Fair People
I'm here to beat you down with more Fair pics. But first, I have to say I'm feeling a bit sick at the moment. Not physically, though. I just found out this morning that Beck is playing a surprise show at the Gypsy Tea Room in Dallas tonight. It was announced yesterday around 5 PM and sold out in an hour or two hours depending on who you believe. So I missed out. And they're saying no tickets will be sold at the door. Poop! I guess sometimes you eat the b'ar, and sometimes he eats you...
Now more Fair pics, here are some of the people I saw:
Now more Fair pics, here are some of the people I saw:
If it's not Scottish, it's crap! Maybe it's because I have Scottish ancestry, but I find the sound of a well-played bagpipe quite stirring.
Yes, that's a lady piper on the left. I guess they wear kilts too.
Ah, carnival games. I was a total sucker for these things when I was a kid. 
This kid actually knocked the top 2 blocks off, but not the bottom one. Sorry, kid.
Aren't these kids overdressed just a skosh for the Fair? You be the judge.
Carnies. Circus folk. Nomads, you know. Smell like cabbage. Small hands. - Austin Powers
He's not just some guy, Marge. He's a carny and part of a noble tradition. Carnies built this country-the carnival part of it anyway -- and though they may be rat-like in appearance, they are truly kings among men. - Homer Simpson
'Nuff said.
Labels: Field Trips
posted by JC at 2:54 PM
5 Comments:
Love the quotes!!
no! you missed out on beck? oh, terrible. i'm sorry for you. but then, i missed out on tom waits because i waited around too long. had a message texted to my phone from the venue or maybe pollstar, and didn't get with it. but, i bet you'll have someone even cooler than beck come along soon. but... who's cooler than beck?
B - Thanks!
A - I love the piper-Piper connection today!
bekka - Well, at least I did get to see Beck back in June. It's just that this is a small venue, and one day it'll be one of those things that people remember and about a million of them say they were there, but really only a couple hundred were. And another cool thing about this concert - the tickets were only $16 including service charge! Oh well. It just wasn't my lucky day.
16 dollars???!!!! Damn.
ok-I couldn't go see Beck at radio city because I don't have a baby sitter, and those tix cost $55. I really really wanted to see Amy Sedaris play and faster than you could say Strangers with Candy, all the tickets were sold out. And that is how I can completely relate to you. Everyone will talk about how this was the "BEST FRIGGIN FUNNIEST PLAY OF THE DECADE." It will be just like that in the Times.
I thought lady pipers would wear pants.
And that is one of my top 10 favorite episodes of the simpons!
Carnies...I just got the shivers.
Those were some funny fair pics! Here in OKC they have a Steve Miller Band concert right before the fair - I'm convinced it's where all the fair people get together to plan out their fair activities!
OKC has more of a "white trash spin" on the fair.. but the food kicks ass - well over the Texas fair's offerings.
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