Honey, will you hold my purse?
REM tonight with Victoria. I'm so excited! Got the new REM CD this morning and it's terrific.
Last Thursday night I went to Tears for Fears by myself at the Beacon Theatre (home of the March sold-out STING concert.) All I can say is the boyz from Tears for Fears sound better (and look much better!) than they did in the '80s; (they were always cute in a laughably broody kind of way, but they are much more manly now without the fluffy mullets.) The concert was spectacular! The Beacon Theatre is about 1/3 the size of the Fox in Atlanta, but same set-up. I was in the 10th row right smack in the middle on the floor. It was a perfect concert experience. The crowd stood nearly the whole time and sang along with the band.
I'd gone to a bar beforehand for a little while and then just hung out in the theatre lobby looking over the crowd. It was mostly people my age, some a little younger. I was hoping for 40-year old hipster to spy me across the room and ask if I was appalled by the upcoming WE ARE THE WORLD VIDEO REMAKE--but no such luck. Later, I analyzed my look: fuschia blazer, black velvet jeans and patent-leather handbag. It struck me that I looked like a woman waiting for her dentist-husband to come out of the mens' room. Perhaps I should work on that...
I sat next to a guy from New Jersey whose wife let him out for the night. He was playing air-drums during most of the concert, and held up his cell phone during the big hits.
I saw that T 4 F is playing in Boulder the day I leave Denver. I would love to see them again, but sometimes it's best not to be always trying to recreate a great experience. Plus, I'll be on the way to seeing my 91-year old grandfather in South Dakota.
These are the concerts that I've seen in the last year or so:
Pearl Jam (Madison Square Garden)
KC and the Sunshine Band (BB King's Blues Club)
Sting and Annie Lennox (had to go all the way to Atlanta for that)
Carole King (had to go all the way to Boca Raton for that)
Eric Clapton (had to go all the way to Denver for that)
Tom McCrae (Joe's Pub and Fez in the same night!)
Barry Manilow (Madison Square Garden)
Tears for Fears (Beacon)
and now REM.
The ultimate will be U2. I haven't seen them since the Unforgettable Fire tour. They're touring again in the spring, so I must monitor that.
Last Thursday night I went to Tears for Fears by myself at the Beacon Theatre (home of the March sold-out STING concert.) All I can say is the boyz from Tears for Fears sound better (and look much better!) than they did in the '80s; (they were always cute in a laughably broody kind of way, but they are much more manly now without the fluffy mullets.) The concert was spectacular! The Beacon Theatre is about 1/3 the size of the Fox in Atlanta, but same set-up. I was in the 10th row right smack in the middle on the floor. It was a perfect concert experience. The crowd stood nearly the whole time and sang along with the band.
I'd gone to a bar beforehand for a little while and then just hung out in the theatre lobby looking over the crowd. It was mostly people my age, some a little younger. I was hoping for 40-year old hipster to spy me across the room and ask if I was appalled by the upcoming WE ARE THE WORLD VIDEO REMAKE--but no such luck. Later, I analyzed my look: fuschia blazer, black velvet jeans and patent-leather handbag. It struck me that I looked like a woman waiting for her dentist-husband to come out of the mens' room. Perhaps I should work on that...
I sat next to a guy from New Jersey whose wife let him out for the night. He was playing air-drums during most of the concert, and held up his cell phone during the big hits.
I saw that T 4 F is playing in Boulder the day I leave Denver. I would love to see them again, but sometimes it's best not to be always trying to recreate a great experience. Plus, I'll be on the way to seeing my 91-year old grandfather in South Dakota.
These are the concerts that I've seen in the last year or so:
Pearl Jam (Madison Square Garden)
KC and the Sunshine Band (BB King's Blues Club)
Sting and Annie Lennox (had to go all the way to Atlanta for that)
Carole King (had to go all the way to Boca Raton for that)
Eric Clapton (had to go all the way to Denver for that)
Tom McCrae (Joe's Pub and Fez in the same night!)
Barry Manilow (Madison Square Garden)
Tears for Fears (Beacon)
and now REM.
The ultimate will be U2. I haven't seen them since the Unforgettable Fire tour. They're touring again in the spring, so I must monitor that.