Wednesday, May 20, 2009

i'm a happy enchilada....

There is a man whom I have never met face to face but who has been in my life longer than my husband and has followed me around wherever I've roamed. On days when I sorely needed some grounding and a little lightheartedness, I have ALWAYS been able to count on this man to put a legal/illegal smile on my face. In fact, this man impressed my husband so much when I introduced the two of them that I believe he had an impact on the fate of my ensuing marriage to my husband. He even told me so!

Well, it turns out this man is coming to town, and I plan to send him an email to invite him for dinner. It's time we met face to face....to sit on my back deck and swill a few beers and talk about "how the world goes round....one day you're up and the next you're down....it's a half an inch of water and you think you're gonna drown.... that's the way the world goes round...."
Or maybe we'll chat about "blowin' up your TV...and movin' to the country to plant and little garden and eat a lot of peaches and try to find Jesus on your own." OMG, what fun it would be to have John Prine for dins! I mean the man's gotta eat...why not at my house??

Unfortunately....tickets to his concert sold out faster than Leonard Cohen for God's sake, and we weren't one of the lucky ones to nab any of them!! So, we'll be heading to Saint John to catch his concert there. Personally, I blame Terry Seguin who BLABBED on and on and friggin' on his CBC morning for the past week and got the whole damn county all frothy about getting tickets! GRRRRR! (Terry, if John Hiatt happens to show up in this fair city, I will sabotage your microphone until I can get my hands on tickets....either that, or you're taking me with you!!!)

Despite my disappointment that I can't see Mr. Prine sing Fishin' and Whistlin'....and croon about the Angel from Montgomery....sing about his Grandpa who was a Carpenter in my own town....I am PSYCHED that I will be sitting pretty at the Imperial Theatre sometime in August soaking in the words and tunes of a one of a kind raconteur....

Next week?.....a whole new ballgame for ticket purchasing. The other man in my life ... my son, Sir Maxwell silver hammer....? He and I are going to attempt to secure two tickies to see McCartney in Halifax. Wish us luck! Chances are they too will sell out in 5 minutes or less. :)

A slice of Prine.....enjoy his song and his Happy Enchilada story.... ! He owns a piece of my heart this man....

9 comments:

Walker said...

Good luck with the McCartney tickets.
I find that getting tickets for a show you want is practically impossible

BlazngScarlet said...

Love Prine and Hiatt!

You can keep McCartney.
Sorry!

awareness said...

Walker...i've warned my son that it may be futile, but we'll give it a good try.

Scarlet...I like many of McCarntey's old songs and I've never seen him perform before and recently Max has also discovered the Beatles. I even found him last night on the computer listening to them. He has never been to a really big concert. This is one he would really enjoy....outdoors, and right downtown Halifax! So, fingers crossed....mom and son will go on a little trip together. all good stuff!

Bar L. said...

Dana, if anyone can get John Prine to happily accept a dinner invitation...its you. DO IT. Find out where he's staying send a note (or a link to this blog) to his publicist and set the table. I'm serious.

awareness said...

Layla...will give it my girl scout try. :) Why the hell not is my motto!

a mouthy irish woman? ridiculous! said...

i hope you have a WONDERFUL time!!!

bencyjohn said...

hi awareness,
i came across ur name as we share a liking for of human bondage. actually some other books too.
i too is an aspiring writer but in my mother tongue malayalam and my blog in malayalam is
www.thiruvallabhan.blogspot.com
nice knowing you

awareness said...

bencyjohn...welcome. i did like that book very much. The story and the messages stayed with me for a very long time..... I feel like I should pick it up again and refresh my memory....!

Here is a quote....one I wrote down the first time I read it:

"There's always one who loves and one who lets himself be loved."

bencyjohn said...

speaking of maughm, did u read the painted vail. its rather small, but very good and leaves a lingering effect like the bondage. hope u did read, watership down, thornbirds as well