September 03, 2006

HOW DO YOU LIKE ME NOW?

What's that axiom about going to a fight and a hockey game breaking out?

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Last night I went to cover the Toby Keith concert at the Ford Amphitheatre and a movie trailer unfolded instead.


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Keith has a new movie coming out. The show was laden with references to "Hollyweird" and to the film, "Broken Bridges."

Still, I thought he put on a pretty polished show. (Sorry about the crappy resolution on the photo. I pushed my poor little Nikon to the limit from my seat.)

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As usual, Keith raised a glass to the men and women in uniform, several of whom were in attendance.

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And the crowd happily joined him in the toast. Seemed like everyone had a glass in their hand.

My favorite new concert phenomenon:

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The cellphone wave.

Used to be people waved lighters during ballads.

Now they wave their Nokias.

I had a "Bill Hicks moment" with this woman.

Hicks used to tell a story during his standup act about doing a show in "Possum Fuck, Ark." and going into a Waffle House afterward. He apparently busted open a book while he was eating.

His waitress noticed and asked him, "What you reading for?"

"Not, "What are you reading?' She asked me 'What are you reading for? And in my mind I'm thinking, 'You know, so I don't become a waffle waitress in Possum Fuck, Ark.'"

Well, the cellphone waving woman at the Toby Keith concert, who, by the way, was wearing a faded t-shirt that read "Whiskey Girl" on the front, turned around at one point after noticing me taking notes during the concert and asked me, "What you taking notes for?" And I'm thinking, "So I don't become someone who would wave a cellphone with a Whiskey Boy t-shirt on."

FYI, for a larger version of the stage shot above, click here.



Posted by Jeff at September 3, 2006 09:08 AM | TrackBack
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