7/27/04 Portland, Oregon

Post by **Squirrelygirl** » Tue Jul 27, 2004 11:38 pm

Yeah! Let's hear it for the crew bus!!

I'd say "have a blast tonight", but I know you will anyway. Al and the guys don't realize how much of my sanity they saved. In my book, they're divine O-)

sg

Post by **scottidog** » Wed Jul 28, 2004 8:21 am

Short version: Even with the technical difficulties, our guys showed what great musicians they are. More details when we get to a computer that doesn't suck.

Meet and Greet according to the usual rules.

Scottidog and OE

Post by **scottidog** » Wed Jul 28, 2004 8:23 am

Skip had to "skip" an Anakin wannabe off the stage. Band onstage, fans in seats-- it's just better that way.

Post by **algonacchick** » Wed Jul 28, 2004 8:25 am

Sorry to hear there were technical problems, but I'm sure our boys still rocked! Hope you get a better computer. Must...know...more...details! Cool about the meet and greet!

Patti

Post by **scottidog** » Wed Jul 28, 2004 8:25 am

This is OE.. I bought the band T, so I can sleep with the band and not inconvenience anybody.

Post by **algonacchick** » Wed Jul 28, 2004 8:26 am

hehe, cute, OE. Very cute!

sounds like you and Bobbi had a good time!

Post by **Driew_La_27** » Wed Jul 28, 2004 10:17 am

Well just got back home.

Man, I'm blown away at how good TBITB are! In the beginning of the concert, right after AWBP, they had to stop for a seconds to figure out what the problem was and fix it, so Al had Steve do a "solo". During like um P@TLC, I could tell Al wasn't pleased with the technical difficulties. Also during the CP Intro while Ruben was playing his keyboard just cut out from him. No sounds would come out for about a minute. I loved the way Ruben reacted though.

Anyways the band sat there for a sec and then Jim started to play his part and Al came on and started rapping. It sounded weird without the keyboard but it eventually started working again. But they pulled through it! There was a M&G, but with rules of just a sig.

Here's a short summary as I can't process everything at the moment.

That morning at 9am Al was on a local TV show. It was a nice little interview. Some questions were asked from the audience. And Al wasn't wearing ANY vans!

He was wearing sandles.

It was funny because somone had asked him if he was sponsered by the Vans company....... Also on Monday night Al said he went to a BNL concert. He said it was a lot of fun.

We arrived at Keller Auditorium at about 4:20pm. Bobbi was already there, walking around. So we meet up with her and "chit-chat". We had plans of all six of us to eat dinner together. Those fell apart. Vikki and Jordan were late so my dad and I just ate at Quiznos. Bobbi got a lot of signatures of the Hall of Fame. Al's Gigantic tour bus was out front. Very nice. Here's a picture of the bus. And another view of it.

Let's see during AWBP, the video in the background was all messed up. So they stopped playing the video. Then Jim turned around and pointed down as if something was wrong.

Sound was a little messed up.

Then came P@TLC, sound still messed up. But still good.

Then Al was telling us about the technical difficulties and such and that he was very sorry. He also said to hold on for a sec while they fixed some thing.......

No Horoscope.

But as Al was talking about the difficulties the phone began to ring. And Al had a look as is it wasn't time to do this song yet. But I loved how he played with it.

I guess it was time for ACS, but I got confused.

I guess Skip came out right after P@ALC to tell them that they're going to do ACS next.

Melanie, um sound still a little screwy, but I loved how he tightened it up.

I believe they did Last Train to Clarksville . I love how Al spent about 2 minutes asking the crowd. Someone ran up to the stage and was trying to hand Al something. And Al took it and threw it backstage. Turns out after the show that that person was trying to get Al to sign the cover slip of RWS.

One More Minute. Very nicely done. When Al came down into the crowd during OMM, Bobbi immediately stood up and was begging to Al to sing to her. But unfortunately she was in a bad seat for Al to get to.

Then came Dog Eat Dog. Same ol' same old with this song. Nothing happened here that I can remember of.

Next up was IAATP. Very nicely done. Sound is getting better. In fact by now it was fixed. I love this Al snarl though. I noticed during this song and before that Ruben was wearing shorts.

Then Wanna B Ur Lovr was up. I personally love this song live. Here's a blurry shirt of Al unbuttoning his shirt.

Trash Day. Very good. Not much to say about this one....... Only good shot of Trash Day

Then the medley. Very high energy for the medley. Steve playing the recorder (

) in Free Delivery. Another shot for Free Delivery. A Jim Shot. Ed is given the "look!" A nice accordion shot.

Al sighing......

Then came SLN. Nicely done. Not sure what to say....... um the cheerleaders were nice.....

Bobbi and Helen both get soaked in Al spit/water.

AP........ hmmm very fun.

CP. Here's where it gets interesting. Okay here's what happened. Ruben's playing HIS intro, HIS shining moment. And guess what happens. It shuts down on him! You should've seen the look on his face. Poor guy. Apparently after the show while we were waiting for Al to come out Ruben came out and went directly to a bar.

Very funny. But it sounded weird without the piano for the first couple of lines. But Jim and Bermuda just continued on. WTG, guys! Some CP pics and another one.

Then Fat. Very cool. But apparently no one in Portland, besides us 6, knew the motions to this song. When Al jumped only about 6 of us actually bounced up.

Everyone in Denver did it....... Oh well.

Now came TSB. Very well sang and such. Held Heeeeeeeeeeeeeeee's very a long time too. But during the beginning of the song some idiot kid ran up ONTO THE DAMN STAGE and yelled "I LOVE YOU AL!" Al payed no attention to him and continued to sing. It took awhile for Skip/Ed (not sure.

) to actually come out. But when he did he took a FIRM grasp of the kids arm and threw him off the stage. Oh well.

Then Yoda came up. Very fun and cool. Yoda Chant good as always. I sang along pretty well to the chant.

Then after the show I met up with Bobbi, Helen, Vikki, and Jordan and we chat for awhile then head outside. We're all in a mess so some guards tell us to line up against the wall. So we do. Then Skip comes out and tells us Al will come and visit us, but to follow the three rules. Bobbi was right before. So she had Al sign an ALcalendar. Al was very impressed with it. Then OE had AL sign something and then she gave him a picture of when they stick his picture up on some gum wall. Al loved it A LOT. After OE left, Al just stared at it said to me, "That's very cool, huh?" I was in shock that he was talking to me. Anyways I had Al sign my copy of the calendar (THANKS Bobbi!). He said those were very cool. I was in total shock! Anyways here are some pics. Number 1 Number 2!

Then I had to say goodbye to everyone.

It was nice meeting you guys! It was a GREAT evening. Probably me best evening of my life!

Well this is all that I can think of for tonight. Sorry. B)

Post by **Driew_La_27** » Wed Jul 28, 2004 10:21 am

algonacchick @ Jul 27 2004, 12:53 PM wrote: Oh, and Driew, please tell us all about this tv show Al was on this morning! Anyway I can get a copy?

Yeah. Once Bobbi gives me back my copy of the tape.

I gave her my Al tape so that she could see the Wayne Brady show and today's interview.

CatraDhtem · Post by **CatraDhtem** » Wed Jul 28, 2004 10:32 am

scottidog @ Jul 28 2004, 02:23 AM wrote: Skip had to "skip" an Anakin wannabe off the stage.

As in younger, smaller, should-know-better Anakin or teenage, geeky, troublemaker Anakin?

Speaking of the Rock Hall petition, did anyone listen to KVMX in the morning? They told me they'd mention it when promoting the concert.

Post by **algonacchick** » Wed Jul 28, 2004 12:10 pm

Great review, Driew! So glad you got to meet Al! Isn't he cool? Nice pics with him, btw. A few notes on your review: Bobbi said they played "Last Train to Clarksville", and that's Ed Al is giving "the look" to, not Skip. Also, that is a recorder that Steve is playing, not a clarinet. hehe! Thanks for sharing the concert pics. I like that Pentiums snarl, too! hehe! Too bad your pic of Bobbi is so dark. I can't really see her. Well, I'm sure you're still in shock from meeting Al. hehe, cute how you said you couldn't believe he was talking to you. He's nice like that.

Well, I have to get Derek ready for school now. Just thought I'd pop in to see any reviews. Thanks again, Driew!

Patti

P.S. That gum wall that Bobbi and OE stuck a pic of Al to last year is none other than Bubble Gum Alley, which is mentioned in Al's song, "SLO Town". I can understand why he liked the picture of the picture. It's a pretty famous landmark.