open up, it's tha po-lease

The view from our seats along the right field line.

On July 5, I got to go see one my all-time favorite bands, The Police, play at Wrigley Field. Big thanks go to Shoes for securing the tickets, and for Overboard for buying mine as a birthday gift. There were six of us all together, and it was made even more special when the sixth member of our group turned out to be Dr. Professor Adam B. Silverman, a friend of mine since I was but a wee lad in Sunday school.

As it turns out, Adam and his wife were in town for the week, and Shoes had an extra ticket. Our IM conversation when something like this:

EVENKEEL: Hey, where are you? You in Chicago?
DR PROF: Yes I am.
EVENKEEL: Wanna go see the Police tonight?
DR PROF: Yes I would.

I never said we were really eloquent or profound in our IM chats, just to the point.

Anyway, the concert was a lot of fun and the performance ranged from the "pretty damn good" to "wow, that's awesome" to "holy %$#@, that's why they were once the best band on the planet." For a more detailed recap of the show, check out what Grant had to say.

From high school through the first five years or so post-college, I went to a lot of concerts. A LOT. Hell, I was even a cog in the "music industry" for a while there. But these days, not so much.

I'm starting to show my age a bit. See, two or three times during the show, I had to sit down because my lower back was aching a bit, and to be honest, I just wanted to sit and enjoy the show anyway. Also, one of the few new bands that I'm into these days, The Cat Empire, came to town on the 10th and played a club in Chicago. As much as I wanted to go, I knew I couldn't/wouldn't because: A) It was a school night, B) The club was located in the city and I am a Suburbanite, and C) Sleeping just sounded better than anything else.

All of the above makes it pretty official that I am no longer cool, connected to the kids and their crazy rock 'n' roll, and this close to being a grumpy retiree who wishes you'd all just shut the %$#@ up and turn the music down.

What happened?