Jul
8
I Had To Try It At Least Once
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I’m about to hit the sack but I can’t put down the iPhone. So I figure I’d post to the blog and see if it’s tolerable. It’s not too bad. One bummer though, it doesn’t do that cool spelling correction trick in WordPress.
Nite nite.
Jul
8
Rush Comes to Philly, Kicks Arse
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My friend Steve found some $20 lawn seats for the Rush show in Camden on Friday night and I must say, I’m glad I went. I contemplated getting really good seats from a broker but decided against it after buying two iPhones the week prior. I figured I had spent enough money for one month.
I’d had great seats for the opening night of the tour in Atlanta, and the show looked much different from the lawn in Camden. It was really, really impressive. You’re not as absorbed in the music when you’re that far away but you get a better feel for the overall presentation.
Their playing seemed tighter in Camden and Geddy was clearly enthralled with the crowd. He repeatedly thanked us for being so into the show. He was smiling and joking around and I didn’t see any of that in Atlanta.
The set list was exactly the same as opening night and there were no major musical issues except that drummer Neil Peart completely hosed his portion of the end of YYZ. I don’t think most people noticed but the drummers in the crowd sure did.
One other cool thing…Geddy’s rotisserie chicken cookers were occasionally tended to by a guy in a chef’s hat and apron. Nice touch!
Jul
8
We Don’t Need to See the Crowd!
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Dear Sporting Event/Rock Concert Video Director,
Why do you insist on showing me so many shots of the crowd? When I go to a sporting event and someone scores, I never EVER look around at the other people in the stadium to see what they’re doing. I want to see the interaction between the guy who scored and his teammates.
And when I go to a concert, I watch the band the entire time. I don’t care about the guy in the front row who is air drumming or the group of chicks who know all the words. I’M A HUGE FAN AND I WANT TO SEE THE BAND!
So why is it that so many TV directors engage in the amateurish act of repeatedly showing crowd shots to their television viewers when the television viewer wants to see the focus of the event, THE ATHLETES AND THE ROCK STARS! Jeezus H.
I wanted to gouge my own eyes out with a fish fork this weekend while watching the crunchy and, dare I say a tad pretentious, Live Earth broadcast. The show was reasonably good until NBC took over. The performance I was most looking forward to, the Police, had so many friggin’ crowd shots that I nearly spun into a rage right there in the living room. And when they did decide to show the band, all we saw were tight shots of Sting and John Mayer. JOHN MAYER! He’s not even in the band! Stewart Copeland is a great performer and we didn’t see the guy! Ugh.
Have I made my point?