{"id":22142,"date":"2013-09-02T00:01:32","date_gmt":"2013-09-02T04:01:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=22142"},"modified":"2019-06-13T10:05:07","modified_gmt":"2019-06-13T14:05:07","slug":"no-neil-young-no-beach-for-me-this-labor-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2013\/09\/no-neil-young-no-beach-for-me-this-labor-day\/","title":{"rendered":"No Neil Young, No Beach for Me This Labor Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The highlight of my Labor Day weekend was supposed to be a Neil Young concert tonight, with the awesome Patti Smith as the opening act. Unfortunately, <a href=\"http:\/\/whiteplains.dailyvoice.com\/events\/neil-young-and-crazy-horse-cancel-capitol-theatre-performance-rest-tour\" target=\"_blank\">Neil&#8217;s Crazy Horse band guitarist, Frank &#8220;Poncho&#8221; Sampredo, injured his hand<\/a>, so all of Neil&#8217;s shows were cancelled. I&#8217;m so disappointed, especially because I have a big-ass celebrity crush on Neil. A crush on both young Neil Young &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><center><a id='N3SUyTWKR41rtc_I7U6IFg' class='gie-single' href='http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/636318620' target='_blank' style='color:#a7a7a7;text-decoration:none;font-weight:normal !important;border:none;display:inline-block;'>Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'N3SUyTWKR41rtc_I7U6IFg',sig:'sv37kaaLM-Qy8YN7-keHKirB5Ye-ZFUtVZF69ljKhHw=',w:'382px',h:'594px',items:'636318620',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/center><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; and not-as-young Neil Young.<\/p>\n<p><center><a id='HvMNsPZmR-dO5NlrhIRj6w' class='gie-single' href='http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1131340558' target='_blank' style='color:#a7a7a7;text-decoration:none;font-weight:normal !important;border:none;display:inline-block;'>Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'HvMNsPZmR-dO5NlrhIRj6w',sig:'03o0lQHihZH7TogGc9KBrseSl_E_sVn-acLkX-kpYl0=',w:'594px',h:'395px',items:'1131340558',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/center>.<\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t care what anyone says. Genius is always sex-ay to me. Also, how can I not love a guy who did a song called, &#8220;Dirty Old Man&#8221;?<\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YmHHVJtVRaE\" height=\"315\" width=\"420\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Now that I&#8217;m not getting any musical thrills, I&#8217;m kind of wishing I was at the beach, rather than at home, trying to get a lot of work done. So here&#8217;s a throwback photo to Labor Day 1999, when I was at the beach.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_22143\" style=\"width: 472px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-22143\" class=\" wp-image-22143   \" alt=\"laborday1999.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/laborday1999.jpg.jpeg\" width=\"462\" height=\"311\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/laborday1999.jpg.jpeg 1721w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/laborday1999.jpg-300x202.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/laborday1999.jpg-1024x689.jpeg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-22143\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Labor Day 1999 in Montauk, N.Y.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I remember those sunglasses. They were Armani and I looked at them in the window of the optician&#8217;s store for months while I saved up enough money to buy them. I wound up wearing them for years.<\/p>\n<p>Hope y&#8217;all are either having a lot of fun &#8230; or getting a lot of work done. Whichever makes you happier!<\/p>\n<p> <\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The highlight of my Labor Day weekend was supposed to be a Neil Young concert tonight, with the awesome Patti Smith as the opening act. Unfortunately, Neil&#8217;s Crazy Horse band guitarist, Frank &#8220;Poncho&#8221; Sampredo, injured his hand, so all of Neil&#8217;s shows were cancelled. 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