Tuesday, June 12, 2012

Girl Talk - Friday, April 27th

A few months ago, Sid and I were at a friend's place for a board game night. Said friend is big into DJing and conversation turned to my favorite mash-up artist and yours: Girl Talk. I immediately grabbed my phone to see when and where he would be playing in the coming weeks. Amazingly, he did have one Boston-area date on his tour, at none other than Merrimack College in Andover, MA. A couple of minutes later, I had secured two tickets to the show, courtesy of my phone. This is when I really appreciate having a smart phone.

Fast forward to the end of April and we are on our merry way to the burbs of Boston to join a bunch of co-eds at what must have been their "Spring Fling" entertainment or some such thing. Rolling onto their campus was sort of surreal, as it really seemed like a soundstage. Everything was so pristine and quiet and rather atypical from my Friday night college experiences. But I digress.

The show was held in Merrimack's Lawler Arena, which Ryan coined "the Fenway of Division 1 hockey". The place was pretty tiny for a relatively big hockey school, and the floor was filled with maybe a couple hundred kids when we got there. Naturally glow sticks and contraband nips abounded. I was curious to see how Girl Talk's energy would be with this fairly small college crowd, but he certainly did not disappoint. In fact, of the four times I have seen him, this show was probably the longest and with the most ornate background. And of course, there were more balloons and confetti than you could shake a stick at. I will always take an opportunity to see Girl Talk, no matter the audience or venue, since his shows are so full of energy and dance-able music.

I think Sid's pics portray a bit of what I'm talking about: