MetroDad: Friday the 13th, a truly unlucky day

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January 13, 2006

Friday the 13th, a truly unlucky day

One of my all-time favorite bands from my youth, The English Beat, are back together again and playing tonight in NYC...and I can't get two fucking tickets to save my life.

Ticketmaster is sold out. My scalper didn't know about the show. Nobody on Craigslist is selling their tickets. And because the band's not with a major label anymore, none of my buddies in the music industry can even help me out. Even worse? They're peforming in a tiny club about 4 blocks from my apartment!

So what am I going to do tonight instead? Aside from wallowing in misery, I think that, for old-times sake, I'm going to put on an old English Beat t-shirt, throw on a pair of black parachute pants, shave my head again, and dance a little ska-style by myself while singing "Mirror in the Bathroom," "Save it for Later," and "I Confess."

Ahhh...to be 13 again.

(Update: Turns out my good friend, J., has an office 6 floors above the venue. The super of the building is "a 6'7 brother with many past lives, one of which was working as a bounty hunter-he knows all the doormen and has open access to every show." J. put in a call for me and is waiting to hear back. Apparently, the normal renumeration required is $50, a bottle of booze and a joint. Hmm...check, check, check. With a little luck, I'll be front row for tomorrow's show. Keep your fingers crossed!)

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Go Go Go to the club with a pocketful of Hamiltons. (Sorry, can't get enough "Lazy Sunday.") Someone will be selling tix. Guarantee.

Posted by: CityMama | January 13, 2006 at 01:06 PM

Fond memories, MD. I remember having a girl break up with me back in the early 80's and I'd spend days in my room listening to "Can't Get Used to Losing You."

Posted by: Simon | January 13, 2006 at 01:27 PM

Sigh...if only Bronski Beat would reunite.

Posted by: Leora | January 13, 2006 at 01:29 PM

I was always a little more partial to FYC (Fine Young Cannibals.)

Posted by: Brent | January 13, 2006 at 01:37 PM

You could always walk down there to see if someone decided to scalp the tickets last minute?! If I see anything on the web for sale, I'll let you know :)

Posted by: Corinne | January 13, 2006 at 01:44 PM

Did you check w/ this guy?

http://newyork.craigslist.org/mnh/tix/124999350.html

Posted by: Corinne | January 13, 2006 at 01:47 PM

"Dream Home in New Zealand"... Perfect pop bliss.

Posted by: Phil | January 13, 2006 at 01:53 PM

Goddammit!!!!!! I've been waiting for years for this to happen. Now it does and I can't get to NYC, nor do I have tix and my luck and life just plain suck at times.

Oh well - I'll be listening to "Doors of My Heart," "Can't Get Used to Losing You," and "Twist and Crawl" while doing my best Rude Boy behind the wheel.

Posted by: Mr. Big Dubya | January 13, 2006 at 01:55 PM

Not to sound TOO much like a ditzy school girl but...OH MY GAWD! When I was a young girl growing up in the Midwest, I somehow become a closet Anglophile and all I would do is listen to all the cool, new U.K. bands. English Beat was one of my early faves. I would kill to be at that show tonight. Too bad I live in Chicago, don't have tickets to the show and am 8 months pregnant. Darn it!

Posted by: Melanie | January 13, 2006 at 02:04 PM

if you, by some grace of godalmighty, get into this show tonight... i will likely have to pronounce you the luckiest sumovabeeyatch ever. and i will probably sulk.

becauue i am selfish like that.

Posted by: tpon | January 13, 2006 at 03:35 PM

Ok, so I feel really young and lame, because I have no fucking clue what you're talking about. However, if you decide to put on an "old English Beat t-shirt, throw on a pair of black parachute pants, shave my head again, and dance a little ska-style by myself while singing", please ask the Boss Lady to take pictures or tape it, because I could really use a visual to know what you're talking about.

Glad to see the eyes are working.

Posted by: Melissam | January 13, 2006 at 03:51 PM

Dave Wakeling lives here in San Diego, and plays shows every week. The funny thing is that a fairly large percentage of his audience prolly has no idea that he had a life before doing Tuesday night shows at the Belly Up Tavern.

Posted by: Jason | January 13, 2006 at 03:53 PM

Woo-hoo! They're doing 2 gigs here in SF on the 10th and 11th. We may have to forego our pre-Valentines dinner at Michael Mina and go see them instead!

Posted by: dakims | January 13, 2006 at 04:18 PM

OH MY GOD! I LOVED THEM! But, honestly, dude, parachute pants?

Posted by: MIM | January 13, 2006 at 04:26 PM

To be 13? 13?!?!?!?!

Dude, you're a baby. Either that or I'm old.

I hope you get the tix.

Posted by: Chris | January 13, 2006 at 04:39 PM

Wow.

Just wow.

Posted by: landismom | January 13, 2006 at 04:48 PM

Certainly you're going to walk down there and say, "I'm with the band" and walk in the back way and let us all know how "Save It For later" was. Aren't you? Please?

Posted by: Anne Glamore | January 13, 2006 at 05:21 PM

THey are my ALL TIME favorite band. I just love them, and I had no clue they were getting back together. Whoa. I saw them years ago at the Channel on the waterfront in Boston, and the crowd was dancing so hard that the whole floor started going up and down. It was the BEST show I'd ever seen and I've seen a lot of shows. I'm with you...this totally sucks.

Maybe they're coming to boston, she says hopefully?

Posted by: margalit | January 13, 2006 at 07:21 PM

Oh my god! MD I would be dying too! I feel your pain, man, I feel it. This is why it's SO IMPORTANT to keep in contact with your ad rep buddies at radio stations so you can get the hook up (but have I done that? No).

But I am kind of glad you posted about this 'cause now I know they are coming to town. I'm going to go dust off my old Two Tone album, now.

Posted by: the weirdgirl | January 13, 2006 at 08:07 PM

ditto on the feeling young and lame thing. One big ????? going on. But I really hope you get to go...the craigslist posting looked promising.

Posted by: Nina | January 13, 2006 at 08:14 PM

like any self-respecting fan, you should just sneak in. It's not as hard as one would think. Come on, MD!! Pull the ol "just smoking outside, left my ticket in some hooker's cleavage" trick. Work it!

Posted by: girls gone child | January 13, 2006 at 09:54 PM

Did it work out after all? Did tix fall from the heavens?

I can't wait to hear a report of a change of fortunes whereupon you did score and entry and had the most wicked time. Confirmed -- yeah baby -- Daddy's still kicks it up.

What does Peanut think of the Beat? When Baby E was an infant she was really into the B52's but her Dad is still trying to get her into sampling his collection of Yes albums. Oh brother.

Posted by: mo-wo | January 13, 2006 at 10:50 PM

green with envy, i am. green. with envy.

Posted by: kara | January 14, 2006 at 08:13 AM

If you blog about how great the show was tomorrow, and how unlucky the rest of us are for not living in "The Center of the Fucking Universe" as JJ Daddy likes to refer to his home town and thus we don't get to go to cool shows like this, I don't think I'll be able to take it!

However, I do think Styx came to Savannah recently....

Posted by: JJ Daddy's Baby Momma | January 14, 2006 at 07:06 PM

Stand Down Margaret? That was them, right?

Parachute pants indeed... my ex was wearing them when my daughter was born. (He was not 13)

How are the eyes??

Posted by: panthergirl | January 14, 2006 at 07:26 PM

You think Friday was unlucky for you? I turned 40!

Posted by: David Cowan | January 15, 2006 at 01:03 AM

WELL??!! Did you go??

Posted by: suburban misfit | January 15, 2006 at 11:20 AM

Good Dammit, MD--Did you get in? I demand the playlist! ARRRGGGHHH.

Posted by: misfithausfrau | January 15, 2006 at 07:15 PM

you are, by far, THE COOLEST dad in this hemisphere. i WISH my dad had stories of stealing away with bribery techniquest like this for a brit-pop show!!!

Posted by: crazyvirgo | January 15, 2006 at 09:15 PM

Um, okay, this is the aforementioned "J" and the last I heard you were meeting "T" at 8pm at the door on saturday night so.......????

Posted by: Luper | January 15, 2006 at 10:27 PM

It's good to see how much love there is out there for the Beat. And really, does it get any better than "Mirror in the Bathroom"? Hope you made it there, brother.

Posted by: ShotgunDaddy | January 15, 2006 at 11:26 PM

I've got this image of poor half-blind MetroDad wandering around NYC like Mr Magoo with $50 bill, a joint, and a bottle of scotch, trying to find a tall brother named "Mr T" to take him to the English Beat show...I'm sure hilarity ensued...
MD, if you don't post soon, we'll start making up our own stories...

Posted by: IFLYG | January 16, 2006 at 09:13 AM

Hi MD. I love your blog, but I beg to differ about the unluckiness of friday 13th. My new born daughter's fever broke on the 13th and was discharged from the NICU the next day. I fucking love friday 13th. Take it easy, and I am glad you enjoyed E.B.!

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