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TMBG @ Mohegan Sun
Jul. 2nd, 2006 11:18 amSecond summer in a row I've seen TMBG for free, and at least the 5th time overall. It was for T$'s and my 4th anniversary. Last time I saw them it was a childrens' show in Philly; this time it was a 21+ show at Mohegan Sun. They did around 26 songs, starting the whole show with "New York City" and ending the encore with "Istanbul." They had a brass section (sax, trombone, trumpet) which they don't normally do, and that was nice. T$ said they were cleaner-mouthed than they usually are at 21+ shows. The Wolf Den at Mohegan sun had cabaret-type seating inside, with tables and everything, so I wasn't at all disappointed to be part of the "outer sanctum" as they called it with standing room only. It was the first smoking venue I'd been to in years, but probably due to the high ceilings it wasn't as bad as it could've been (until I rolled over in bed later that night and smelled T$'s shirt...). The ringing of slot machines surrounding us was a strange background. FYI, the nuclear reactions of the sun are powered by a failed foreign policy, failed domestic policy, and failed presidency.
After, we had dinner at the Summer Buffet - the same place I went a few years ago w/ my friend C**** and his friends for the seafood night. For $15 you have all you can eat including really really good roastbeef bordering on steak. Compared to a steak dinner with soda and dessert, it's an absolute bargain. Last time I was there we all got five bucks worth of nickels and went for the nickel slots, so this time I wanted to take all my change and go for the cheapass slots, but it turns out that they've changed the system - the slots no longer take coins smaller than a quarter, or bills smaller than a ten. You have to take a ten dollar bill or larger, and go to a machine and get a ticket. You then put this ticket into the slot machine in question (so much for the "slots" for coins!), and play until you get bored, the tally going onto the ticket. If you play the quarter machines you can get out actual coins, I'm not sure what happens if you play a penny machine with a ten dollar stake, maybe it prints a new ticket when you quit. There were people with stretchy keychain things attached to their tickets; it reminded me of how in the nursing home lots of people have these strings clipped to their backs so when they fall over it starts an alarm for the nurses. So the place wasn't really geared towards low-rollers like myself, and I was disappointed, but I wasn't gonna put in my twenty (I didn't have a ten) and risk not realizing when I'd used it all up. T$ said it abstracted the concept of money so people were more willing to lose it all, while I said it would just make people lose track of their money, and occasionally they'd win by people forgetting to redeem their winnings.
After, we had dinner at the Summer Buffet - the same place I went a few years ago w/ my friend C**** and his friends for the seafood night. For $15 you have all you can eat including really really good roastbeef bordering on steak. Compared to a steak dinner with soda and dessert, it's an absolute bargain. Last time I was there we all got five bucks worth of nickels and went for the nickel slots, so this time I wanted to take all my change and go for the cheapass slots, but it turns out that they've changed the system - the slots no longer take coins smaller than a quarter, or bills smaller than a ten. You have to take a ten dollar bill or larger, and go to a machine and get a ticket. You then put this ticket into the slot machine in question (so much for the "slots" for coins!), and play until you get bored, the tally going onto the ticket. If you play the quarter machines you can get out actual coins, I'm not sure what happens if you play a penny machine with a ten dollar stake, maybe it prints a new ticket when you quit. There were people with stretchy keychain things attached to their tickets; it reminded me of how in the nursing home lots of people have these strings clipped to their backs so when they fall over it starts an alarm for the nurses. So the place wasn't really geared towards low-rollers like myself, and I was disappointed, but I wasn't gonna put in my twenty (I didn't have a ten) and risk not realizing when I'd used it all up. T$ said it abstracted the concept of money so people were more willing to lose it all, while I said it would just make people lose track of their money, and occasionally they'd win by people forgetting to redeem their winnings.
