steve gingold had been talking about going to see the hives for a couple of weeks and when his extra ticket became available i decided to jump on it and go with him. we separate cars to sacramento then carpooled into san francisco. the opening bands (rainning music? and mooney suzki?) were horrible, they were totally into themselves, loud and sucked, any one of which by itself would have been excusable.
the hives were pretty good i think they put more time into rehearsing their rockstar kicks and microphone tricks than into playing but it was still fun. the lead singer either played the role (maybe it wasn't acting?) of a rockstar in such an over the top manner that there was bound to be some animosity. saying it was a hostile crowd would be a bit of an understatement. watching the lead singer argue with the crowd was the best part of the show: "i was told in advance that san francisco is a tough crowd. also i was told that it will be two days, no less than 48 hours, before you realize that this was the best show you've ever seen". the jeers increased at this point, a full beer was thrown and he reminded the crowd that "you all bought tickets, say what you want, it's money in my pocket". when he told the crowd "san francisco i love you but you need to fuck off" it was the highpoint of the show. strangely i was the only one cheering.
steve dropped me off back at my car and i drove on down the road a ways before pulling off on the side of 80 in the middle of a bunch of truckers.
this morning i woke up and headed down to oakdale to see some relatives. since i didn't announce i was coming it wasn't really a surprise that none of them are around. i think i'll hang out a little longer to see if my grandmother shows up, if not i'm thinking about going into yosemite for a day or two. i've got time on my side at this point.
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