On Wednesday, we went to the Bell House in Brooklyn for the taping of Ask Me Another for NPR. This bought back memories of seeing This American Life a few years ago at the Clearview in Chelsea. Bill and I are both radio nuts. I could quite happily live with my radio going 24/7 and seeing a live radio production really is fun.
We first headed up to our old neighbourhood for a visit to Burlington Coat Factory where I had to take a photo for dad and Matthew because they both love the place –
We grabbed some dinner and then jumped back on the train to Brooklyn. I have never been to the Bell House before but they do have a bit of an Australian connection as they have held Australian music showcases before and they do serve DUB Pies. As we are abstaining from meat, that wasn’t an option tonight. Boooo! Walking into the back room I got pangs of homesickness for the Espy… you can see why!
We got into our seats and waited for the show to start – it isn’t bad but I feel they could maybe make the show a bit shorter or have more of a mix of quizzes to save the feeling that of dragging on. It was all very intimate for a live show and even being surrounded by an overload of hipsters, it looked like we would have a good night. I was feeling some serious Rockwiz vibes while we were waiting for it to start!
Unfortunately we had a rude couple behind us who were just muttering between themselves throughout the show. I only wish that as well as telling everyone to turn their phones off, places like this would say “If you want to have a conversation – go outside!” It is SO annoying and was really distracting. The girl kept doing this brainless giggle at things that weren’t even funny and it was wearing thin very quickly, especially when we were trying to listen to the questions and answers. I ended up turning around and saying “Shhhh!” to which the girl did a gesture over my head like “Tut, Tut!” I didn’t see it, but Bill did… so then he turned around and said “Do you MIND not disrespecting my WIFE?” (I still blush when I hear ‘wife’!) They tried to act all very much “What are you talking about man?” they were just so rude! Bill told them to just go somewhere else if they wanted to talk, as they hadn’t stopped all night! They finally moved away but the mood was definitely killed for us to be able to enjoy the show. We left early with about 15 minutes to go as we weren’t that passionate about hanging around to find out who won anyway.
Not too bad for a free night out in miserable weather but what is it with people in audiences just being so annoying lately?! Ugh!