Experimental/industrial band Xiu Xiu is on tour and will be playing in SF on May 5! I'm free that night and have ben a fan of their music for a while so I'd really love to go.

REASONS FOR NO:

• I really do not know how to explain Xiu Xiu to my parents without making them concerned for my mental state.

• They will want to know the name of the band, and then will likely listen to the music out of curiosity, and then they will think I am weird / will be concerned for my mental state, and I care a bit too much about their opinion of me

• I can't not tell them that I'm going to a concert, because it starts at 9pm, and it would be weird to tell them I'm going out with friends that late if it weren't for a concert.

• Small chance of parents saying no if I end up asking to go because I have AP exams the week after (unlikely though, because it's a Friday night)

REASONS FOR YES:

• If I go, I would be going with ~2 friends + a friend of one of the friends who are all also into Xiu Xiu, so it will be less weird because I'm going as part of a group of 4, and maybe my mom will think that "this is what the kids these days are into"

• Tickets are super cheap, and I can buy tickets the day of the show at only a slightly higher price, so I can make the decision about going any time before May 5 without worrying about tickets being sold out or anything

• It would be very fun