House of Blues

So I'm going to the new House of Blues for the first time in about half an hour, and I have seriously mixed feelings about this. On the one hand, it's about time I saw it. Everyone's been talking about the thing for MONTHS, and everyone who's been there or works there raves about it, and it really is a huge thing for the Boston music scene, which I'd like to be more involved in. However, the mere fact that everyone's been raving about it makes me totally resentful--I have a natural, stubborn unwillingness to appreciate things that are shoved in my face--plus, it's been messing up my life with stupid crowds and lack of parking on Lansdowne Street since February. And now that Bill's is supposedly closing (I'm not ready to accept it) I am just SO not in the mood for any corporate Live Nation crap. I'll make an exception for the Dise because I love it there so much, but I really hate the idea that Boston seems to be creeping ever closer to the glossy, uninteresting, business-class-perfect mainstream.

Of course if it weren't for HOB (and my awesome friend Alex, who does monitors there and got me tix!) Katy Perry probably would've just skipped over Boston. And I don't care what kind of music snob you are, if you like fun you like Katy Perry.