Spent last weekend going to The Meadows festival in the parking lot at CitiField. My wife won three day passes at her job and we went each afternoon/night. It was an amazing setup with little issues, and the music was top notch. First night headliner was Jay-Z, so I was the “old man at the Jay-Z concert”. But I took solace in knowing I’m an old man trying to stay young watching an old man trying to stay young. Next afternoon/evening after my sister’s wedding, my wife and I saw a few bands and then my highlight was seeing the Gorillaz live. They put on quite a show. Final day we saw Weezer, Nas, Action Bronson, but didn’t see the Red Hot Chilli Peppers because we were so tired from the last few days. The music was good, food was even better with the amount of things on sale there. If my wife gets passes again I really want to go.
One more thing on music. Some flash in the pan NBA draftee said guys like Nas are not relevant now and real hip hop is Migos and Future. Nas and Jay-Z’s sets, their first five minutes of each had more legitimacy and skill than modern hip hop has had the last 10 years. Jay-Z and Nas don’t have to rely on being jackasses on Instagram or Snapchat to get attention. Their music fills real venues, not glorified bars where most of these “stars” perform. You don’t see the real stars tattooing their faces with nonsense or dying their hair to look like a poodle. “Acts” that rely on Worldstar Hip Hop are not real acts. Further proof: Acts like Jay-Z, LL Cool J, M.I.A.-Acts with real talent and not a freak show had either top billing or featured. Shit like Migos and 21 Savage were just opening act curtain jerkers.
Before Saturday’s events, I went to see my sister get married on Long Island. They had their service at a country club, which was pretty big but was like an assembly line. You go have the ceremony, get rushed to the cocktail hour, then a reception room. As you are ushered to the next part, they start hosing down where you were for the next one. Took some of the romance out of it. I’m happy for her and her husband. Got to see some relatives and some of them finally got to congratulate me and my wife on our marriage.
Had a really fun day Monday. Crossing a street and got hit by a truck that was turning and either didn’t see me or didn’t care. Knocked me down, hit my head and suddenly everything was like it was under water for a minute. Shook that off and tried to stand up but people were telling not to. As I was waiting for the ambulance, calmly called my boss and wife. Cops and ambulance came and took me to the hospital. Got some stitches and a tetanus shot. Didn’t get head scanned so I guess any concussion I got wasn’t serious. Went home for the rest of the day and then felt good enough to go to work the next day. Wife wasn’t thrilled, but I wasn’t going to sit around the house and do nothing when I feel fine.
I was more amazed my blood pressure was so low. It was 140/80 in the ambulance, 110/40 in the ER waiting to be looked at. Considering I was hit by a damn truck I either stayed really calm, adrenaline rush kept me at that level, or my brain went into survival mode and wanted to keep everything cool while all Hell broke loose.
I’m fine, all marbles here.