My Berkeley experience/review - Page 2

JazmenFlowers · #16 10-05-2006, 08:43 AM

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Are there no stories of drunken debauchery ?

there really aren't. we did a lot of people watching and joke making at their expense, but nothing really awe inspiring I guess. there was ample Stevie singing and lots of lyric references throughout the day. of course, since I was staying in a hotel on the opposite side of town, my time spent with the groups was always cut short in order to get a cab, etc.

and for the record, Amber is more than just energetic. she is pretty and smart and witty and kind and generous.

Rickypt · #17 10-05-2006, 10:11 AM

No comments on my riveting song-by-song write up?

Rickypt · #18 10-05-2006, 10:15 AM

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Anita was way zany and cool....

Yes, indeed. I didn't get to her yet because I got bored with my own review and stopped at the encore. I'll wrap it up, the encore was great, and then I got to enjoy half a glass of wine with the aforementioned Ledgies until realizing I could have missed the last BART train. Ran to the station and caught the final, final train. Filled with very messy people, I might add.

Rickypt · #19 10-05-2006, 01:10 PM

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Apparently I was just being "energetic", and organizing things, during this whole process, not being funny or gay or pretty

Very funny, very pretty, and I guess not gay, but that is not all it's cracked up to be.

chiliD · #20 10-05-2006, 01:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Rickypt

No comments on my riveting song-by-song write up?

Yeah, I'm a bit annoyed at your dissing of "Oh Well".

BlackWidow · #21 10-05-2006, 01:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Rickypt

I’m sure Paula, Amber, Jazmen, etc. will have a much more interesting and humorous write-up of the Berkeley experience, but here’s my review.

I missed Friday’s show due to a cat emergency, so I can’t comment on whether or not Tom was sub-par that night. I do know that Saturday night was awesome!

It all started with Japanese dinner and meeting several ledgies. I probably don’t come across as very shy, but I am actually rather petrified of meeting new people. So I was quite nervous, especially knowing that everyone already knew one another. But there was no need to be anxious, because it was a great group of fun, gracious, and interesting people. Four gorgeous women (Amber, Deborah, Paula, Eliza), Paula’s cute friend Ryan, and Jazmen, who is just as adorable and funny in person as you’d expect. And I hate him for his flawless skin.

Someone else might be able to tell the story of trying to find parking, but all I can say is bless Deborah for her patience!

So I found my seat next to my aunt and uncle and I’ll post some comments on the show in the next post.

Jazzy is the best!

Rickypt · #22 10-05-2006, 02:00 PM

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Originally Posted by chiliD

Yeah, I'm a bit annoyed at your dissing of "Oh Well".

How was that a diss?

sparky · #23 10-05-2006, 02:08 PM

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Thanks for your stellar prediction of the play out and total waste of my 150 IQ.

I believe the coke and welfare are indeed out of the pic, good psychic prediction. I'm not seeing the quick marriage, since I don't care about getting married. Santa Barbara? I hope so, heard it's nice - will go with some boyfriend and have sex lots, according to my plans and previous M.O.
Capes? gold flecked? I have some kick ass gold flecked shirts, but since capes don't flatter me, and I don't wear stuff that doesn't flatter (unlike our fine Caped friend), you may never see me with that cape. Maybe if I grow 10 inches and become really skinny. So, never. Amber tries to not wear it unless it looks pretty with her bod/face. Amber thinks capes make people look fat.

Spin, no - shake the booty - yes. Reblecks? Maybe. My legs do hurt, I shy from high heels even at my young age. But my ass shaking would send up such a centrifugal force field that you would not be able to see my shoes, except for the sparkle that reflected from the light of the cubic zirc up the heels, a la strobe.

Well, I was trying to fit it into the whole myth of Stand Back. Though I am sure there are different interpretations. I suspect Stevie will offer another one up on her next press tour.

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Yes, I think we understand each other. I'm dismayed at the theoritical domestically tinged things you chose for me, but I'm sure you see what I mean now, and you haven't met me, so...

I move way to fast to be bogged down with marriages, other people's kids, let alone being godparents to them, or ugly capes that make me look fat and that I might have to carry if I go out.

But what about dancing on a soundstage with stylized 80's flashdance wanna be street urchins ? With chiffon blowing around in front of a hanging angled window frame. Better yet, doing the Civil War prance. Hanging with a mean confederate soldier, riding your trusty steed while Atlanta burns and the backup singers trot behind you? I could totally see that. Strand could offer some kind of coaching. Being Southern and all.

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In the future, please do not predict such child laden PWT lifestyles for me. All my PWT will involve beers/drinks, rivers, outfits that are too brief for my age, and flirting too much with ... questionables...
And singing/dancing in inappropriate places. Also beating people at pool. And other games. Very important, I need to be playing some game of skill. Otherwise bars are boring. Company softball teams...

Oh, those weren't my predictions. Simply my reading of the tea leaves in Stand Back, which you had mentioned contained powerful prophecies for you.

strandinthewind · #24 10-05-2006, 02:33 PM

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Originally Posted by sparky

. . . But what about dancing on a soundstage with stylized 80's flashdance wanna be street urchins ? With chiffon blowing around in front of a hanging angled window frame. Better yet, doing the Civil War prance. Hanging with a mean confederate soldier, riding your trusty steed while Atlanta burns and the backup singers trot behind you? I could totally see that. Strand could offer some kind of coaching. Being Southern and all . . . .

Well, I can coach as to the twirling and the mounting of a fiery steed.

ELIUD · #25 10-05-2006, 02:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Rickypt

No comments on my riveting song-by-song write up?

I'm terribly jealous that Stevie came to the front of the stage to do her wild-ass "Don't Come Around Here..." spaz attack. She did it for us in Dallas from the far right almost behind a pile of speakers. But we could still see the flailing shawl and whipping hair. Loved it nonetheless.

Great review!

amber · #26 10-05-2006, 02:40 PM

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Originally Posted by chiliD

Yeah, I'm a bit annoyed at your dissing of "Oh Well".

I have a comment then. I thought Oh Well was magnificent, truly a band highlight of the evening for me. And I marveled that Mick could have possibly made up the drum parts.

I mean I was amazed at the band throughout the whole song. Tight.
This was my first times seeing Petty live, so I was in awe of the band all night - but Oh Well was crazy good. I didn't fully understand how amazing his band is until seeing it live.

amber · #27 10-05-2006, 02:54 PM

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Originally Posted by JazmenFlowers

and for the record, Amber is more than just energetic. she is pretty and smart and witty and kind and generous.

S'more like it. YOur check is in the mail.

amber · #28 10-05-2006, 03:03 PM

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Originally Posted by sparky

Well, I was trying to fit it into the whole myth of Stand Back. Though I am sure there are different interpretations. I suspect Stevie will offer another one up on her next press tour.

But what about dancing on a soundstage with stylized 80's flashdance wanna be street urchins ? With chiffon blowing around in front of a hanging angled window frame. Better yet, doing the Civil War prance. Hanging with a mean confederate soldier, riding your trusty steed while Atlanta burns and the backup singers trot behind you? I could totally see that. Strand could offer some kind of coaching. Being Southern and all.

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Oh, those weren't my predictions. Simply my reading of the tea leaves in Stand Back, which you had mentioned contained powerful prophecies for you.

Oh, I get it now. Takes awhile.

Brilliant, then. Great prediction.

Rickypt · #29 10-05-2006, 03:22 PM

I was not dissing Oh Well, nor TP&HBers rendition. I just don't care for covers and would rather hear bands do their own music.

chiliD · #30 10-05-2006, 03:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Rickypt

How was that a diss?

On the surface, it appears you were giving the song a compliment, "it was fun"; then you just immediately negate the compliment with the "I'd rather hear Petty songs" statement.

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers were the ones who played "Oh Well" at that concert; therefore, at that moment it WAS a Tom Petty song. (ditto with any other covers he did that night) It was the set he WANTED to present. And, from videos I've seen of his version of "Oh Well", TPatH kicks some royal booty on the song. To me, even better than a couple of incarnations of Fleetwood Mac. I find it kind of telling that they WOULD include "Oh Well" in their set and that Fleetwood Mac has NOT had it in their set for 12 years. And, that fact is just downright sad.

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Originally Posted by Rickypt

I was not dissing Oh Well, nor TP&HBers rendition. I just don't care for covers and would rather hear bands do their own music.

Kind of a narrow viewpoint.