Body Movin'

I finally had a chance to sit down and ponder my concert experience
from this summer.It's been a good one - with lots of great shows.
BUT only ONE can be the BEST OF THE SUMMER...


photo by Megan Berru
Thanks Megan!!

1. Beastie Boys - Greek Theater / LA: Best show overall. Great sound. Great venue
(My first time to the Greek Theater). Played all the best songs -
new & old. Put on a kick-ass performance. Barely edged out #2...

2. Foo Foghters - Nissan Live Stage on the Fox Studio Lot / LA:
Just because it was only 300 people and I was 10 feet from Dave.
They only played 11 songs (Everlong twice). It will be broadcast
for the world to see. They sounded awesome, as usual. I will probably
never be in an more intimate concert with them again.

3.Chris Cornell - Veijas Concerts in the Park: Played a great show,
along with all the hits of Soundgarden, Audioslave, Temple of the Dog,
and his own material. Sounded awesome. Was the #1 pick for most of
the summer. Hard to compete with the power of the FOO.

4.Rock the Bells - Glenn Helen Pavillion: Great venue, but in the middle
of BFE. Great line up - Public Enemy, Cypress Hill, Wu Tang - and
headliners Rage Against the Machine. Crazy concert - fire dancing,
pot galore, drunks... but expensive as all HELL. Not cheap by any means.
And did I mention it was 100 F@#KIng degrees when we got there.

5. Less Than Jake - HOB / SD (again). Great show, even though they
opened up for Reel Big Fish (it should have been the other way around).
Played a ton of great stuff and highlighted "Hello Rockview".
Not the best show I have seen them play but good.

6. The Police / FF - Dodger Stadium / LA: The big POLICE reunion show.
I had always said, if they got back together, I was there. I did. Eh....
Expensive. They sounded good for the most part. Some songs sounded better
than others - which I think is to be expected. Had pretty good seats
(for the price I should have been sitting on stage). For me the best
selling point was the Foo Fighters opening up. They played for an hour -
a very solid "rock" set.

White Stripes - Cancelled

Missed Shows:
Velvet Revolver
Foo Fighters @ Henry Ford
KROQ Inland Invasion