You know, I've never felt as old as I did trying to e-mail this picture on my friend's cellphone during tonight's Superchunk concert at the 9:30 Club.
Really, I love computers but I hate cell phones.
I may have felt old but at least I wasn't wearing ear plugs at the concert.
And maybe my difficulties were due to the fact that I've been up since 5:00 AM.
Well, thanks to the typically horrible D.C. traffic, we missed most of opening act Let's Wrestle; while I appreciate the fact that tonight's road work was being done outside of normal rush hour times, I think that maybe 9 on a Friday night was an odd choice.
But we made it for local pop legend Tommy Keene's set which was pretty solid. It was weird seeing a guy I've met a few times sing 25-year-old songs to an audience of under 25-year-olds (well, some of them).
As for Superchunk: I've been listening to the band for nearly 18 years now and have seen them live a bunch of times between 1995 and now and they have never disappointed me.
The glory days of Sub Pop were just a blip as American indie rock begins and ends with Superchunk.
New album, Majesty Shredding, is pretty solid and single "Digging for Something" sounded like a lost classic tonight.
The band tore through a lot of new and old songs, including a revved-up cover of Sebadoh's "Brand New Love" and the obligatory barn-burner closer of "Hyper Enough".