bunch of bouncers and bartenders that work there. Katy went to use the ladies room and I sat as a fly on the wall to the following discussion (I am making up band names because I can't remember them):
Young Woman #1: I just got the new So-and-So's 7-inch compilation; get this -- there's a Japanese metal band on the other side, they're called A-So-and-A-So.Young Man #1: Oh really? Yeah, I saw the So-and-So's a few weeks back and I picked up That One Song on blue vinyl. It's a limited pressing.
YW1: Nice. They did a yellow vinyl one about six years back, actually -- I had that one way back before anyone ever had heard of them and I didn't even really listen to it. But I've still got it, and now it's awesome.
Katy says this is how the scenesters in Chicago are. Eric, hold strong. You're way too cool for this.
