Oh wow, was Earthworld the other? I didn't grow up around Albany, but I'm not very far and I stop into those two sometimes if I'm in town for a concert.
I mean, I get that. A song you dislike is more annoying when it's around you 24/7, and it's easier to gain some appreciation even for stuff you disliked when it goes away for a while. I think for me, I remember having to put up a lot of fronts when I was a teenager and pretend I disliked a lot of stuff I really liked. Music was way gender-coded around the millennium in ways that feel insane to think about now when everyone I grew up with all seems united in admitting that, like, Baby One More Time and Complicated and Everybody (Backstreet's Back) were absolute jams. And now in a post-poptimism era I can actually feel good about the fact that I found stuff to like in pretty much every genre, like I was ahead of the game and didn't even know it.
Oh, I should finally check that place out next time I'm at the Proctors for something. They're running Double Indemnity, Out of the Past, and Mark of the Devil next month, I'll probably end up going to at least one of those.
23 year-old me could frequently be found belting this song with no shame.
Oh man, last year I was at a concert in Albany for one of the million midwest emo revival bands I love, Real Friends or Mom Jeans or someone else, I can't even remember. And between bands, Complicated came on in the venue and I have never heard an audience sing that loudly for a song over the PA between sets. Like, it was the entire crowd, it felt amazing. I should've seen Avril when she was at SPAC last year, but that had originally been a tentative plan with my ex and my heart wasn't in it by that point. Still regret that, Avril in concert probably rules.
Hah, I'm sorry! Some dudes I know from film festivals run a ton of film programming there now, if you're nearby still it's worth checking out their stuff (a lot of it's under the It Came from Schenectady name). They did a whole month of Taiwanese martial arts stuff last summer, it was incredible.
Honestly I hope it goes well beyond the Absolutes. DC has some really good stuff coming out in the main line too. I want Mattel to want to make DC comic book figures. Not just filling shelves waiting for the next media wave to come.