{"id":2934,"date":"2008-06-30T10:29:16","date_gmt":"2008-06-30T15:29:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blackhandproductions.com\/?p=2934"},"modified":"2008-06-30T10:29:16","modified_gmt":"2008-06-30T15:29:16","slug":"east-cost-trip-pearl-jam-baseball-blondies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blackhandproductions.com\/?p=2934","title":{"rendered":"East Cost Trip: Pearl Jam, Baseball, & Blondies."},"content":{"rendered":"

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This past weekend Julie<\/a> and I headed to the East Coast to see Pearl Jam<\/a> in Hartford and the Mets – Yankee’s<\/a> game at Shea Stadium<\/a>. \u00a0Of course the\u00a0temperature\u00a0the entire weekend hovered around double-asshole so most of the time we were covered in sweat.<\/p>\n

We managed to hit four airports (Midway<\/a>, Bradley<\/a>,\u00a0LaGuardia<\/a>, & O’Hare<\/a>) with only one 2 hour delay, see Pearl Jam and then the Mets play the Yankee’s and then have wings at Blondie’s<\/a> and lasagna at Dee’s<\/a>. \u00a0In other words it was a very successful weekend. \u00a0Thanks to those who let us sleep on their pullout couches without you we’d been at the Belnord<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Pearl Jam show in Hartford was\u00a0especially\u00a0hot and steamy. \u00a0Ted Leo and the Pharmacists<\/a> were the opener and were really good. \u00a0Our seats were under the pavilion but towards the back. \u00a0I wasn’t really that impressed with the show but I chalk that up to three things:<\/p>\n

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  1. Pearl Jam had just completed back to back shows at Madison Square Garden.<\/li>\n
  2. I’m comparing this show to their Lollapalooza<\/a> set last year.<\/li>\n
  3. It was Double-Asshole.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    It wasn’t that it was a bad show, it just wasn’t nearly as good as the last three times I’ve seen them.<\/p>\n

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    It was equally hot at Shea Stadium for the final Subway Series but there was a 45 minute\u00a0torrential\u00a0down pour that cooled the air. \u00a0I must say I was highly impressed by the ground crew. \u00a0The field was completely dry within 15 minutes of them rolling up the tarp. \u00a0Now I do find it rather amusing that the entire team took 15 minutes to ‘warm up’ before coming out to play again but that’s another story<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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    \nThe Mets ended up loosing     3-2<\/a> but we got to see David Wright<\/a> homer to left field and the ground crew really kicked ass.<\/p>\n

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    * Side Note:<\/p>\n

    And of course there were Horse Cops. \u00a0I know what you’re thinking, who’s going to clean this shit up?<\/p>\n

    Well, the rain of course.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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