So I'm going to the U2 concert this weekend up in Salt Lake. I'm way stoked. Big U2 fan, BIG. Actually I've only been to about 5 big time concerts (you know, a big name band in a huge, sold out stadium) and 4 of them have been U2. The other was Paula Abdul when I was about 13, and I'd rather not talk about that...
Get this though, Kanye West is the opening act. The rapper. I want to know who books the opening acts for U2. Are they clueless? Are they purposefully trying to alienate an entire fan-base here? Pop-Mart had Rage Against the Machine. No offense to any Rage fans, but Rage sucks. I mean, who books these bands? I can just picture some clueless executive big-wig sitting down with the tour management team and having this conversation:
Executive Big-wig: Great, everything else is settled, we just need an opening act. Johnson! Who's big these days? Quick, give me someone!
Johnson, searching his mind frantically, then recalling the newspaper article he had read that morning about Kayne West ripping Bush a new one: Uh, how about Kayne West? He was on the front page of the paper today...
Exec: Kayne West? Never heard of him! What's he sing?
Johnson, trembling slightly: Uh, Rap, I think.
Exec: Rap huh? The kids love rap these days...All right, put him in! I'm off to Barbados.
I am a little interested in Kanye West, though, as I've heard some good things about him (he's brought class back into rap, etc.) And who can forget the Hurricane Katrina outburst, which scored him some points in my book (not necessarily for any of the views he expressed, but more for speaking his mind and for the stupefied look on Mike Myers's face), but I don't think we'll go out of our way to make it on time.
Anyways, U2 is the best, I'm way stoked, update when I get back. Peace out.
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hey, I feel your pain about the whole doctor thing. They just don't get it... or maybe if WE had a litlle more understanding. You say your doctor was a woman, and the nurse was probably a woman unless the popular change in Cedar has already taken effect- what with all those boysin the nursing program. It all comes back to the same misunderstanding. Guess what, you and I are not women. (Sorry to break it to you this way, but I wondered if you were a little confused, I mean, you did give me a doll for Christmas last year.) So here is something that will help you.
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Hills/3456/h_womanspeak.html
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