The Park vs. The Park

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The other day Gerri asked me if I wanted to play a show at "the park". I was a bit thrown off, since every show we play seems to be either at Old I or FnG. I figured "new place, different crowd...why not? I'll play just about anywhere", so I agreed.

A few weeks later I was talking to someone and mentioned Baby Grand playing a show at "the park" this summer. The person I was talking to told me about how he and his friend got thrown out of "the park" for wearing tennis shoes (after eating dinner at Ma Jong's). Obviously we were talking about the same place called "the park". I was appalled. How could I play at a venue that would do such a thing? This is Sacramento godammit. We drink our Sacramento Treat (Miller High Life, ice, lemon) and dress however we want to in this town. This is gentrification turned elitism gone overboard! Fuck this shit man!!! Then I made a vow to myself to dress as inappropriately as possible when we play at "the park".

Then last night at band practice, while learning a new Go-Betweens cover, I looked on our band calender (yes..we are an organized band...you have to be when there are 7+ of you) and I saw that the date for playing "the park" said "Show at Cesar Chavez Park"...Ooooooohhh...THAT PARK!!!! OK....wheww!!


It will be this summer, so I'll remind everyone about it later.