My sons' first concert

Aragorn · 03-20-2002, 12:11 AM

Geez,

Well, he's 16 and pretty responsible, yet I can't help but be nervous. His first concert is this Friday night in Sacramento(90 miles away). He's going with a friend(nice kid) and his 20yr old sister. I just remember what I used to do at these concerts when I was 16(surprised I made it to 42!

). I've told him that I'm concerned and if anything happens to call me for any reason and I'll be there in a heartbeat. How soon they grow up...

PerryinCA · 03-20-2002, 12:32 AM

Who's he going to see?

Hey Dave, as long as he doesn't get arrested for under age drinking, then I am sure everything will be fine.

j/k of course.

Sounds like he's been raised responsible enough to handle it. I'm sure the worst part of the trip will be him telling you over and over again how great it was the next day.

-Perry

Aragorn · 03-20-2002, 12:38 AM

Thanks Perry,

I sure hope I raised him right. I know he's no saint. For that matter neither was I when I was that age. I've tried to instill into him the importance of responsibility, ownership, and...discretion. Anyway, I'm probably just being a concerned DAD. So, who's he goin' to see? He's going to see Andre Nickatina at the Colonial theater. I'll be losing sleep that night.

PerryinCA · 03-20-2002, 04:38 AM

ooohhhh.

A Rap concert uh? That should be interesting.

I am sure there is nothing to worry about.

-Perry

Aragorn · 03-20-2002, 10:20 AM

Well at least I don't need to be concerned over him getting caught up in a Mosh Pit, right?

**schrocat** · 03-21-2002, 12:02 PM

(insert other shoe dropping sound here)

Aragorn · 03-21-2002, 01:29 PM

It's tomorrow night. I'm giving him my cel phone to call...just in case.

Biomanjcs72 · 03-21-2002, 06:29 PM

Who is this Andre character again? One of the three tenors???

Hey Aragorn, at 16, I was traveling overnight to Grateful Dead shows, it could be worse.

Iron Crab · 03-22-2002, 11:10 AM

I understand where you're coming from. I'm 43 with 3 daughters.
Everything worries me!!

lol. Bill

Aragorn · 03-22-2002, 11:17 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Iron Crab
I'm 43 with 3 daughters.
Everything worries me!!

lol. Bill

Man...I wouldn't want to be in your shoes my friend. J/K!

I've got 3 teenage boys and that's bad enough!

SomeHairyOldGuy · 03-23-2002, 10:50 AM

Biomanjcs72,
I had no idea who this was either. I check it out and he is a rapper. From the looks of the cover of one of his CD's "Hell's Kitchen [EXPLICIT LYRICS]" that he is one of the Master P crew. I am sure it will be interesting though.
SHOG

Aragorn · 03-23-2002, 02:24 PM

Well everything went fine. I was up when he got home(studying for my CCNA Exam-Certified Cisco Network Associate) and we talked a bit. He had a good time.

MEC · 03-23-2002, 03:12 PM

I bet it was nothing like the kind of concerts we used to go to.
Getting stoned and seeing (well sort of

) a good Rockn Roll band,
sort of brings back memmories. ........Mike

Aragorn · 03-23-2002, 03:21 PM

Oh yeah.

I remember my 1st concert...vaguely. The Kinks at the San Jose Civic Auditorium in 1975. The parts I do remember were excellent!

And then there was the Rick Derringer/Foghat/Sammy Hager concert at the Cow Palce in San Francisco. GEEZ! I could swear that Rick Derringer "materialized" out of thin air on stage...I refrain from mentioning any substances that may have assisted the "percieved" phenomenon.

FishKid · 03-30-2002, 02:43 AM

I can totally relate to the materiallizing out of thin air part... i was crashed on my friends couch, just sittin there and eatting cheeze-its, i was starin at my hands when poof there were cheeze its in em (at the time i was baffled) then my friend thought he was funny and ran downstairs and scared the crap out of me, the cheeze its flew everywhere

I too... uh... refrain... um... mentioning... ah... substance... uh... percieved.. hm... phenomenon

Quote:

posted by MEC
Getting stoned and seeing (well sort of ) a good Rockn Roll band

pokin smot huh?

mark

MEC · 03-30-2002, 12:08 PM

Ever see Hogans Heros Mark? Remember what Sgt Schultz says- "I see nothing, Nothing...........

,..........Mike

FishKid · 03-30-2002, 01:34 PM

**scubadude** · 04-03-2002, 12:11 AM

Im sure he will be ok, but im not sure that he wont do something he is not supposed to.....We all did! At least most of us (even though we wont admit to it) This is kinda funny though Aragorn cuz my mother and father took me and my brothers to a Styx/Kiss concert and I was only 13 y/o (Me being the youngest) I remember some ppl smoking funny cigarettes but cant remember much after that

It was a rockin concert though...hehe Nonetheless from everything I know about you is that you are a GREAT role model bud!

Aragorn · 04-03-2002, 12:25 AM

Thanks Rocky,

In fact Christian called me after the concert to tell me that they're on their way home. That's what I call "responsible". Again, I don't expect him to be a "saint"...just to practice good judgement and discretion. Looks like he has been listening to his "ole' man" after all.

He's a great young man and I tell him that all the time. He's even beginning to find some "direction" regarding "post" High School(Navy, Underwater Welding). I'm proud of him.

03-20-2002, 12:11 AM	#1
Aragorn Governor Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Pine Grove, CA USA Posts: 2,064	My sons' first concert Geez, Well, he's 16 and pretty responsible, yet I can't help but be nervous. His first concert is this Friday night in Sacramento(90 miles away). He's going with a friend(nice kid) and his 20yr old sister. I just remember what I used to do at these concerts when I was 16(surprised I made it to 42! ). I've told him that I'm concerned and if anything happens to call me for any reason and I'll be there in a heartbeat. How soon they grow up... __________________ "It does not require a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority keen to set brush fires in people's minds."

03-20-2002, 12:38 AM	#3
Aragorn Governor Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Pine Grove, CA USA Posts: 2,064	Thanks Perry, I sure hope I raised him right. I know he's no saint. For that matter neither was I when I was that age. I've tried to instill into him the importance of responsibility, ownership, and...discretion. Anyway, I'm probably just being a concerned DAD. So, who's he goin' to see? He's going to see Andre Nickatina at the Colonial theater. I'll be losing sleep that night. __________________ "It does not require a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority keen to set brush fires in people's minds."

03-20-2002, 10:20 AM	#5
Aragorn Governor Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Pine Grove, CA USA Posts: 2,064	Well at least I don't need to be concerned over him getting caught up in a Mosh Pit, right? __________________ "It does not require a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority keen to set brush fires in people's minds."

03-21-2002, 12:02 PM	#6
schrocat Moderator Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Hilliard , Fl. Posts: 3,365	Well? (insert other shoe dropping sound here) __________________ "One man's vulgarity is another man's lyric" -Justice John Marshall Harlan "Send Lawyers, Guns and Money." -WZ

03-21-2002, 01:29 PM	#7
Aragorn Governor Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Pine Grove, CA USA Posts: 2,064	It's tomorrow night. I'm giving him my cel phone to call...just in case. __________________ "It does not require a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority keen to set brush fires in people's minds."

03-20-2002, 12:32 AM	#2
PerryinCA Governor Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Folsom, CA Posts: 2,103	Who's he going to see? Hey Dave, as long as he doesn't get arrested for under age drinking, then I am sure everything will be fine. j/k of course. Sounds like he's been raised responsible enough to handle it. I'm sure the worst part of the trip will be him telling you over and over again how great it was the next day. -Perry

03-20-2002, 04:38 AM	#4
PerryinCA Governor Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Folsom, CA Posts: 2,103	ooohhhh. A Rap concert uh? That should be interesting. I am sure there is nothing to worry about. -Perry

03-21-2002, 06:29 PM	#8
Biomanjcs72 Mayor Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Birmingham, Al, USA Posts: 815	Who is this Andre character again? One of the three tenors??? Hey Aragorn, at 16, I was traveling overnight to Grateful Dead shows, it could be worse.

03-22-2002, 11:10 AM	#9
Iron Crab Council Join Date: Mar 2000 Location: N.W. Pennsylvania, USA Posts: 434	I understand where you're coming from. I'm 43 with 3 daughters. Everything worries me!! lol. Bill

03-23-2002, 10:50 AM	#11
SomeHairyOldGuy Mayor Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: OU Posts: 732	Biomanjcs72, I had no idea who this was either. I check it out and he is a rapper. From the looks of the cover of one of his CD's "Hell's Kitchen [EXPLICIT LYRICS]" that he is one of the Master P crew. I am sure it will be interesting though. SHOG __________________ BOOMER SOONER!!!!

03-23-2002, 02:24 PM	#12
Aragorn Governor Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Pine Grove, CA USA Posts: 2,064	Well everything went fine. I was up when he got home(studying for my CCNA Exam-Certified Cisco Network Associate) and we talked a bit. He had a good time. __________________ "It does not require a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority keen to set brush fires in people's minds."

03-23-2002, 03:12 PM	#13
MEC Council Join Date: Mar 2000 Location: Columbus Ohio USA Posts: 303	concerts I bet it was nothing like the kind of concerts we used to go to. Getting stoned and seeing (well sort of ) a good Rockn Roll band, sort of brings back memmories. ........Mike

03-23-2002, 03:21 PM	#14
Aragorn Governor Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Pine Grove, CA USA Posts: 2,064	Oh yeah. I remember my 1st concert...vaguely. The Kinks at the San Jose Civic Auditorium in 1975. The parts I do remember were excellent! And then there was the Rick Derringer/Foghat/Sammy Hager concert at the Cow Palce in San Francisco. GEEZ! I could swear that Rick Derringer "materialized" out of thin air on stage...I refrain from mentioning any substances that may have assisted the "percieved" phenomenon. __________________ "It does not require a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority keen to set brush fires in people's minds."

03-30-2002, 12:08 PM	#16
MEC Council Join Date: Mar 2000 Location: Columbus Ohio USA Posts: 303	Ever see Hogans Heros Mark? Remember what Sgt Schultz says- "I see nothing, Nothing........... ,..........Mike

03-30-2002, 01:34 PM	#17
FishKid Governor Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Holbrook, NewYork, USA Posts: 1,799	LMAO

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04-03-2002, 12:11 AM	#18
scubadude Moderator Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Wichita, Kansas Posts: 5,291	Ohhh those where the days! Im sure he will be ok, but im not sure that he wont do something he is not supposed to.....We all did! At least most of us (even though we wont admit to it) This is kinda funny though Aragorn cuz my mother and father took me and my brothers to a Styx/Kiss concert and I was only 13 y/o (Me being the youngest) I remember some ppl smoking funny cigarettes but cant remember much after that It was a rockin concert though...hehe Nonetheless from everything I know about you is that you are a GREAT role model bud!

04-03-2002, 12:25 AM	#19
Aragorn Governor Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Pine Grove, CA USA Posts: 2,064	Thanks Rocky, In fact Christian called me after the concert to tell me that they're on their way home. That's what I call "responsible". Again, I don't expect him to be a "saint"...just to practice good judgement and discretion. Looks like he has been listening to his "ole' man" after all. He's a great young man and I tell him that all the time. He's even beginning to find some "direction" regarding "post" High School(Navy, Underwater Welding). I'm proud of him. __________________ "It does not require a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority keen to set brush fires in people's minds."

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