Last night I went to a benefit show at Uncle Pleasant’s. OK I actually just saw the first band, Of Asaph (who are buddies of mine and do some very interesting stuff) and a bit of the second band (which, frankly, was too much). The show was to benefit the Aaron Marrs Memorial Fund, and turnout was really good.
I couldn’t help but mention, though, that I have never seen a bar where the two televisions were tuned to, respectively, the SciFi Channel and Animal Planet. That just looked so funny because it was full of a rock crowd and is not exactly located in a frou-frou part of town. I think they wound up changing to ESPN. No reason to mention this other than the fact that I just thought it was funny.
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Apparently the Congressional Prayer Breakfast took place yesterday. Here is an interesting description of it, if you’re curious.
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If you hadn’t heard, the Super Bowl is this weekend. I have been able to avoid ESPN and other news outlets this week so I have not been inundated with the overblown hype machine that works overtime for two solid weeks. Granted, I don’t give a rip about the teams playing, but even if one of my teams had made it I would still say it is way too much. It is one football game! I don’t know if I’ll wind up watching it, though there’s always the unexplainable draw of the commercials. But I have decided that I ought to perfer one team to win, so I’ll cast my lot with the New England Patriots. Why? Well, for starters, do remember that I see this as the least objectionable champion rather than something to be excited about for me. But I hate the thought of Terrell Owens winning a Super Bowl. The Patriots at least seem to have a certain classiness about them – don’t see a lot of braggadocia and chest thumping, just a solid team doing their thing.
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Lots of reading to do, so I’m checking out.