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Originally posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?
Does anyone else have that friend... who goes to Widespread Panic/Phish/Stringe Cheese shows and spends more time thinking about what he's going to wear than how good the music will be.
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Well the music won't be good, so by definition...
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Moreover, he thinks he's "hip" b/c he's going to said show. It drives me nuts b/c I know most people are there for the music and not to look good/cool
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No one looks cool dressed as a hippie...or even worse, a neo-hippie. I stopped buying concert T-shirts years ago because I never wanted to play that game at shows...
"I'm wearing the T-shirt from their first showcase tour because I was into them before anyone else.
"Whatever, I'm wearing the T-shirt from the opening band, because the headliner sold out."
The only time I was tempted to break my rule was nearly ten years ago (?!) when Urge Overkill played the Berkeley Square. Instead of T-shirts, you could get fake gold UO medallions. I would have looked rEdiculous wearing one, but it seemed like an interesting idea.
In direct answer to your questions...
1) Your friend is a tool...a harmless tool, but a tool nonetheless.
2) You are a bit of a music snob.
3) There's nothing wrong with being a bit of a music snob.
