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props to Madison house and AEG for generally pulling off the first annual Rothbury Music festival this weekend. there were no major glitches, the crowd was very cool and the main stage sound was excellent.
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the site and amenities were excellent, and it makes bonnaroo look like a concentration camp.
with attendance at around 35,000, the place was perfectly comfortable. it was ultra fan friendly, though clearly the promoters need another 10,000 to make it economically interesting.
ex SCI lighting guru Andy Carrol did an epic job turning Sherwood forest into a after hour surreal paradise. clearly the coolest visual thing i have ever seen at a concert or event.
it was not as evolved environemtally or socially as the organizers orignally conceived
Highlights: sets by the Drive-By Truckers, The Dresden Dolls and Taj Mahal. the resurection of Widespread panic( thanks to Jimmy Herring)
Lowlights: due to poor scheduling ( and bad travel logitics on my part), i missed The Black Keys, Spearhead, Keller Williams and Snoop Dogg
Verdict: a solid addition to the already crowded festival season
one t shirt washed from housekeeping $11
sliced fruit $21
side of Serrano ham $24
50 minute balinese massage $225
being able to MOG from the beach in Bora Bora........
Priceless
MOG: don't leave home without it
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i can attest to what my husband is saying, it is so expensive here that i might charge him $500 for sex tonight........the old tahitian extortian way!
BS mama, if i am paying for sex tonight it is with that hot young maid we have.
p.s. hyman, how did the double picture happen, and why can't i edit and delete one of them......?
Fellow Moggers, i had the incredible fortune to see Dave Brubeck and his son Chris play last night at a private event for the great work of SFJazz(http://www.sfjazz.org/). there were under 100 people there, and he shuffled out to great applause, sat down at my friend's piano and played an improved twinkley little opener that had Dave's distinctive style written all over it. he then told a great little story of his early years in SF when he lived near 18th and castro, and continued between each tune to tell funny little anecdotes that were relevant to what he was about to play. His son Chris is a lovely and inventive bass player, and he also played a very cool clarinet solo toward the end of the great Count Basie ode, "Basie Band back in town". other highlights were a great "Someday My Prince Will Come", a beautiful japanese influenced jam and the crowd pleasing encore of "three To Get Ready"
I can't tell you what a special, wonderful night we had; Dave is as vibrant and talented as he was 40 years ago. if you get a chance to go see this great legend, please go!!
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Dave turned what we think of as 'good rhythm' inside out and made it better.
Your a lucky man to see him tickle the ivory.
I never got to hear Chris play so I will look for him should he go East Coasting.
Just beware, I am, Chris will most likely not be playing the clarinet....because he was not playing a clarinet last night....that instrument was a trombone....I sure you can understand how my husband would get them confused....or maybe not
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this fest remind me of a bigger version of langerado...
got any pix of the Sherwood Forest thing? that sounds mega-rad.
Sounds a lot more fun than babysitting two sick dogs....glad it was fun!!
charley, i don't think it could have been properly captured. think burning man without the desert and the puttering about of jetson like spacecrafts.
garvey, that's why u are the best wife in the world