something like a smashing pumpkins reunion is....

if it's, like, the only thing to do that month, and i need to get out of the house, maybe.

but, it's probably going to cost too much, and it's probably going to be in a venue that is too big to get anything from, and i'd probably have a better night listening to the records at home.

i never saw the pumpkins live. i had an opportunity in....i think it was 2000....but i'd grown out of arena rock shows at that time, and just didn't think it would be a good night.

they apparently lost power that night, and people told me after the fact that i was right. but it's not the point.

i think rock music loses it's power when the venue gets over 2500 people. i'm just not into the festival thing. it just doesn't appeal to me, much.

there's the odd exception that i've made, mostly for acts that strike me as specifically arena rock bands, and i'm a bit more lenient about open air festivals, but i tend to hold to it.

i know i'm never going to get to see the pumpkins in a club, but i also know i wouldn't enjoy it in a bigger context.