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Mets – Cubs: Men of Wrigley Field

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This past weekend the Mets were in town and I went to a couple of games with Julie (I skipped the second game in protest of the concept of ‘Pitch Counts‘ which are completely arbitrary and in my humble opinion total bullshit).  Today’s game the Mets actually won and as you can see in the photographs above I focused on the beermen and the ushers.  Badass mustaches are nearly required to work as a beerman or an usher at Wrigley Field.

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Jon Lovitz threw out the first pitch (after a muligan he made a decent throw) and sung during the 7th inning stretch.  I must say I respect Lovitz as he didn’t wear the lame personalized jersey.  Instead he wore a Ernie Banks jersey.

Side Notes:

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* Tim Tebow of the Florida Gators made an appearance.

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** Billy Cub once again was adhering to his restraining order and roaming the perimeter of Wrigley Field.

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*** The view from my seat.

Nine Inch Nails: Wave Goodbye Tour Pt.2.

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Last night I went to my final Nine Inch Nails show at the Aragon Ballroom.  The setlist was different from the night before but probably not as intense.  I did get to here David Bowie‘s “I’m Afraid of Americans” which was the highlight of the night.

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Side Note:
* This is the most intense sound/lighting guy in the business:
** The rest of my photographs are on Flickr.
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Nine Inch Nails: Wave Goodbye Tour Pt.1.

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Last night I went to the Aragon Ballroom to see Nine Inch Nails on their final tour.  At the end of their last tour (which was supposed to be their final tour) they Trent Reznor announced they would be playing a handful of shows in New York, Chicago and LA which would be the last Nine Inch Nail shows.  I managed to get tickets to both Chicago shows at the Aragon Ballroom which I’ve never been to before.  The venue was a cross between a classic old town theater and a high school gymnasium.  To get into the place there was a line wrapped at least a mile around the neighborhood.  It was moving but it was massive.

The show was one of the best shows I’ve ever been to.  The sound was great, I was close to the stage yet out of the impromptu pit and the band simply kicked ass.  Robin Fink looks a lot like The Kurgan from Highlander and plays guitar like The Kurgan would if he was trying to kill Sean Connery with said guitar.  The setlist was awesome (Down In It, Wish, Pinion, Reptile).

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Side Note:

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* Whistling really shouldn’t be done unless it’s to signal some kind of action or as a way to grab an individual’s attention.  Whistling as a form of appreciation is not good.  Ever.

** The rest of my photographs are here on Flickr.