Dinosaurs

I know there are some of those out there that know you're getting old, but it's still kind of new for me. Sure, I've got more gray hairs than I would like and the kids and mortgage payment are good indicators that I'm getting up there, but what really does it for me is seeing bands that I used to listen to reforming and heading back out on tour.

There are bands that do this every few years (The Eagles, Van Halen), then there are bands that should have hung up their guitars decades ago (Rolling Stones), but the one that's hitting home for me is Dinosaur Jr.

Maybe the Pixies started it a few years ago. Which is funny because I was telling a co-worker around that same time that if they ever got back together again, I would go see them no matter where they were playing. Turns out it was at the Gorge, in Washington, and the enormo-dome Sasquatch fest, and I don't like those big festival shows, so I didn't go. Another sign of my fogeyness, perhaps?

But when I saw a post on Pitchfork about Dinosaur Jr. getting together again I just about crapped my pants. You've got to see the accompanying photo.

J. Mascis looks like a complete goober. His long, stringy hair is now gray and he's still got those big fucking glasses like my mom wore in the 80's. Not sure if he's trying to show how non-trendy he is, but somewhere he made a huge mistake in optical fashion trends.

Lou Barlow looks about the same, maybe a few pounds heavier, and Murph has a giant bald head and looks kind of like James Carville.

I don't mean to single them out to be rude, it's just that in a couple more years it's going to be me and that's scary.