Today is the day the FOO FIGHTERS release Greatest Hits (volume 1),which includes All My Life, Best Of You, Everlong,
The Pretender,My Hero, Learn To Fly. Times Like These, Monkeywrench, Big Me, Breakout, Long Road To Ruin, This is a Call,
Skin and Bones, as well as two NEW tracks - Wheels & Word Forward.
There is a Standard and Deluxe version that has a DVD. I have been getting my FF fill the last week. Missed out on the
VH1 Storytellers (which airs on VH1 Nov 27th for extended Thanksgiving goodness!!!), but caught the 2.5 Hour Online show -
Live from Studio 606 and have watched it twice and got a copy of the music from it. KICK ASS!!!!!
In case you didn't know, the FOO are my favorite band of all time and I feel EXTREMELY lucky to have seen them 12 times
(and counting, and hope to see them as many times in the next 15 years (how many years they have been around).
ALSO today, Nirvana - Live at Reading and the re-issue of BLEACH come out.
For your enjoyment:
HERE is a great retrospective of the Foo on Yahoo!
HERE is the Nissan LIVE! show me and Spork attended 2 years ago.
HERE is a Brief Retrospective video on the band.
HERE is a CNN story on the band.
HERE is the Walmart Soundcheck concert from 2008
ENJOY!!!!!!!
So, I was fortunate enough to see Them Crooked Vultures in Boston
on my Birthday Extravaganza with LT. So AWESOME!!!!
Then I got news after I got back about a TOP SECRET invite only
Foo Fighters show that they were taping for VH1 Storytellers. So I,
like any Foo Fanatic applied once I got the info. I also passed it
onto my closest FF friends that have helped me in the past.
GREAT NEWS - my fanatical friend Don was picked!!
Bad news - No invite for this guy. Extremely bummed for a week
but happy for everyone that gets to go.
I have been VERY fortunate on the times I have gotten to see the Foo,
including 2 exclusive invites that wouldn't have happened without
great friends.
Missed Opportunities sometimes make better stories... at least that
is what I keep telling myself. Oh well.
BOSTON TRIP - PART 4
Sunday was fun. Lunch was at one of the oldest restaurants in America
- Ye Old Union Oyster House for full authentic New England seafood. [ LINK ]
We walked around the North End a bit more, then jumped a train to Harvard
for an Octoberfest - College style. Food, Booths, Bands, Parades, Booze...
the whole works. LT was feeling under the weather so we went back to the hotel
to rest. While she was hanging out, I walked part of the Charles River, down
Newbury for more shopping, through the Boston Garden/Common and back.
People were out in force enjoying the day! Had the opportunity to shoot more of
the city. It was windy and cool like fall weather should be, but nice in the sun.
After a nap and some baseball (Red Sox vs Angels) & football watching, it was off to
our culmination of the trip - a concert by THEM CROOKED VULTURES, the new
super group of Dave Grohl (Foo Fighters), Josh Homme (Queens of the Stone Age /
Eagles of Death Metal) and John Paul Jones (Led Zeppelin.... YES, that Led Zeppelin!!!).
[ LINK ]
They sounded amazing and rocked the house! No album (yet) and I heard there is
an LA show and their album dropping November 17th!
Then it was back to the hotel for some sleep because we had a early
day and a shit-ton of flying ahead. (Total travel time on Monday - 12 hours!)
Overall, a great trip!!! One that I will soon not forget.
[ Day 4 Pixs ]
BOSTON TRIP - PART 3 - in the PM
Dressed to the t's, we took the train downtown and walked a couple
of blocks over to the restaurant. It was perfect chilly fall weather.
Grill 23 was a high-end steakhouse that was boisterous and a lot
of fun [ LINK ]. Our table was late so we grabbed a drink at the bar.
(NOTE: overall drink prices - very reasonable in Boston)
We were seated a half hour late. Oh my god - the service and food
was spectacular! I had my first experience with a Kobe Beef steak,
a nice 10oz cut prepared exquisitely. Lauren had the 14oz Dry Aged
Ribeye that was also extremely good. The meat was so juicy and
basically melted in your mouth. The sides come separate so we had an
order of Asparagus. Overall, a 5 Star meal. HIGHLY recommended!!!
While we were eating, I'm pretty sure I saw Kevin Garnett leaving
the place. [ WHO ? ]
(Lobby at the Liberty Hotel)
We were full and it was late so we hopped a cab back to the hotel.
What didn't readily realize was our hotel was a "scene" on Friday and
Saturday nights. Between the lobby, lobby bar and BAR ALABI it was
packed! There was an hour wait to get in (we bypassed the line because
were hotel guests). LT & myself grabbed drinks at the lobby bar but
wanted to get out of our nice clothes. As we approached the elevator
bank, there was a commotion of women and pictures which we soon
realized was Tom Cruise taking pictures with people!!!
(Yes, THAT Tom Cruise)
We didn't have cameras or phones on us, so we decided it wasn't worth
the hassle, so we watched the melee for a minute then walked over and
waited for the elevator. While we were there, Tom and his entourage
approached. I said to Lauren she should say "HI" but as she was explaining
that she didn't want to be another one of the "WHOO-HOO!" girls, I stuck
out my hand and said "Hey Tom, How's it going??" He answered "Good, Good".
As we shook hands, he said "Hi" to Lauren and she squeeked out a "Hi" back
to him. And a second later, he was whisked off in the service elevator.
Once we were in our room, we jumped around, called and text everyone!
After wards we headed back to the bar for another round of drinks then
it was off to bed.
BOSTON TRIP - PART 2
We woke from our deep slumber fresh & alert. Coffee and showers then off
to our 2nd hotel - The Liberty Hotel.
Once a prison, the Liberty was constructed and completed in 1851 and closed
in 1990. One word - AWESOME! [LINK] The place visually rocked. Architecture, History,
Design, Art... Every little detail was great.
We spent some time exploring the hotel then headed off into the city.
It was raining a little but not enough to stop us from being outside.
The hotel was next to a train station (very convenient) but we started
out walking Charles Street / Beacon Hill towards Boston Common & Garden.
We did some shopping on Newbury - the main shopping street. Headed to
the North End and Little Italy. Got Cannolis from Mike's Pastry (YUMMY!!!)
[ LINK ] Checked out the Old North Church, Paul Revere's statue and a lot of
historical monuments. Had drinks at Ye Ol' Green Dragon. Fun, Fun, Fun.
Back at the hotel - not so much fun. First, the hot water was out when
we were trying to get ready for dinner. When is the last time you were at
a 4-star hotel and no hot water in the whole hotel??!!! It sucked trying
to shave and clean-up with cold water, but we made the best of it.
We were eating at SCAMPO (Italian fused)in the hotel. At dinner we had
the WORST server that barely spoke english, was fat, slow and spent too
much time at certain tables (specifically not ours). We waited a good 10 -15
minutes before they asked for out drink order. Dinner was saved by the waited
working the table next to ours that saw we were frustrated. He ended up doing
out whole order. He got a nice separate tip from the bill.
The food and wine was great!! LT had the Lobster and I had the Kurobata
Pork Chop.Afterwards we went to the hotel bar in the lobby for drinks,
Red Sox game and people watching.
[ Day 2 Pixs ]
