Avett August--Show #2

Avett Brothers
Originally uploaded by MrBadExample.

It is a testament to the mighty power of the Avett Brothers that they managed to overcome the incredibly drunk girl sitting next to me and the McCormicks of Wilmington last night.

Now, I don't really have any gripe with drunk people in general (some of my best friends are drunks). But when you're screaming "OHHHHHHH SHIT!" and "YEEEEEEEEAH BOYS!" every two seconds, that's probably going to bother me.

If you listen to Howard Stern and are familiar with the clip he's been playing of the drunk Scores girls (vodka, straight up, thank yooooooooooou!), then you have an idea of the level of drunkenness we're dealing with here. Luckily, she was sitting next to the better-looking half of the Wilmington McCormicks for most of the night. In fact, she asked both McCormicks--and not me--to get up and dance toward the end of the night. They declined.

Unfortunately, my luck ran out at the end of the show, when I felt someone grab my arm. What followed sounded something like this:

"Abagabagabadaba dooba Avett Brothers?"

I thought that maybe she was asking me how I'd heard of the Avett Brothers, so I said, "Oh, y'know, I read about them in magazines and..."

"NOOOOO! Dooba ralike the Avett Brothers shoooow?"

I think that was "Did you like the Avett Brothers show?" So I decided on, "Oh, yeah, y'know, I've seen them a bunch of, like, 8 times now. So, y'know, I'm in the club or whatever."

And then she just kept staring at me. I turned away. She kept staring. For about a half-minute or so. Then she walked away to find her friends who had abandoned her.

And that's why I don't talk to people at shows.

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Anyway, the show itself was a good time, cut short by the park curfew of 9 p.m., which no one seemed to tell the band about until 9 p.m. I think there were about 6 strings (4 banjo, 2 guitar) broken. So a pretty good night.

And now on to Teaneck...