Friday, June 22, 2007

My Ears Are Bleeding

I realize I'm old and crusty now, because anything over 20 decibels is too loud for me. Actually, I don't know how loud 20 decibels is, so let's just say anything louder than my fingers tapping on my keyboard is excessively noisy. It makes my hearing aid whistle, and I don't like that.

I went to LACMA tonight for this late night thing (they were open until 3am, but I'm on jury duty and we start deliberations tomorrow; I left early in the interest of justice.) The music was LOUD, LIKE ME SHOUTING BECAUSE I'M DRUNK AND EXCITED LOUD (which incidentally doesn't bother me, because like most deaf people, I can't hear my own voice.) My head still sort of hurts from the blaring music that I couldn't escape except when I went to the bathroom.

The evening was pretty cool, though, especially because I got there early enough to not spend an hour in line. There were interactive exhibits, like a collaborative mural (wish I'd participated in that), and also crazy Cirque style people stomping around on stilts and in makeup and wearing fishnet stockings and loud clothes. Those were the performers, by the way, not my friends.

The Dan Flavin exhibit was interesting, there were a couple of pieces I really liked but of course I don't remember the titles. One was a big green neon fence thing, and another looked like a makeup mirror without the mirror. I liked that they felt oriented in the surrounding space, rather than some of the other works that were very bare and minimal. Hey, I know nothing about art but pretend I said something pretentious and profound here! Anyhow, point is, I need to go to MONA now because the neon was very intriguing.

Booze was too expensive ($7 beer, $8 wine, $10 mixies) so were the tacos ($3, wtf?) Then on the way home I paid $5.17 for a Baby Fat and a Diet Coke, so I guess I like being ripped off.

The end.

4 comments:

robert_dean said...

yes overall way too loud but I thought the music was muddled by everyone trying to talk over it.

After searching for parking for 20 minutes, standing in the rsvp line for 1.25 hrs I found the whole thing just kind of blah.

now if I was drinking and 10 yrs younger...

Anonymous said...

WTH is a 'Baby Fat?'

City Elf said...

A Baby Fat is a mini-FatBurger. =)

Anonymous said...

must be a west coast thing...