k.d. and the brick

big bob had free tickets to see k.d. lang at the mountain winery in saratoga last night, which he gave to me since he couldn’t go due to his foot surgery and being hopped up on vicodin.

they were beautiful seats, main floor fourth row right. i was close enough that she could spit on me. i even had an extra ticket. where were you?

it’s been at least 15 years since i’ve seen her in concert; the last time being back at the michigan theater in ann arbor, for your ultimate torch and twang tour. back then she was skinny and gawky and still sang country. now she’s thicker and croonier and is beloved by vociferous lesbians. (it’s actually strange how she kind of looks like javi now, to be honest. NOT THE OTHER WAY AROUND.) either way, her voice is still amazing. she did some old country stuff and then some of the newer stuff, and i’m also especially pleased that she sung two jane siberry songs as well. lovely.

the winery is actually a pretty great venue: it’s a small intimate outdoor stage in front of a stone building, with a few hundred seats and bandstands built around it. and this just minutes away from silicon valley. who knew this was so close? i guess if you never go down the peninsula unless you really have to, you miss these sort of things.

alas, it turned out to be not close enough, for as i was speeding home on 280 at about 10:30pm, my car overheated again. and by overheated i mean completely melted down. like lost all of my coolant and then shut down while i was going a quite reasonable 75mph in the #2 lane. honestly, i had no idea this was happening, as i didn’t notice my engine temp gauge until it was too late, and i certainly didn’t hear anything with the top being down and the stereo blasting. and you can’t really see the plumes of steaming coolant in the dark either.

i got towed home by aaa, but i may have just bricked my engine.

Posted at August 25, 2006 11:22 PM