mewithoutYou: Grog Shop, Cleveland Ohio

I haven't went to a show in a while; mostly because when I do I find that I'm too old. I am only 26, but I feel really out of place at public gatherings. A few friends and I went to Cleveland to the Grog shop to watch mewithoutYou. I like the Grog because its small and intimate, it has a good feel. The perfect venue for a band like mewithoutYou.

We arrive and there is a long line for tickets so we ate first before going into the venue. I would like to think that I am an observational person, sometimes to my dismay I would say. Walking into the club I couldn't help but be suffocated with indie rock kids. This fashion over function lifestyle has gotten to be so ridiculous. It was like everyone was having an accessory party and I opted not to participate. These things, to me, just seem to be so much more of a social event (which they ought to be, stay with me) than an exhibition of musical talent. People come there primarily, I am almost totally convinced, to meet people and to socialize (((and to show off new indie hair cuts that accompany a new wool scarf that was bought in the beginning of the summer))). Whatever happened to listening to the music and feeling something? Not standing behind everyone and having a gossip fest while some people are trying to listen to a band?

There's a difference between meeting up with people you hardly get to see and listening to music and going to a show to showcase and gossip while music just happens to be playing. And, like I said, I think I might just be getting too old. I've been around all this for about 10 years now and I think I probably have just reached my limit. I think I'm just now starting to see through this kind of thing and it's been happening the whole time (and I have partaken), but I guess I'm just kinda... over it.