salad days, music documentary

 i went to a movie after work tonight, it was 'salad days', a documentary about the music scene in washington, dc, in the 1980s. it was part of the 'sound unseen' film festival, just my second visit to this festival, and first time in seven years. the screening was at bryant lake bowl in uptown minneapolis. what made this movie for me was interviews with musicians i had heard of- henry rollins, and dave grohl. i often said 'yep' or nodded in agreement with what was said in the interviews. this included when there was mention of releasing music on your own record label- the 'do it yourself' concept. it even got a laugh out of me when there was a comparison made to the 'island of misfit toys'. understanding what the nation's capital was like during that time helped, especially mention of the neighborhoods these music venues were in such as georgetown university. during my weeklong vacation in the town, i stayed in foggy bottom, close to george washington u, just blocks from the white house. i think the only mention of a big venue would have been the national mall, in reference to 'revolution summer' in 1985. i had to go to the bathroom once during the screening, waited as long as i could, but i know i didn't take long, just a minute or two. this wasn't the most ideal venue for a movie screening, as the door to the showroom was opening and closing a lot. i ordered a can of grain belt beer before the movie started, it was orange, in reference to 'pheasants forever'. i knew about this due to attending oktoberfest in new ulm. and i had a meal at the speedway gas station across the street before going inside, two slices of pizza and some peanut butter cookies. i sat on a nearby bench while eating and said to a passer-by how 'i heard that one, but didn't see it'. as i heard a 'crunch' and then 'damn!' about a block down. a car crash maybe? in that part of town, who knows? i don't know why it took me secen years to get back to this festival. there are others that i have attended more often, in st. louis park, and at st. anthony main. i did press 'like' on all three of their facebook pages, it will increase the odds that those film festivals will stay relevant to me when they happen again. at work i found out the cake from the previous day was for the birthday of a bank employee, that moves around a lot at various branches. there was a dial in meeting in the afternoon, moved up my lunch for it. but much of it was i.t. related so i was told it was fine to leave the meeting, and i did. there were other things i could get done such as overnight labels. i picked up a snoopy and woodstock 'pom hat' at walgreen during lunch, replacing the minnesota wild winter hat that i have had for twelve years. during my morning commute i said 'what the?' when i saw smoke off in the distance. i got closer and saw a car on fire, a nissan, but on the other side of the divided highway than me. then a little behind the burning car was two people hugging, possibly those who had escaped the car. during my walks i found 50 cents.