So I went to see Superchunk last night, and I'd like to make two observations. The first is that Mac is a truly phenomenal guitarist. The second is that Jon is truly a phenomenal drummer.
Also, there was this guy with really long, black hair standing in front of us, and he was probably Superchunk's #1 fan, although he behaved more like he was at a 1987 Winger concert than a 2001 Noisepop show. He was doing some seriously sloppy pogo dancing, smashing his two fists together, knuckle-to-knuckle, screaming "I LOVE YOU, LAURA" at Ms. Ballance, and--worst of all--violently whipping his hair back out of his face, causing all of us standing behind him to have to take cover every few seconds. It was bad.
So, finally I politely said to him, "Hey, man--enjoy yourself--but is there any chance you can ease up on the hair flipping? You're whipping everybody in the face."
He turned to me and delivered a line which is sure to be an all-time classic quip, "You're a bitch."
Luckily I'm at the point in my emotional career where I can brush such comments aside, and I just clapped him on the back a few times and said, "Rock out, then."
And, for the rest of the show, our crew just dodged his hair flipping and watched unsuspecting concertgoers take the vacated position directly behind him, only to be summarily lacerated by his whipping locks. It was really, really funny.