Keane Makes Me Wet, Vomit Girl Makes Me Sick

Two concerts in less than a week; I can't believe it. Thank Ariel because he's just totally on top of getting tickets for this stuff. But I'm learning from the master so I'm gonna try to hook us up with stuff later in the summer depending if I hear about it in time.

Needless to say, Keane was amazing (sorry Ali for missing your concert but I'm coming next time). I really liked The Killers, but this show was just crazy. Ariel and I discussed this - while The Killers might perhaps have two better hits with "Mr. Brightside" and "Somebody Told Me," Keane just has an overall better sound and every song on the CD is enjoyable. The acoustics at Radio City were crazy good and you know that must be really top quality because I never say shit like "crazy good." Plus the opening act was some Ukranian chick I saw on MTV's "First Listen" some time back. I think her name's Regina Specter, and she's got a really hot voice. We figured it was probably a mix between Sarah O, Jewel, and Fiona Apple. But her songs need some work. A few of them were funny, yet they were more just stories than actual songs. I'm all about ballads, but if you're singing, I need to hear some rhymes. Maybe I'm just a simple guy but that's what I think.

Now the humorous part came up when this pack of four girls, no older than 17, come marching in, yelling, "we love you Regina!" I figured they might have been her friends from Jersey or something. One of the girls was totally wasted and leaning over the edge of her chair. I got pissed so I called security who told them to quiet down (I know, I'm an ass, but I wanted to enjoy the show and they were really annoying).

So they quieted down, and two disappeared, leaving one with her sick friend. Surprise, surprise, eventually the friend started pucking in the middle of Regina's quiet song, so you hear like some lyric, and then a "blehhhhh" sound. Ariel and I were grossed out, but the guy sitting next to her didn't seem to give a shit. Even when new people showed up, and he had to move down one seat, putting him within one seat of the vomit, he didn't say a thing and just sat there with a smile. I thought to myself, "wow, some people will really go out of their way not to get involved in anything." Don't worry, I made sure to take plenty of pictures (including one of the vomit itself) which you can check out below. I apologize beforehand to all those with weak stomachs, but body fluids can be humorous; I discovered that today. I also apologize to the unidentified girl whose throwing up provided endless entertainment.

Then to make matters worse, the sick girl's friend took off, leaving her puking her guts out. Now it was Ariel's turn to get pissed, so he got up to call someone. Eventually the EMTs came and carted her away. Her friend then comes back with a beer in hand and has to be told that her friend was removed. I'm tellin' you, these young girls that start drinking and smoking; it's just sad. What ever happened to playing with Barbies and having sleepovers with pillow fights and lesbian experimentation? Now it's all about sex and substance abuse.

Well, Keane still rocked; at least the world has that going for it. It's not much, but it's a start.