Captain Cartwheel

I somehow managed to get 3 tickets for the Brooks & Dunn concert at Xcel tonight (Friday).  Couple of awesome bonuses:

• I didn't really have any set plans when I headed into work and left with awesome tickets;
• Cheap tickets;
• Awesome seats in a suite!
• Spending time with friends I haven't spent much time with lately;
• Partaking in Douche Bag Watching.

We shared the suite with a group of young guys who were relatively pleasant but definitely beginner or low level douches.  It was hilarious to watch them operate up close in the wild. 

The show was pretty good with a few exceptions.  The faster songs seemed slower live than on the radio (yes, some people still do listen to radio stations, I am one of them).  Brooks has some mega bad hair issues and could use less self-tanner or tanning time in my opinion.  For being the Last Rodeo, it wasn't very rodeo like - it wasn't super high energy, there wasn't much production value.  I'd think for a last rodeo there would have been a BIG bang, but it was more of a fizzle than a pop.  One of the DB's was all "OMG they are just as amazing live as they are recorded!"  To my way of thinking, if they aren't better live than via radio/cd/recording why would I go see them live?  I might as well just head down to my dad's place and pump up the volume with his stereo equipment.   

It was a great way to spend the evening, I got to wear a cowboy hat and people watching was pretty fantastic.  All in all it was fun. 

I'm looking forward to seeing Lady Gaga in August.  Mostly because I cannot even image the spectacle that will occur on that evening.