06/29/08 Ventura, CA: Ventura Theatre

Post by **like_im_27again** » Mon Jun 09, 2008 6:33 am

Aww--so sorry we won't get to see you and meet your girlfriend, but that summer job sounds AWESOME! Keep us updated throughout the summer if you can spare a few minutes every so often. Congrats!
Vikki

Post by **TMBJon** » Tue Jun 10, 2008 9:53 am

If anyone is looking to save money, I have two tickets I am willing to sell at a discount (story above). PM me to discuss.
-Jon

Post by **M_Robertcop** » Sun Jun 29, 2008 12:37 pm

So who all is going to be there tomorrow? I'll be there with pink poodle in hand! (However I was unable to make my pumpkin cookies due to my husband not having an oven in his apartment.)

dwainem · Post by **dwainem** » Sun Jun 29, 2008 11:48 pm

Anyone need a ticket?

Dwaine

Mon Jun 30, 2008 4:36 pm

I got into tiown in plenty of time for this one, thank goodness. Good Thai dinner with some of the Usual Suspects before the show, and good concert. If a half-concert is still worth it (reference Henderson) a whole concert is just totally worth it. Very pretty Art Deco theater with a serious sound system; we wound up in the third balcony (that was where GA could sit down; the second balcony was GA standing only) and the bass was making the floor shake. It's fun to get the bird's-eye view of a concert from time to time. Al was being pretty interactive with the audience, although the person in whose face he stuck the mike during the Yoda chorus didn't exactly make the most of his or her opportunity for a solo.

Sixteen kinds of donuts and a false re-start during Albuquerque-- and did I hear him call Zelda "sucrose asparagus" or was it just hard to hear correctly from the balcony?

I hope by now the venue cleaning staff has forgiven Al for all those red and white paper streamers he left hanging from their lighting rig.

And, for the cherry on the top of the sundae, a bus-side M&G afterward.

Post by **algonacchick** » Tue Jul 01, 2008 3:58 am

Thanks for the report. Helen. Glad you were able to see the whole show this time! Sounds like a nice theatre. Also, great that there was a M&G!

I saw Al from the balcony at the Potter Center in 2004. It was kinda cool to see the concert from there.

Ambra · Post by **Ambra** » Tue Jul 01, 2008 5:00 am

I'm glad you finally got to see a whole show too! I'm going to be in the balcony section at the Richmond show--at 5'3" standing only floor concerts don't really work for me since more than likely, someone taller than me is going to blocking the view unless I'm right up at the stage. Plus my mom is coming with me and I doubt she's going to want to stand for over 2 hours. I figure the balcony will give me a great opportunity to get some shots of the whole stage and Al with the band. The camera has 12x optical zoom too so maybe I can get some decent individual shots of Al and the guys too.

Congrats on the meet and greet too! I'm keeping my fingers crossed for one in Richmond and/or Columbus.

Tue Jul 01, 2008 9:28 am

Well, I couldn't see this one, and I'm really upset, especially because it was the only one close enough to my house, but I'm glad you had a great time and a meet and greet!