My WGASIB2MA Review

[GarboSpeaks!]

That would be "Who Gives A S*** It's Been 2 Month's Already Review of my 3 Tom Petty w/ Stevie Nicks shows. BUT, I had some pics to share. Nothing to write home about, but hey, it's something! Starting w/ LA:

The Hollywood Bowl. As much of a geek I am for shows, I am also a geek to see venues I have never been to before. The Hollywood Bowl was something I really looked forward to. Thanks to SapphireSister(Lindsay) Tiff & I got tix to this show, cause it was beyond sold out. While trying to get tix, we encountered the largest moron ever to scar the human race, but let's just leave that alone. haha. After tix were picked up, we went back to Tiff's to get ready. BIG MISTAKE. In coming back, a tad late, as ladies can be....traffic, traffic to the venue, etc was just horrible. Then parking. OY! For that fact alone, I'd probably never go back to the Bowl. Once there, it was just SO crowded w/ people. Great for Tom & Stevie, but it was just TOO mant people. In all that mass of humans, who should be walking up to the will call window right in front of us? Sharon! We caught up to her, made some small talk. She was lovely as always, but had NO idea who we were. Sometimes I know she knows us, other times...well. Gotta figure she too had been stuck in that traffic, and at this precise moment, everybody's thought was to get to their seats. Oh well. We saw Sharon. One + so far. Our seats were forever back...and we thought screw it...lets try to schmooze around to the front. The venue is literally set up w/ front boxes. Little rows of boxes. Sorta hard to describe. You could kinda just "find your way" into someone elses box (HA...that sounds lovely) but they had to be standing. So like lemmings looking for fellow like, we start scanning the audience. We find one group of people standing and just try to mill about in that area like we belong. I look over, and who should it be but Gary Shandeling. He's looking at me like "what do you want?" Not wanting him to think it's him I am trying to get closer to, we walk off to find some other group of standers. We are able to stay on the main floor. At one point we find a bunch of lushes that let us stay in their standing area. Great group of people. A little too on the free love side, but hey....what ever works eh? They couldn't have been more "whatever" about us and anyone else trying to do the same; sharing their space. No sooner had we gotten comfy, security comes and starts ripping us out of that standing area. Tiff and I slide right into the next standing area, and I look over and see that we are being taken out of that area cause apparently it's reserved for James Spader and date. Hmmph! No wonder these folk had been ok w/ us there. They weren't supposed to be there either! haha. Tiff thinks she heard some commentary out of Spader about Stevie. Didn't sound good. I've laid off my Boston Legal watching. heehee. The show unto itself rocked. DUH! Seeing Jeff Lynne was a major treat. Closet ELO fan here! You all know about the show details so nothing more to venture there.

After the show we hang out. Walk around the back of the stage and right there is a door that says "Artist Entrance." No beating around the bush in LA! Most all of the Heartbreakers walk out. Jeff Lynne and then Lisa Loeb. Got my pic w/ Lisa. She's really cute in person. No Tom or Stevie. Oh, also Jackson Browne. That was pretty cool. He was really there till the end of the night. When we finally opted to go, he and some girls were walking way towards the front of the venue, like out to the main road to their limo. Jeesh, you'd think Jackson could get a limo closer to him!!!!! Apparently Drew Barrymore was there, but I didn't see her. Gotta love LA, and all the other celebs that turn out for great music. All in all it was a great night. Just that traffic. Unbeliveable. Pics are so grainy. They aren't so much like that on my camera Just some off shots to share. One sorta shows the curve of the bowl above. Dumb but cool. Kick ass sound at that venue as well. Next post, Berkeley night one!!!!

(I know there is some other program to load pics. I can't think of it at the moment, so enjoy the ridiculously small pics I am making available. )

[GarboSpeaks!]

So I haven't been to the Greek since maybe 1990 when I saw the Ramones w/ Tom Tom Club & Debbie Harry. Yea kids. The WAY back machine. So seeing a show at the Greek again was a mondo treat. Night one, tix were decent. First sections of seats off the floor. Much like the HB, you can't get a bad seat, but ofcourse we all wish to be closer. I stayed in my seat most of the night, venturing off once to try for some Stevie shots. Imagine my SURPRISE when security was like "oh, you are trying to get some pics of Stevie??? Just go right up to the front, take a few. Be courteous, then pls go back to your seats." WTF!?!?!?!?! Suffice to say we did just that MANY A TIME! Now, this show just wasn't the same cause I didn't have Tiff in company. SUCKED! But, I had my dear reunited pal Dawn around, so that was pretty sweet. PLUS, we had hit Spats earlier, partaken in FogCutters...(don't ask) and well, the night could NOT be bad no matter what. Same ol' amazing show. By night 2, I could not get Mystic Eyes out of my head for the love of God, and that's NOT a bad thing. Amazing! I hadn't heard that song in eons, and though I'd love to have boots of the show for Bella Nicks....secretly, I just wanna blare Mystic Eyes over and OVER! Crappy shots...AGAIN...but I have some video that perhaps a dear Ledgie could help me figure to transfer. I've gotten it off my camera, but attaching it or sending it in an email evades me.
After the show, I got lots of stuff. Geeky stuff that just thrills me to pieces including one Guitar Pic....One Drum Stick..uhthankya Mr. Ferrone and that nights security copy of the passes for the night. Also, we saw Stevie walk out of the venue RIGHT after the show. Her nor Tom wait around for one second after final bows. Geesh! Hmmm, note to self for tomorrow!

(Ofcourse the nicest shot of SN had to be downsized to a grain of sand. What the heck. Is this worth sharing? Anyone seeing this?????)

[GarboSpeaks!]

The best thing about night 3 was the full Ledgie assault. Ledgie Power Force Activate. Eliza, Jaz, Ryan...the usual suspects...Deb, Amber, etc. But then there is Paula...that was a SUPER treat. Gotta love all the posse. I had seen some of the folk the night before, but this night we got to hang out a bit after the show.

My seats this night were row 9, right pit. Not bad at all. There was really no need to clamor forward as we were mid row, so center enough to take it all in. Knowing this was it for the whole Tom/SN ordeal, I especially took it in. My friends Dawn & Steven had co-conspired w/ me to bolt to the exit after the show in hopes of a glimpse of SN. We mingled in the open area until guards caught wind of people's intention and started gating us in. DAMN! I found my way to an area I thought would be best to catch a glimpse of Tom & Stevie exiting, but lo and behold, Stevie doesn't walk out to her limo backwards. Son of a gun! Nice shot of her back eh? My pal Steven says to me when he sees the pic "That could be a pic of any blonde woman waiving." He sure perks me up when I am down. lmao. Anyway....so what. Was a great show, and I was super happy to be at all.

I might add, that I found out later about Tom's additional Oct date. Tix weren't to be had at all. =0( Scalpers outside wanted $200-$250 for PRINT OUTS! Yea right. They kept saying they'd give me whatever I wanted, copies of CDL#'s, etc. Yea, cause those couldn't be as fake as the tix. Whatever! We drowned or sorrows in more FogCutters, and found our way back to the venue just as the show was ending. I coaxed a security guard into letting me to the gate where I had caught Stevie prior. Technically I was inside, and the guard was giving me grief about it. I was like A) The show is over, B) you have it so fenced in, what I am I gonna do? I coudn't get tix, and I am just hoping for a glimpse of SN. He gave in, and well, I didn't add that shot of blurry fleshy tones and black. It didn't come out for ****, and I was RIGHT in front of her, but atleast I saw her!!!! Souvenires for that night included my toll ticket back home, and a lovely TP boot shirt

Attached, some show stuff, and pics of fiesty beyatches

[GarboSpeaks!]

5 pics per post eh???? Oh well, this is it

PS: By say end of December I'll post the Lindsey San Fran & Wiltern experience/pics. haha

[BTFLCHLD]

oh I am loving this...very goodread
you took some excellent pics! and the msnicks backwave?! very very

james spader...sigh... he is cute though.

[rbs3676]

LOVE the reviews! Thank you for posting...Sounds like a blast...

rbs

[skcin]

Great review! I always love meeting up with you sweetie. The concert pics are great and those pics of all of us are so adorable! I must have copies.

[DavidMn]

That's something I wanna do before I die is see a show at the Bowl.

[golden braid]

Even though it's been a couple of months, you write a great and entertaining review. I look forward to seeing you at the next show.

[amber]

Great reviews, and thanks for the pics. Even though I heard this before, it was still funny. "Meeeeeemreeeees....like the something of my something....misty water color meeeeeeemries....of the way we werelastmonth...."


Attack of the Fifty Foot Stevie!!!! This pic is awesome.

[GarboSpeaks!]

Yea, that pic she is really Godzilla like on the screen behind, and Tom, looks very Cyclops, so we could have something here. A Japanese blockbuster waiting to happen!

[Rickypt]

Great review! Those Petty shows were a highlight of my year. Nice to read another recap.

[SortaSavageLike]

Originally Posted by amber

Attack of the Fifty Foot Stevie!!!![/SIZE] This pic is awesome.

She has returned!

[JazmenFlowers]

glad to see your review. awesome pics. like Amber I started singing...memorieees. lol.

[amber]

Originally Posted by SortaSavageLike

She has returned!

I thought I saw this on here somewhere before...that one is awesome cause she looks so tall, and Anita's is awesome because the way her arms are and body it looks like she's about to pounce on an unsuspecting populace.