Recently on Facebook, folks I know were playing a game in which they listed ten concerts they’d been to. The trick was, one item on each list was a lie, a concert that person had not actually attended. Friends got to guess which concert was a lie. It was a fun game, but too time-consuming for me to write it all out on my phone. So here today I’m sharing the concerts I’ve attended in my life–nine truths and a lie style.
Can you guess wich concert I did not attend? Leave your guesses in the comments section below.
#1 Information Society at Disney World during Grad Nite. Samantha Fox and New Kids on the Block played at that Grad Night too, but I couldn’t get anywhere near the stages. I saw them from a distance, and they looked like ants.
#2 Tribe 8 (Bay Area queer punk rock) at Zeitgeist Theater in New Orleans.
#3 Crash Worship on two occasions. I don’t remember the venues. Once I was really high on really nice drugs. Once I was totally sober. Both shows were great!
#4 Toshi Reagon at the Michigan Womyn’s Music Festival. I believe in kindness too.
#5 Billy Idol in some big arena. I told my parents I was spending the night at a friend’s house. I used my babysitting money to pay for my ticket.
#6 Barenaked Ladies at the House of Blues. My roommate bought me the ticket as an early birthday present.
#7 Blues Traveler. Blues Traveler. Blues Traveler. Once at Jazz Fest. Once at Tipitina’s. Once some place I don’t remember.
#8 Blue Scholars in NYC. Hip Hop fantastic!
#9 Bo Diddley at House of Blues. I won tickets from a local radio station and got a man I had a crush on to go with me. Bo Diddley rocked the House!
#10 Ani DiFrance on two occasions. Once at House of Blues where I met up with the woman I had a crush on who told me she’d had sex with the man I had a crush on. (It was a very Ani DiFranco moment.) Once at Jazz Fest where C.J. Chenier (who played before her) must have thought he had a huge new lesbian following.
#1
Sorry, ScatterVanshine, #1 is true! In 1989, I went to Grad Nite at Disney World as my senior trip. (Thanks Mom, for paying for that frivolity!) I was close to the front for Info Society, but so far away from Samantha Fox and New Kids on the Block! Luckily, I was a big fan of neither and didn’t really care.
Anyone else want to try to identify the concert lie?
It didn’t sound like your cup of tea…that’s why I guessed it. Love your collages and I try to read all your posts. Thanks