AUTHOR: tbooty
DATE: 8/31/2004 09:32:00 PM
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or is that prince is better than the king? i don't f'n know, but what i do know is that the prince concert last night? seriously ROCKED! we had a total blast. i don't know if this is his last tour (what i had heard) or if it's the last tour where he will be singing all of the old standards (what my friend had heard) but if you a chance to get tickets and catch the show? GO! he played 2+ hours, the individuals that he has in the new power generation are incredible (candy dulfer, maceo parker, etc.) and even though i never was on the "omg! prince is sooooooooo hot" bandwagon? the man looks freakin' good! (and i'm not talking he looked good from 20 rows back. i'm talking he looked good from 20 feet away. did i mention our seats were in the freakin' FRONT ROW?? yeah. we're that lucky)
other bonuses of the show? a 45 minute acoustical set of prince, alone, on stage. great new music from the musicology cd. a copy of the musicology cd free. live music, that is played AND sung live. no lip synching here. in fact, he makes a big deal about that. "real music played by real musicians", is a theme. no back up dancers (unless you count the people from the audience that were invited up)
the only drawback was that we were all jazzed to go to the after party and there wasn't one. other than that it was one of the best concerts i've been to in a really long time. now, after i go see elton john in vegas over halloween weekend, i don't know if i'll say the same thing. guess we'll have to wait and see. but for now? the BEST concert ever. hands down. let me put it this way, if there had been ANY way that i could've gotten tickets for TONIGHT'S show too? i totally would've gone again. at $75 a pop, that's saying something. especially from someone who wouldn't categorize themselves as a big prince "fan".
totally unrelated stuff............
so far this week is shaping up to be much better than last. a few reasons why
- the file that i screwed up on? signed and funded today, so we're all good.
- one of our customers from this last month came to the office today and gave me a bottle of CHAMPAGNE for getting their loan done. how freakin' cool is that?
- not only was the prince concert awesome, i got to leave early yesterday to get to it.
- also? i get to leave early on friday since i have my last lasik post-op appointment.
- i not only have a 3 day weekend, i have a 3 1/2 day weekend. we have a meeting on tuesday at noon. my boss told me that instead of going all the way to work (70 minutes one way) then driving to the meeting and back (45 minutes one way) that i can go to the meeting from home. this means that i can leave the house at 11am. woo hoo!
- then? if that wasn't good enough? i have the 10th off too! and i'm going back to the casino for a friends birthday! woo hoo!
- and the last thing? i got a $200 gift certificate from my friend for my birthday, so i have to decide what kind of services i want and make an appointment for a day of pampering!
and how has your week been so far?
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