This Friday and Saturday evening, The Pogues shall be performing their glorious fusion of traditional Irish folk and punk rock at the Roseland Ballroom in New York City. I shall be among those present at the Friday gig. You'll be able to identify me quite easily: the brown guy.
Anyway, there's a fairly good chance that I won't make it out of the Ballroom with functioning legs or even a heartbeat. However, I've vowed to myself that if I have to climb, if I have to crawl, I'll make it to the front of the stage, or close to it, and snap a photo of Shane MacGowan and the boys.
I told this plan to Matt, who replied, "It's your funeral."
Well, you can fucking bury me at sea where no murdered ghost can haunt me.
Haha.
Actually, no. But on the chance that I do die, here are some of my real wishes:
- My small collection of DVDs and books will be divided among my cousins and friends. They can work out who keeps what.
- No flowers.
- Play Green Day's "Minority" and "Time of Your Life", The Pogues's "If I Should Fall From Grace with God", and John Williams's score to "Jurassic Park" and "Superman" sometime during my wake.
Song of the Day:
I actually HAD a teache rin 9th grade who I prayed would ask me to clap her erasers. Never happened to the hormon-riddled young freshman. She was a tasty young blob=nderight out of college... the stuff that dreams are made of.
ReplyDeleteEnjoy the Pogues. Hope they play my favorite tune.
Was the song you requested by STP "Interstate Love Song?"
Later~
Uncle Ernie's Protege
Sorry about the typos- I rarely proofread. Like Kerouac- I'd prefer a continuous roll of paper....
ReplyDeleteHAHAHAHA! :)
ReplyDeleteAnd I'm quite sure that the boys will play "Body of an American". I'd be depressed if they didn't.
Who knows -- it might be a most fitting song for me, haha. But I'll get that photo! I vow it!