June 14, 2005
My Brief Career As Ben Lee's Roadie
The date: Thursday, June 9th, 2005
The venue: The Orpheum
The event: Aimee Mann, with opening act Ben Lee
My seat: 3rd row, dead center, on the middle aisle.
The scene...
Ben Lee is finishing his last song.
His band is jamming out.
He walks to the edge of the stage, guitar in hand, and jumps off.
The audience goes wild.
He's walking up the aisle, strumming.
His patch cord falls out of his guitar and lands by my feet.
He climbs atop two seats behind me and is playing.
People are loving it.
He runs back to the stage for the big finale.
He notices his guitar is no longer plugged in.
The patch chord is lying there.
He spots me.
Our eyes lock.
His hand extends.
I am Courtney Cox.
He is Bruce Springsteen.
I jump up.
Patch cord in hand.
We meet at the edge of the stage.
He plugs in.
The circuit is complete.
The wind up.
Hair a mess.
The jump.
Drumsticks in mid air.
The final chord.
The crowd goes wild.
I am forever changed.
Posted by russellneufeld at 10:17 PM | Comments (1)
February 19, 2005
Retire This Song Please
Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) by the Eurythmics. Great song. I think we all can agree on that. A bold fusion of this duo's different styles, this song has stood the test of time while most synthesizer-driven 80s pop has withered and grown dated. Good job Eurythmics. Now let's retire it. No one ever needs to hear it again. It's done. Have a ceremony. Raise a number somewhere, and call it a day.
Posted by russellneufeld at 07:10 PM | Comments (0)
December 23, 2004
The Waifs
Just bought the album Up All Night by The Waifs. I actually had to buy it at Newbury Comics because iTunes doesn't have anything by The Waifs and I can't figure out how to buy mp3s of their songs from their website (although it's apparently possible). Best songs by far are "Fourth Floor" and "London Still," which I had heard on WERS. I would almost go so far as to say it's worth it to buy the album for just those songs, but I usually have a three song minimum for promoting an album. "Lighthouse" and "Since I've Been Around" are also very good, but overall the album isn't as strong throughout.
Posted by russellneufeld at 08:59 PM | Comments (0)