I know it’s been years, but these kinds of tickets still surprise me sometimes.. and irritate me how Ticketmaster charges like $2.00+ extra to get the PDF to print. And last night at The Riv they didn’t even electronically scan our ticket, which makes me think I could have just printed out 5 copies and brought 4 of my friends and they’d have never even known.

I’m not a huge fan of the Arctic Monkeys, not because I don’t like them, but because I don’t really know them. A coworker of mine had some extra tickets to the show and Dallas was interested so we went. They put on a great show. I’m definitely going to have to check them out more now. They were very energetic and the crowd was really into it. The lead singer’s cockney accent was so pronounced that I couldn’t understand a word he spoke. But his singing voice wasn’t so bad.

The band that opened for them, I don’t even know their name, they were from Tennessee. They stunk. Everyone around us was happy when they were done. They had a girl lead singer who basically just yelled for a minute straight and those were their songs. And I think I’m an old lady because at the end she was rolling around on the ground and all I could think about was how disgusting the floor of the stage probably is.

Before going to The Riv, we were walking around trying to figure out where to grab a bite to eat. There was a sushi place on Broadway that I’d heard was good and there was Crew, the gay sports bar, where I’d been before and knew we could grab some quick eats. Then a little farther up the street we stumbled upon Marigold, a restaurant I’d heard a lot about but never knew exactly where it was. That’s where we ate. It’s modern Indian food and was delicious. I don’t know about you, but most of the Indian places I’ve eaten have always been very straight-forward, traditional, not fancy, etc. This place has a pretty interior, really great service with more sophistication, they were playing upbeat Indian dance tunes, and the food was really good.

Update:Jim tells me that the opening band was called Be Your Own Pet. Justin says they are all the rage among the bloggers. (not this one!) Justin also sent me Greg Kot’s review of last night’s show.