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Wednesday, March 13, 2002

EVERYTHING BUT THE KITCHEN SINK

i saw my first concert in 1969 at the san diego sports arena. at that time, james brown was known as “the hardest working man in show business” and that night he really lived up to his title. at 8 years old, without having ever seen a live concert before, i knew i had witnessed something spectacular. the standard had been set in my mind, for all the shows that followed. i’ve seen alot of excellent shows since then, including david bowie/station to station tour ‘76, earth, wind and fire/gratitude tour-new years eve ‘75 and madonna/blond ambition ‘90. but none could match the impact and grandeur of that first experience for me. tonight, me and pj went to see nsync at the arrowhead pond arena in anaheim and they were terrific. i had a great time and let me tell you, i’m not the biggest nsync fan either. the average age at the event was 14. there was one male for every 20 females. it was almost as much fun studying the audience as it was watching the show. everybody screaming their lungs out for their favorite nsync. my fave is joey, the one who plays the “big brother” and i also love j.c who plays the “falcon porn star” of the group. the guys did a beatles/temptations medley that blew me away! the stage rigging of the show had shit in it that i had never seen before, like this catwalk that was lowered from the ceiling that allowed the guys to walk the perimeter of the arena floor while suspended 25 feet in the air. they also swung tarzan-style into the audience on these big ropes, which was totally awesome. they threw in all the other stuff we’ve come to expect from a mega-act too, like the pyrotechnics with confetti bombs, the costume changes, the video screen and the lip-synced dance production numbers (only two as far as i could tell, everything else they sang live). all in all it was heaps of fun, and i know that somehow, somewhere there is an 8 year old who thinks she saw the greatest concert of her life. and you know what ? ...she probably did.

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BEATLES JUICE

i always prefer the beatles music when it is performed by other artist. tina turner’s live version of HELP is hauntingly irresistible, bette midler’s rendition of IN MY LIFE reduces me to tears just thinking about it. last night during nsync’s beatles medley, i fell in love with the song HEY JUDE for the first time. the next album i buy will be the soundtrack to the film I AM SAM, which features all cover versions of songs by “the fab four”.
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