I'm going to switch it up a little and tell you about a concert of Armin Van Buuren that I attended in Chicago. I was looking forward to the evening for several months, I was heavily disappointed by circumstances beyond my control.
While the Armin wanna-be was warming up the crowd, my wallet misteriously "disappeared" from within my coat pocket. Of course, when this happened at the start of the evening, my night was severly dampened, as well as made $150 more expensive than I would have preferred. The atmosphere was great, everyone seemed really excited when Armin took over the DJ booth, yet a few things could have been improved. The music volume was excessive to say the least and was possibly controlled by a deaf person. Yes, I understand that concerts have loud music, but I should at least be able to hear my own voice! Also I would have really liked to avoid the two days of constant ringing in my ears that were to follow that memorable night.
Vision (the club that hosted the concert), was packed, which unfortunetly meant that I got to know and smell the crowd a lot more than I would have liked. Another major gripe was the smoking in the bathroom, although Chicago has passed a non-smoking ordinance the laws of the state apparently do not apply to Vision, judging by the smoke cloud in the men's bathroom that most certaintly cut my life expectancy by several weeks.
Overall I'm not sure how much of my displeasure was brought out by the "loss" of my wallet, but I do believe the concert could have been better. That being said, Armin is the best DJ in the world.
3 comments:
Peter,
I think you nailed the "problem" of your evening on the head within your fist several sentences. If, for instance, an evening like that cost you...say... I don't know...$45, then it probably would have been worth your while. Now, if say the cost of the event skyrockets to $195, you would expect it to be much better. Possibly not as crowded and better smoking control.
In other words, everything has its price and its unfortunate that a typical night at the club cost you so much money. That said, you should probably not hold this against the smelly clubbers, the DJ himself, or the cancer-chasing smokers, but instead focus on the scum who like to take other people's wallets.
With what happened to you...i wont bring my wallet and iphone when i attend the All american reject concert in Chicago this April.. I didn't know that these things is also happening here in the US. Can we blame this recession and rising unemployment?
Rolando, you bring up an excellent point..also, the bad smell could be a recession-driven problem as people try to save money and not buy deodorant.
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