Neon Indian Show

Well, just got back from my first neon indian show. Brown moment alert: i was asked to leave before i even got in.

there was some promoter in the city that was sponsoring and it was only $1 to get in, as long as you took two seconds to rsvp online. which i did! good deals like this are hard to find. the way i look at these deals is that even if i don't get to see the whole show, who gives a shit. couldn't get r to come out with me, so i was headed solo. my plan was to hang out for a bit, catch the better part of the show, drink a beer or two, and then take off.

i've been to hell today, i spell it dmv. anyone that's been there knows precisely what i mean. only NY, has a worse thing: you don't get your actual id that day; it comes two weeks later. and that it doesn't matter if you brought everything they tell you to but leave your ss card at home - 1 hour round trip right there to go get that guy.

back in hell, i waited in three lines; they took my picture and they confiscated my super-expired ohio dl (this weekend would mark the 6 mos. mark, meaning i'd have to do all the tests over, so i had no choice).and i left with this note card that has my address, DOB, and the NY state seal logo. was told i'll get my new license in two weeks.

(there's a whole side story here about the day at work. worse nightmare if you're in web dev: server was completely down this morning, while i was out, took until 11 to get it back. then, right before i was about to leave, it tanked again. no direct com with the system admin made for an ugly situation that will now certainly continue into next week as we scramble to find a new hosting service.)

and so i had no photo id with me tonight. just this note card that has my address, DOB, and the NY state seal logo. the bouncer wasn't gonna let me in, but the promoter said: "go ahead and let him in. but don't give him a drink bracelet since he doesn't have a photo id".

so whatever, i can't have a drink. already had a good buzz at that point, so if i can't have a drink, so be it.

then:
the promoter decided to be a dick: "since the promotion is for those 21 and up that can drink, and we can't give you a bracelet, i gotta charge you the door price of $15." really. because my expired license was confiscated and i don't have my OU id on me? Yep. That's what the web site said, the promoter reminded me. A Photo ID. Sorry bub. I started to question this but knew it was going nowhere. And just lost all interest in the show.

Pissed, and on my own, I said fuck the show and headed home, where the neon indian is free and brooklyn lager is $1.75 a bottle. and no rascals!!