Party with the Chargers! Nov. 27!

The Chargers, this year celebrating 50 illustrious years of not winning a championship, will host a block party in the Gaslamp District on November 27 of this year. For those of you who don't know, the Gaslamp is the place where sailors used to go for... entertainment, but is now full of themed bars, restaurants, and the place where the Padres play.

Now this all seems very harmless, and at a brief skim of the Chargers.com article you might think it really is. But as we get deeper, to quote the Bard, there's the rub. Specifically, there's the Chargers choices in entertainment. The first band to play will be Super Diamond, which seems awesome until we realize that it's a NEIL DIAMOND TRIBUTE BAND. Really, Chargers? You know the actual Neil Diamond is still performing, right? In fact he shouldn't even be that difficult to get. The dude is still releasing Christmas albums. The second band, possibly even more ludicrously, is Fountains of Wayne. They will "rock the Gaslamp" with hits like "Stacy's Mom" and (some other Fountains of Wayne song, if such a thing exists).

The event is sponsored by Coors Light and will probably feature some actual fun times, so if you're visiting from 1969 or 2003, be sure to check it out.

Chargers 50th Anniversary Block Party set for Nov. 27 [Chargers.com]