Right now I'm going to focus on the stand-out moment of the show and give my full report tomorrow. This is also partly in response to some of the speculations in the July 18 show reports.
SOMEBODY HAS DEFINITELY BEEN READING OUR MAIL, PEOPLE! If not initially Dave himself, then someone directly connected with SA has been reading our board and brought Dave's attention to our recent discussions. And they seem to have been reading in enough detail to work out that Tweedly Dee and I are the primary offenders in these discussions and that we were both going to be at the Aquapalooza show.
Something Dave did early in the show makes it clear that he is aware of our collective fixation on his nearly-crotchless jeans and is having a little fun with us about it.
Tweedly Dee: Maybe you didn't see what Dave did because you didn't mention it in your report. I hope you did see it, though, because I'm pretty sure Dave intended it especially for the two of us.
Dave was wearing different jeans. They had the classic ripped-out knees, but also some threadbare places on the legs and near the back pocket that I don't remember seeing on the jeans he wore in KC last month. I intended to ask Phil if he really tossed Dave a spare pair on Friday.
He did it during All is Well (the second song of the set) after he went over by Tommy. With a gigantic grin on his face, Dave very deliberately raised his guitar up to his chest and thrust his hips forward as if to say, "Look, Ma, no holes!" The jeans were intact.
Cheeky spoilsport!
"It's almost as if someone said something to him about those jeans," I said to my friend at the time.
"He really does seem to be making sure everyone can get a good look at his pants," she said.
If that wasn't a direct response to our comments, I don't know what is.
On Sunday, I quickly read through the July 18 show reports to confirm my suspicions. I was right: Dave was still wearing his regular jeans the night before the Lake of the Ozarks show.
It seems like Dave planned his little surprise for Aquapalooza as a sort of shout-out to the Kansas City women.
Tweedly Dee: Dave mage a big gesture especially for us! Wasn't that sweet? It might have been more flattering if he'd settled the Great Underwear Question for us instead.
Maybe next time.
Even if his stunt wasn't really meant specifically for the KC women, Dave was obviously responding to our collective comments on this board.
The upside is that Dave's apparently amused enough to make a joke about it for us.
The downside is that this isn't how I would have chosen to come to the attention of my favorite songwriter. I might have preferred to appear as if I actually have a brain in my hormone-addled head.
And then there's the demoralizing realization that I may be the first woman in history to get a rock star to COVER UP his crotch. Ouch!
A friend once asked me if I thought anyone in SA read our site or posted here under an assumed name. At the time, I said, "I'm sure they're too busy playing and writing music to care about some fansite." The certainty that no one in the band would ever know about any of this (and that I would probably never meet any of you) was what allowed me to make all those foolish, giggly-girl comments about Dave in the first place.
Oops!
It's a small fucking world after all.
So, Dave (or whoever), in case you're doing any follow-up reading:
Thanks for the un-flash. Cute, Pirner, very cute!
You know, I never would have suggested you get different jeans if I'd thought you might actually do it!
