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theducksWent down to Seattle on the weekend and went to concerts by Panic at the Disco, Fun and Tim Minchin.
Tim Minchin was my only first time there too. We'd seen Panic at the Disco in Perth some years ago and fun. up here in Vancouver a few months ago.
I used to know someone with a Mark Twain quote in his signature, that said "Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness". My opinions of the guy in question are.. not worth repeating, but the quote is at least true.
Putting aside the whole issue of how amazingly mind blowing it is to go to another country for a concert, all of my previous trips to the US had been as a tourist, or a business visitor. I didn't really feel I connected with the people there as part of their society. But this was different - I spent two nights in a row with hundreds of Americans and we were all having a really good time. I think those two nights broke down a lot of barriers in my mind about them and us, whoever "them" and "us" are.
The language of fun is universal it seems.
Tim Minchin was my only first time there too. We'd seen Panic at the Disco in Perth some years ago and fun. up here in Vancouver a few months ago.
I used to know someone with a Mark Twain quote in his signature, that said "Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness". My opinions of the guy in question are.. not worth repeating, but the quote is at least true.
Putting aside the whole issue of how amazingly mind blowing it is to go to another country for a concert, all of my previous trips to the US had been as a tourist, or a business visitor. I didn't really feel I connected with the people there as part of their society. But this was different - I spent two nights in a row with hundreds of Americans and we were all having a really good time. I think those two nights broke down a lot of barriers in my mind about them and us, whoever "them" and "us" are.
The language of fun is universal it seems.
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Date: 2011-06-29 03:17 am (UTC)On my first trip to Europe/Germany, I went to 4 arena sized rock concerts. My German was, and still is, rather crap but in the course of casual conversation before the show I went from being the crazy American to just somebody who traveled far for a good time. It was the first show I went to that erased any hesitation and shame I might have had about not speaking the language perfectly.
A big smile while rocking your ass off is lingua franca :)