aaaah dilemma. so i bought a ticket to see hot hot heat on the 29th about 2 weeks ago. i recently discovered that bad religion is touring europe and i was able to get some tickets (cheaply) for their london show on the 29th as well. initially i was torn, seeing that i've been to a BR gig but never seen HHH (missed one opportunity already too) - but then i realized that FUCK, it is fucking bad religion. seriously, how could i not? they are one of my favorite bands and well, that's about it. they're amazing and i know i'd have a great time. i haven't heard the new HHH album, so who knows? i'm i wrong about this? if i weren't a moron i'd have not done this and have a way to see both, but alas, i am a moron, so decisions must be made.

suggestions?

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a few weeks ago i helped these people book the cafe to show a film. they sounded like nice enough people and as i explained everything all seemed cool. i told them to come in and check out the space a bit beforehand to make sure it was what they were looking for. i showed these folks around and i could tell something was up, they were just a bit too *ahem* clean (especially for the forest) for their own good. i didn't really put two and two together until i asked what the film was about.

'well, it is looking at death from the perspective of different time periods, life and death on a second time scale, minute time scale, hour, day, month, year, century, millenia etc. etc.'

maybe i'm just hypersensitive, but does this sound evangelical? maybe it is just me, but suddenly it all made sense. the uber-clean early thirty-somethings dressed in not quite hip wrinkleless dockers, the neverending notquite botox smiles and teeth so shiny you could check your complexion in the shine - clearly these were midwesterners (i think one actually muttered the word 'pop' [ie. soda]) on a MISSION. i didn't really think anything of it until i get a call from ryan (one of the old kitchen managers who is helping out during the madness of the festival) while i was away to fife with my family. i get this voice mail 'mat, what have you done? people are in here trying to convert everyone. they're playing a film about death and your life choices and everything. WHAT DDID YOU DO???'

hahaah

i bust my ass up there and discover the cafe loaded with people. most are watching this film, but there are others, and youu can overhear the god talk. nothing overly overt ala 'fire and brimstone' but it definately was in the air. i work my way through the people and laugh at how much this is freaking everyone out. maybe it was just because i was used to this ish coming from reno (apparently according to my dad and sister, an evangelical haven - which thinking back, actually is probably true), or maybe because i was used to ben's constant reminders of my inevidable trip straight to hell, but i found the whole situation hilarious. after the film the rest of the evangelicals (seriously numbering over 100+) were let loose. somehow i managed to speak with 1 guy for 10 minutes (the leader of the pack) and yet, there was no mention of god. i start talking with these girls for a good 15-20 minutes, and still, no attempt to bring me in with the flock (although there was a great short talk about the orange circle and dairy treet)...

so reminiscent of HS. (aside from ben) noone ever tried to convert me. again, this seemed to be a problem that my sister faced on an almost day to day basis, but for me i was apparently undesirable. i wonder why?

maybe i'm thinking in too deeply about this ish...