The Weekender

Monday, September 29, 2003

FINALLY, I'm goin to talk about the concert I had gone to last Sunday. It was The Now and Zen concert by Alice at Golden Gate Park. And let me tell you, THE HOTTEST DAY IN SEPTEMBER!!! Awesome picked me up at 9:15am to go to church and it was already in the 70s-80s. We trek out to Stanyan and Geary to pick up our tix and eventually find parking right in front of USF. Oh by the way, we took Sunset and up Fulton to avoid the traffic on 19th and Lincoln. I thought i'd mention that for any future picnic/concert goers! hee hee hee Anyways, we treked down Stanyan and cut thru the park and saw a big ass line. It's practically 11:45am and there was no way we were goin to get at the end of the line. So of course we just walked right next to the line and eventually blended in but these 2 white chicks were causin a rukus. They were like "uuuuuuuuh..there's no cutting here. We waited an hour in line. Go to the back of the line. I don't think the people behind us would appreciate it." With that..of course I was like "uuuuuuuuuuuh...what should we do?" and Awsome goes " whatever...everyone's doin it..just keep goin." So we ended up fallin behind the chicks and pretty much got in. But of course these chicks were sooooooooooo upset since they were the dumbasses bringin their baby strollers and standing in the hot sun for over an hour. Why the hell would you bring your baby in the hot sun to an outdoor concert???

As we walked in, we were lookin for Awsome's bro who's friend got dead center seats right in front of the Controller. WOO HOO... HOW AWSOME IS THAT!!! And the first act we saw was Maroon 5. They were pretty good. I'm not really into rock/alternative. I'm not sure what to call it these days. But I pretty much went to this concert not knowin anyone's music but Duran Duran!!!! YES DURAN DURAN BABY!!! Of course they were the finale. Anyways, it was about 15 min till the next act which was Liz Phair, who unfortunately, did not sound very well to me. I was told her album sounds better than she did live and her band was sooooooooooooooo unenthusiastic, and her voice wasn't very strong. I could barely make out was she was saying and barely even hear her. They looked bored on stage. 3rd on the list was Seal. DARK CHOCOLATE BABY! Ok, this guy is SEXY. I'd have to say he's dope live!!! And he can work the crowd. He played a couple of songs from his new album that sounded pretty good. And last but not least DURAN DURAN! The played all their classics from Rio to No..No.... Notorious Notorious!!! I was totally waitting for them to play Reflex...but what a bummer. They ended it w/ Girls on Film which wasn't bad... but you know.... These guys still have stage presence and can still work the crowd. Simon had said during their set that the police will allow the women to take their tops off just this once since it was soooooooooo hot...and WOMEN DID!!!! There naked boobies in the air!!!

So what was memorable about this concert? The heat, the tan that I will have until January, the various booths including Aveda which was giving $30 hair cuts, the crowd singing along w/ the performers and JOHN TAYLOR!!! j/k hee hee hee... I would definitely go to another outdoor concert again, but just be a little more prepared...frozen water bottles, snacks, cooler bags and sunblock every hour!!!!

posted by The Weekender @ 9:35 PM

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