Probably the BEST DAY!
TICKETS BOUGHTEN!
Monday June 28, 2004
Chastain Park
MICHAEL MCDONALD
Hall and Oates
Average White Band
Plans (yes we have made them a month in advance):
Ice has the day off, so he is just going to fucking max chill out all day. Probably start drinking about Noon. WE are also probably going to bleach and clean the baby pool so he can use it this afternoon in preparation. He will probably skinny dip with sunglasses on drinking Crunk and vodka eating chips and dip and some celery. He also told me about his idea to place tape on his chest in the shape of a Hispanic Cyclops hand jiving while playing dice with Gandhi. That way at the end of the day when he comes to meet me at the show he will have a killer tan and will be able to go shirtless.
I have to work that day, but have two critical times in which I will be aloud some serious freedom. One...my lunch break. My office is precisely .5 miles from the venue, so I plan on tearing ass out of here at noon in hopes to catch a glimpse of Michael McDonald's tour bus on its way to the stage. HE will see me with my sign that reads "THIS FOOL BELIEVES" and stop to let me on. I tell him right off the bat that i only have 45 minutes before I have to be back at work, so we need to get to work at having some fun. HE is with his band, so for the next 20 minutes we jam and write a new song - called appropriately "The Bus is A' Rockin This Afternoon". It’s on his next disc. So now i have 25 minutes for whatever we can fit in. We stop off at Chastain Park Golf Course to play 2 holes. The 2 Hole Scores: DJ: 8 (par) MM: 9(1 over par). He owes me a tattoo since I won the challenge. So we then head to the TAT shop around the corner - 15 minutes to go before my break is over, so we gotta hustle. He gets to pick the tat art and he goes with a shield with his face on it that reads in gothic letters under his beard "GAME, SET, MATCH...YOU'RE THROUGH!"! Awesome TAT, AWESOME LUNCH BREAK!
I make it back on time.
Ice meanwhile is stopping by the store picking up some necessities for the Tailgate Karaoke Jam that will happen in the parking lot of the concert. He picks up the following from Publix: Chicken Wings, Meatloaf, Carrots, Apple Juice, Rotisserie Chicken, pomegranate juice, Crunk, Beer, Seasonings, Beef Brisket, Cheese-Its, Sub Sandwiches, Combos, Chips, Bean Dip, Charcoal, Lighter Fluid, Condoms, Vitamins, Alka-Seltzer Morning Relief, Hot Dogs, BBQ Sauce, Lemon Juice, Disani Water (for the baby pool), Frozen Pizza, Garlic Bread, and Rice. Total Bill: $178.09 (don’t worry i will get him back!).
Jeff this whole time is in Athens doing pushups with his excitement. He leaves ATH around 3 and arrives at the tailgate at 4:30 promptly. Way to go man, that’s dedication.
I get off work at 4:30 and am at Chastain's parking lot by 4:31. Ice and Jeff are there and the best tailgate spread is just laid out like God did it. We high five three way and embrace. The party BEGINS. Ice has popped the hatch-back and has set up the karaoke machine already set up with the Doobie Brother's Greatest Hits, and the same with Hall and Oates. The only rule is that when you sing any song, even if it’s by Stone Temple Pilots - it has to be Michael McDonald singing. So we all rock that shit for like 2 hours straight. Masses of people are now hanging out with us and we lead the party train right up to the front gate of Chastain. Michael McDonald here we come. READY TO BE STARGAZED!