Monday, December 25, 2006

Merry Christmas!



So This Is Christmas

So this is Christmas
And what have you done?
Another year over
And a new one just begun

And so this is Christmas
I hope you have fun
The near and the dear one
The old and the young.

A very Merry Christmas
And a Happy New Year
Let's hope it's a good one
Without any fear

And so this is Christmas
For weak and for strong
For rich and the poor ones
The road is so long

And so Happy Christmas
For black and for white
For yellow and red ones
Let's stop all the fight.

A very Merry Christmas
And a Happy New Year
Let's hope it's a good one
Without any fear

So this is Christmas
And what have you done?
Another year over
And a new one just begun

And so Happy Christmas
I hope you have fun
The near and the dear one
The old and the young.

A very Merry Christmas
And a Happy New Year
Let's hope it's a good one
Without any fear

War is over!
If you want it
War is over!
War is over, Now!

Friday, December 15, 2006

Could it be karma? Part I

The first time it happened, in Dublin last year, I just counted myself really really lucky. Having arrived at the Croke Park general admission line about 2.5 hours before the doors opened, we were waaaay behind people who had begun to 'queue' 2-3 days prior. The line itself was a thing to behold - people snaking through a poor neighborhood in North Dublin, from whence the U2 boys originally hailed. When the gates opened and the people poured through them, I expected to see at least half the GA section - on the pitch, as they say there - filled with people, and I would still be able to see from the back, considering the rising stage and 90-foot video screen...

But no - we walked/ran right up to the stage. Apparently security made a mistake in the order they let the different sections in. So I was in front of those poor peeps who had waited days. And I smelled a lot better.

And then, it happened again at Aloha Stadium (Honolulu). We got there dead last, there wasn't even room in the 'cages' for us to stand. We were to wait outside the cage and then enter it to follow the crowd in, sure to be behind the other 14,000 people who were obviously MUCH better fans. Now, we suffered a bit, walking back and forth being told different things by different security-type folk - all the while being serenaded by Pearl Jam doing their sound check - but that's another story. In fact, if we hadn't gotten the runaround, we would not have been dead last.



After escorting a crowd that obviously was led into the circle (done by first come and not the usual lottery), our wonderful security guards made a mistake and started with our little crew outside the cages. Yes, we were let in essentially, first. Still didn't realize it - that couldn't possibly happen again. But as we entered the stadium ("where are all the people?") - the people were almost ALL behind us.

Yes, we were right up by the stage again. In hour 3 of 12...

Part Deux later.

Sunday, December 03, 2006

Light of Day benefit (click)



The Light of Day fundraiser benefits Parkinson's Disease. Michael J Fox has become involved - in a weird circle of events, he was in the movie Light of Day, which was named for said Springsteen song (and written by a guy who went to my college- Paul Schrader). "Just around the corner to the light of day..."

Last night the show was in Sayreville, N.J. - Marah and Bruce both showed up. Sigh.

Yeah, Anna, go ahead and tell us how great it was.

Saturday, December 02, 2006

Favorite flicks in November

The Fountain
Running With Scissors
Sex and Lucia ( may move into my Top 10 )
Wordplay


Bleahhh

Nacho Libre