A Tale of Two Cities

I have been studying a little about programming blogs, so you must forgive me if I try a minor flourish in here. I have learned the hard way that this stuff is tricky






This is a tale of two cities, or rather two concerts in two cities, or rather two crowd watching two concerts in two cities. In October, I went to see Hardly Strictly Bluegrass, a three day free concert in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco. This past weekend, I went to see Dave Matthew's Band Caravan, a three day concert in Atlantic City NJ, though I only went for one day. At the Atlantic City concert, I was older than maybe 1% of the crowd. At Golden Gate Park, I was right there among the beautiful people (or as you might say, the old people). And I couldn't help but wonder. Why at the one event and not the other. It wouldn't appear to be the city. After all AC, a casino town has a traditional codger demographic. It can't be the cost, as the young are usually the ones who can be priced out of events, So it is the music. But the music isn't really that different. DMB could easily play HSB and no one would raise an eyebrow. How is it different? Well none of the DMB Caravan bands played back in the hay day of the beautiful people, while HSB included Elvis Costello, Patti Smith, Emmy Lou Harris if you get the picture. Are my compadres stuck in the past clinging to the fragile memories of youth, or am I hopelessly chasing the illusion of actual youth. Or maybe living through the experience of listening to Bass Nectar has caused a subtle brain damage, and this sentence you read is the result.