I'm making jokes about seeing a concert here that leave out. We are talking about a Metallica gig and a gig with 4 or 5 headline rock/metal bands
Apparently Metallica will be playing a free concert in a few days
Tickets are free. But it seems like they may/might be limited
Also, it's only a rumour they are going to pay. But it seems like it may/might be a prank, or a cover band, or something similar to this
I won't mind, because I'm local. But I'm worried about getting tickets for anyone else, or letting them in on the secret, in case they to to all the trouble of coming and it's not actually Metallica
There is a man giving out tickets who seems out of place at this country fair. He looks like a very bored roadie. It turns out (or so he claims) that he does work for the band
I ask if it's the real Metallica and he assures me it is
He tells me that he works for Metallica and that's he's over her waiting for them to arrive
He says they are doing a list of small concerts for free at venues like this, in small country towns, after they finish their England tour, to try promote the band to a different demographic
He also warms me to expect it to be 'the softer' Metallica
"So, Load and Reload tour, with ballads like Fade to black, with Enter Sandman thrown in for good measure" I say
I then say to him that the concert would still be good and likened it to settling four a settling for a Rosé wine, when they don't have Merlot
I decide to show my music to the man who works for Metallica
Firstly I try writing down the web address but it doesn't work
I write samkorn.com followed by what is supposed to be the page name for the music on my webpage after the domain, but instead I'm writing samkorn again at the end
Then I realise I've spelled my name twice. Not just in the domain name, after it. And somehow I think the domain name has changed
I decide it's easier just to show him on my phone
For some reason it keeps playing stuff other than my music
I pick a song and it's something else, like a movie soundtrack. Not of music, but actual sound effects for the movie
I see a chopper flying in like a music video synced to the sounds that are supposed to be my music
They are saying how good it is, but it's not even music. I've never heard it before, but it's supposed to be my music
Then a song starts playing my old Perth band 'Orion' called 'Just One Fix'. Herman Li from Dragonforce is listening and telling me he likes the guitaring
Then I drop my phone and smash the corner of the screen
I'm upset, but I think to myself that it's OK, as long as the screen still works. I've lived with broken mobile screens many times I the past. Sometimes, for a long time
But the screen doesn't work
I try pushing the broken pieces of the corner of the screen back into place to get it working
It fixes it a little. Some of the screen works. But it's impossible to click on the links or scroll down the page to find the music I'm trying to show him
So I don't get to show them my music
As usual, something is in the way, preventing me at all costs
All doors are closed, to the point where it's not worth trying
To the point where I don't even care any more. I shouldn't have bothered. I knew where the outcome would be
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