The Summer Concert Season

Humidity. Hordes of humanity. Over-priced luke warm beer. $35 t-shirts. $5 bottles of water. Stocking up on paper products and purell for use in public rest-rooms (because people are really fucking gross.) Ahhh summer concert season is fast approaching. Not being the kind of girl who likes to miss out, I've already got tickets to two concerts to tide me over until the summer season really gets underway.
Stone Temple Pilots May 31st at Pnc; and The Cure June 21st at Radio City.
The cure? Well going to that concert was a given. Seeing them live has been a more than a decade in the making. No, I'm not a petulant, brooding, loner (at least not on purpose) but how could I not jump at the chance to see The Cure live? They are such a seminal band, their 3+ decades long catalog of music playing at times a soundtrack to my life. Hearing they were touring and coming to town in June induced in me a frenzied scramble to procure tickets akin maybe only to the fervor of an 80 year old devout Catholic hitting up every local parish for tickets to see the Pope's, LIVE one night only limited engagement.
It was a no brainer.
Stone Temple Pilots on the other hand, well that's a different story. Now, don't get me wrong, I'm looking forward to the show. I didn't even know a newly sober (?) Weiland had parted ways with Velvet Revolver, let alone reunited with STP, until a cab driver clued me in the other night. While I always would have jumped at the chance to see The Cure, I'm fairly certain my younger self would have turned her nose up at STP. You see, when I was younger I was, well I won't mince words I was a music snob, pure and simple. STP were too mainstream, too commercial, too whatever. Did I like some of their songs? Yes. Do I own a couple of their cds? Yea. But, I never would have openly admitted to it as a young, cool indie music purist. Age has a way of mellowing a person out I guess. Seeing live music outdoors on a nice evening has a narcotizing effect, so of course I'm looking forward to the show. Maybe it's a generational thing. A band from my youth, who I really had lukewarm feelings for, reunites so I must attend to the show for Gen-x, or Gen-y or whatever Gen I am solidarity and support. I'm kinda thinking this is the connection I'll make with like minded concert goers that evening.
In any case, I think my summer concert experience is off to a pretty good start. I've got my ears and eyes plugged into the collective music consciousness waiting to see who else the summer will drag out on tour.
My biggest summer concert wish is to see Trent again, who always delivers and always puts on a good show (I've never been disappointed by him) After not touring to support NIN's last album, and putting out an instrumental album this year, maybe just maybe my wish will come true. Double fingers crossed!