rev:text
| - I haven't set foot in the Hard Rock hotel in years, but I visited recently for a night out on the town with my 17-year-old because I'm a cool mom, yo. After making sure I took a nap first, we ate dinner with his two buddies at Mr. Lucky's and then attended the Quadron/Mayer Hawthorne concert here. My son told me the concert started at 8:00pm, but it really didn't start until 9:00pm. I think he just wanted to spend an hour socializing with his cool mom. Or, wait, maybe it was his buddies he wanted to socialize with? Nah. Since we were an hour early,that gave me a lot of time to stand around with all the young hipsters and groove to the DJ, who played a lot of songs from the 80s and 90s, much to my delight. As the hour passed, more people crowded in behind us and it started to get hot in here. I didn't take off all my clothes, but I did have to shed the jacket; it seriously felt like there was no ventilation and it got worse when the concert began. HOWEVER, that's the only gripe I have about my visit to the Vinyl. This is a small space and we were right at the front and had a great view of the stage. The acoustics are excellent and security was quick to kick out the rude dude who tried to bogart his way in front of some crazy enthusiastic Quadron fans who did not appreciate him blocking their view of Coco. That girl can sing! Wait, I have another gripe: Quadron only played for 25 minutes and then it took a good 35 minutes for Mayer Hawthorne to come out; don't they know it's way past my bedtime? We only paid $27 each for our General Admission tickets, which meant we were standing. I don't know what it costs for the VIP/area-with-seats section, but I would definitely return to see a show here as long as they turn on the air next time. I'm cool, but not that cool.
|