My ears are still ringing

[janradder]

Haddayr and I went to see the Dropkick Murphys last night and I forgot to bring any ear protection. My ears are still ringing this morning. I really hate ringing ears. Even when I was in high school I hated it. I had a friend in high school (we played in a punk band together) who for some odd reason really enjoyed the sensation. Of course, when the ringing from last night subsides I'll still have ringing in my ears because I have tinnitus from my younger days. Oh well.

As to the show, it was really fun. In a sign of my age, it was the first band I'd seen in four years (Mike Watt in 2003 was the last one). Nothing like kids to end late night forays into high decibel venues. I only knew a few Murphys' songs (I checked The Warior's Code out of the library -- another sign of my age in that I no longer purchase new music but check it out of the library) which can always (for me) get in the way of enjoying a band for me but I still liked the band.  Their blend of punk and Irish trad is enjoyably pugnacious  and really contagiously fun.  They put on a good show, one of the guitarists jumping into the crowd at one point and riding atop them all while playing and two other band members totally rocking out with accordions, mandolins and banjos.  And how can you not like a band that includes a tattooed bagpiper named Scruffy Wallace?

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[janradder.livejournal.com]

I usually use cotton balls because ear plugs reduce too much of the sound (for me). I've used toilet paper in the past with ok results and that's what Haddayr used. I don't know why I didn't as well. Maybe just because I'm a dope -- the men's room just seemed to be too much of a hassle to go find.