Why the two little girls from The Wreckers have very big balls

Paul and I have been extra concert happy for the last few weeks. A few weeks ago, we went to concerts three nights in a row. This week we went to shows on both Thursday and Friday. And they couldn't be more different.

Thursday we saw the Wreckers at Penn's Peak in Jim Thorpe. Penn's Peak is a nice place to see a show. It's in the middle of nowhere, yet very easy to get to. It's fairly small. And they don't charge for parking.

If you know me, right now you're probably thinking, "What is Chrissy doing at a country show?" Shut up! I like the Wreckers. I also know all the words to Garth Brooks' "Ain't Going Down 'til the Sun Comes Up" and can even sing them drunk. I'm not completely opposed to country music. I just don't prefer it.

There was no opening act. The MC for the evening looked like she came straight from the old "Magic Garden" TV show that I used to watch as a child and had the personality of a piece of toast. But the show itself was very good. Each of the girls came out and did solo performances in the middle of the set. Michelle Branch did a rendition of Tom Petty's "You Don't Know How it Feels," but none of her solo stuff. They played for roughly an hour since they only have one album's worth of material.

There really weren't a lot of people there, so we moved up closer to the stage. There was "pit" area blocked off from the regular seating area and a large aisle separating the two sections. People (including two little pre-teen girls, probably at their first concert ever) would walk up to the aisle and snap a picture. Security would then chase them away. People were also getting pulled out of the pit area left and right for using their cameras. At one point, this huge security dude stood right in front of everyone who was seated trying to find people to bust for camera use. He then entered the pit area and several people were ejected.

When the girls came out to do their encore (a cover of "Strawberry Wine"), Michelle Branch said, "By the way, we don't care if you take pictures or video. So none of that is coming from us." I laughed my ass off. One of the security guards who had been watching the pit area walked from his post, storming out. The bad girl in my just loves seeing security get it sometimes.

Up next: Family Values that don't involve the Christian Coalition.