Night Moves by Jessica Hopper

Author:Jessica Hopper [Hopper, Jessica]
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Published: 1976-09-17T16:00:00+00:00

HONEY BUNNY

Tonight I went to this Lollapalooza fundraiser for the Chicago Parks where two-hundred-odd people paid between $350 and $15,000 to be able to sit on white leather couches in front of the Petrillo band shell and talk through Spoon’s set while enjoying bottle service. Perry Farrell introduced them and big-upped the community and the good vibes of Lolla and the spirit of the fundraiser, which pays for new bushes for the city. Thanks, Perr! Shrubs for life!

Some society matrons straight out of the pages of Sheridan Road attempted to befriend me—Trish and Trish’s friend and Mimi. Well, Mimi wasn’t a matron, she was just a spunky young party gal who said she had to talk to me because she hadn’t actually seen someone eating an apple “off the core” since third grade. She was really inquisitive. “Why not bananas?” she asked. Bananas don’t hold up well in the purse. “Do you have celiac disease? Is that why you are eating it?” No. Apples are in season and I like them. It was a real mind-blower for her, me gnawing my apple. She also considered it a real tragedy that I don’t drink. Trish was not baffled by my apple. She walked up to me, apropos of nothing, and said, “Oh, you’re here alone, too,” and handed me a cigarette without me asking. Trish just wanted to hang out because watching the band would keep her from drinking and thus keep her from “getting in trouble.” She and her friends just wanted to dress up, rock out, get loose, and take a night off from their kids. She poked me in the tit, in the letters spelling SONIC YOUTH on my shirt, and said, “I used to love that band.” She also liked the first three Spoon songs, but not the fourth, and wondered why Britt was singing with a British accent if he’s not from England. She likes Spoon ’cause they remind her of Oasis. She kept begging me to dance with her, but her version of dancing was actually just twirling, and seeing as I had just eaten, I passed. Spoon was good, but Trish and Mimi were really the highlight of the show for me.

August 03, 2007

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