Some of you maybe unfamiliar with the lyrics to Gypsy Biker and Shut Out the Lights. Here they are:
Gypsy Biker
The speculators made their money
On the blood you shed
Your Mama's pulled the sheets up off your bed
The profiteers on Jane Street
Sold your shoes and clothes
Ain't nobody talking 'cause everybody knows
We pulled your cycle out of the garage
And polished up the chrome
Our Gypsy biker's comin' home
Sister Mary sits with your colors
Brother John is drunk and gone
This whole town's been rousted
Which side are you on
The favored march up over the hill
In some fools parade
Shoutin' victory for the righteous
But there ain't much here but graves
Ain't nobody talkin'
We're just waitin' on the phone
Our Gypsy biker is comin' home
We rode her into the foothills
Bobby brought the gasoline
We stood 'round her in a circle
As she lit up the ravine
The spring high desert wind
Rushed down on us all the way back home
To the dead it don't matter much
'Bout who's wrong or right
You asked me that question I didn't get it right
You slipped into your darkness
Now all that remains
Is my love for you brother
Lying still and unchanged
To them that threw you away
You ain't nothin' but gone
Our Gypsy biker is comin' home
Now I'm out countin' white lines
Countin' white lines and getting stoned
My Gypsy biker is coming home.
Shut Out the Light
The runway rushed up at him as he felt the wheels touch down
He stood out on the blacktop and took a taxi into town
He got out down on Main Street and went into a local bar
He bought a drink and found a seat in a corner off the dark
Well she called up her mama to make sure the kids were out of the house
She checked herself out in the dining room mirror
And undid an extra button on her blouse
He felt her lying next to him, the clock said 4:00 am
He was staring at the ceiling
He couldn't move his hands
CHORUS
Oh mama mama mama come quick
I've got the shakes and I'm gonna be sick
Throw your arms around me in the cold dark night
Hey now mama don't shut out the light
Don't you shut out the light
Don't you shut out the light
Don't you shut out the light
Don't you shut out the light
Well on his porch they stretched a banner that said "Johnny Welcome Home"
Bobby pulled his Ford out of the garage and they polished up the chrome
His mama said "Johnny oh Johnny, I'm so glad to have you back with me"
His pa said he was sure they'd give him his job back down at the factory
CHORUS
Well deep in a dark forest, a forest filled with rain
Beyond a stretch of Maryland pines there's a river without a name
In the cold black water Johnson Lineir stands
He stares across the lights of the city and dreams of where he's been
CHORUS
Wednesday, October 31, 2007
Gypsy Biker/Shut Out the Light comparison
I found this comparision of two of my favorite Springsteen songs, Gypsy Biker and Shut Out the Light. I liked the article, so... SWIPE!
For nearly 35 years Bruce Springsteen has been singing about the American working class, in his anthems of hope and redemption. Throughout his long and successful career, he has become not only one of popular music's most celebrated figures, but an American icon. As a songwriter, Springsteen is among Rock music's finest, a master storyteller whose songs often carry a political message that is not always obvious at first listen, but over time tends to seep in to the listener's conscience. Springsteen's latest release, 2007's Magic continues in this tradition, most notably with the sepia toned rocker Gypsy Biker, a song that in many ways can be viewed as an alternate take on the story Springsteen tells in his 1983 ballad Shut Out The Light. Though written nearly 25 years apart from one another, the two songs tell a chillingly similar story based around the same theme, though their structures and production are hardly alike. By the early 1980s, America had watched the aftermath of the Vietnam war bleed into their culture. The reality of the day began to take shape; after Vietnam, the U.S. would never again be the land of redemption for all of its people. As an artist who had made his name on the hopes and dreams of his country, this affected Springsteen not only on a personal level, but an artistic one as well. But like any great artist would, Springsteen took this harsh reality in stride and integrated it into his songs, where it would become an integral part of the work he would release in the following years. Shut Out The Light deals with the story of "a Vietnam veteran struggling to adjust to post-war life" (Graff, 46) through Johnson Leneir, a soldier returning home from war, and feeling completely adrift from reality. Fast forward twenty-four years, and Springsteen is still at it, with the War in Iraq nearly five years old, and most of the world still unsure as to why it began in the first place, Springsteen has found himself revisiting many of the themes he explored in the early 1980's. On the surface, Gypsy Biker appears to be a celebratory song, a welcome home to a relative who has been away. Upon closer examination, we find that it is actually a song of mourning, telling the story of a modern day soldier coming home from war, only this time lifeless, and in a casket. Above all, what Gypsy Biker shares with its 1980s' predecessor, is the subject matter that it is drawn from, the fact that the war America is fighting today often seems no different than the one that stole America's innocence in the 1960's. While the wars that these stories are drawn from may be the most obvious similarities between the two songs, the message they convey through their characters remains remarkably similar as well. Though the story of Gypsy Biker deals with a town's reaction to the death of one of its young men at war, the frustration felt by its characters is somewhat reminiscent of the sense of loss and confusion embodied within Johnson Lineir upon his return to his home town in Shut Out The Light. What makes Shut Out The Light so effective is the sense of aloneness Lineir seems trapped in throughout the song. The narrator's account of him entering a local bar where he "bought a drink and found a seat in the corner in the dark", accentuates to the listener that what may have originally appeared as solitude, is actually a feeling of extreme isolation. Similarly, in Gypsy Biker the fallen soldier's brother narrates a story that projects his grief and mourning. Though the song contains many characters, the lyric "Ain't nobody talkin', 'cause everybody knows, our gypsy biker's comin' home" confirms that though the characters may not be physically alone, their reaction to tragedy is much like that of Lineir's in Shut Out The Light. Just as Lineir had to struggle to get the courage to return home and no longer be alone in the physical sense, Gypsy Biker illustrates a family's struggle to find connection between one another in a time of pain. While the songs’ characters hold many similarities, there is an element far more obvious that makes for a unique link between these two tracks. That link is the repetition in Gypsy Biker of a line used in Shut Out The Light. In celebration of Johnson Lineir’s return, Springsteen sings “Bobby pulled your Ford out of the garage and polished up the chrome”. In Shut Out The Light, this line indicates what should be a happy moment for the pain stricken veteran, the sight of his beloved car being a symbol of the life his loved ones had been waiting for him to return to. However, when Springsteen sings “We pulled your cycle out of the garage and polished up the chrome” in Gypsy Biker, the line takes on a whole new meaning. What represented an act of celebration and kindness in Shut Out The Light is turned into a sad memorial for a fallen loved one. While Lineir’s Ford represented the life of freedoms he was expected to return to, the Gypsy Biker’s motorcycle stands as merely a piece of a man’s memory, being polished up in tribute to his life. These contrasting vantage points work as a haunting reminder of the harsh reality a country at war. Though the songs share many similarities thematically, their contrasting song structures are what set them apart from one another. While both songs are written in a narrative, folk influenced style, the major contrariety between the two songs' structures is the lack of a chorus in Gypsy Biker. To a first time listener, the haunting chorus of Shut Out The Light acts as a net to pull the audience further into the song. "Mama come quick, I've got the shakes and I'm gonna be sick" sings Springsteen, "Throw your arms around me in the cold dark night, Hey now Mama don't shut out the light". When this gripping chorus makes its first appearance at the one minute mark of the song, any listener who was unsure of whether or not the story was about to become a happy one, gets a wake up call. The painful ambience grows with every return to the chorus, becoming more and more powerful each time. In contrast, Gypsy Biker's lack of a hook as poignant as the one found in Shut Out The Light results in a tone less easily defined. Though the refrain "Our gypsy biker's comin' home" repeats at the end of each verse, it's repetition is much less insightful towards the song's theme than that of the chorus in Shut Out The Light. As a result, in combination with Springsteen's gritty, near mumbled vocal stylings, Gypsy Biker must be listened to far more carefully than Shut Out The Light in order to understand the full picture being created by the artist. Nevertheless, song structure is not the only major difference between the two songs; their contrasting styles of production push them towards two different genres of music all together. The dark lyrics of Shut Out The Light are accompanied by a stark arrangement "built on simple chord changes" (Sawyers, 212) played on acoustic guitars that transcribe the dark aura of the song's story into musical form. With this approach, Springsteen successfully recreates the sombre tone he mastered on 1982's critically acclaimed Nebraska, where his minimalistic approach to production complimented the message of his songs. The lack of major production on Shut Out The Light not only helps to create a mood that compliments the rest of the song, but it allows the listener to easily hear every word the singer sings, pulling the listener in with every syllable. On the contrary, Gypsy Biker takes the exact opposite approach. While Shut Out The Light recalls Folk music of the 1930's, Gypsy Biker is hard driving Rock and Roll sung by an artist on a mission. Backed by the mighty E Street Band, the song explodes into a guitar driven fury after the first verse, with Max Weinberg's drums plowing like a steam engine behind a lyric that fills the listener with a yearning for revenge. The intensity of lines like "To the dead it don't matter much, 'bout who's wrong or right" are matched by dueling guitar solos from Springsteen and Steven Van Zandt that are just as gripping as the hushed acoustics in Shut Out The Light. Though they may be polar opposites in the Springsteen canon as far as production goes, these two songs create their own unique intensity by using two completely different approaches. In conclusion, Shut Out The Light and Gypsy Biker are both similar and contrary at once. Though their story lines and characters share much in common, their production and structure are hardly related. As equally chilling tales of loss, anger and frustration, what makes these songs so remarkable is the artist. It has become rather rare in today's music scene to find an artist 35 years in to his career as a singer-songwriter that can still write lyrics as moving as he did 25 years earlier, while managing to taking a new approach to performance and production. Then again, if you look closely, Bruce Springsteen has been evolving artistically since the inception of his career, it should be no surprise that he is continuing to do so today.
For nearly 35 years Bruce Springsteen has been singing about the American working class, in his anthems of hope and redemption. Throughout his long and successful career, he has become not only one of popular music's most celebrated figures, but an American icon. As a songwriter, Springsteen is among Rock music's finest, a master storyteller whose songs often carry a political message that is not always obvious at first listen, but over time tends to seep in to the listener's conscience. Springsteen's latest release, 2007's Magic continues in this tradition, most notably with the sepia toned rocker Gypsy Biker, a song that in many ways can be viewed as an alternate take on the story Springsteen tells in his 1983 ballad Shut Out The Light. Though written nearly 25 years apart from one another, the two songs tell a chillingly similar story based around the same theme, though their structures and production are hardly alike. By the early 1980s, America had watched the aftermath of the Vietnam war bleed into their culture. The reality of the day began to take shape; after Vietnam, the U.S. would never again be the land of redemption for all of its people. As an artist who had made his name on the hopes and dreams of his country, this affected Springsteen not only on a personal level, but an artistic one as well. But like any great artist would, Springsteen took this harsh reality in stride and integrated it into his songs, where it would become an integral part of the work he would release in the following years. Shut Out The Light deals with the story of "a Vietnam veteran struggling to adjust to post-war life" (Graff, 46) through Johnson Leneir, a soldier returning home from war, and feeling completely adrift from reality. Fast forward twenty-four years, and Springsteen is still at it, with the War in Iraq nearly five years old, and most of the world still unsure as to why it began in the first place, Springsteen has found himself revisiting many of the themes he explored in the early 1980's. On the surface, Gypsy Biker appears to be a celebratory song, a welcome home to a relative who has been away. Upon closer examination, we find that it is actually a song of mourning, telling the story of a modern day soldier coming home from war, only this time lifeless, and in a casket. Above all, what Gypsy Biker shares with its 1980s' predecessor, is the subject matter that it is drawn from, the fact that the war America is fighting today often seems no different than the one that stole America's innocence in the 1960's. While the wars that these stories are drawn from may be the most obvious similarities between the two songs, the message they convey through their characters remains remarkably similar as well. Though the story of Gypsy Biker deals with a town's reaction to the death of one of its young men at war, the frustration felt by its characters is somewhat reminiscent of the sense of loss and confusion embodied within Johnson Lineir upon his return to his home town in Shut Out The Light. What makes Shut Out The Light so effective is the sense of aloneness Lineir seems trapped in throughout the song. The narrator's account of him entering a local bar where he "bought a drink and found a seat in the corner in the dark", accentuates to the listener that what may have originally appeared as solitude, is actually a feeling of extreme isolation. Similarly, in Gypsy Biker the fallen soldier's brother narrates a story that projects his grief and mourning. Though the song contains many characters, the lyric "Ain't nobody talkin', 'cause everybody knows, our gypsy biker's comin' home" confirms that though the characters may not be physically alone, their reaction to tragedy is much like that of Lineir's in Shut Out The Light. Just as Lineir had to struggle to get the courage to return home and no longer be alone in the physical sense, Gypsy Biker illustrates a family's struggle to find connection between one another in a time of pain. While the songs’ characters hold many similarities, there is an element far more obvious that makes for a unique link between these two tracks. That link is the repetition in Gypsy Biker of a line used in Shut Out The Light. In celebration of Johnson Lineir’s return, Springsteen sings “Bobby pulled your Ford out of the garage and polished up the chrome”. In Shut Out The Light, this line indicates what should be a happy moment for the pain stricken veteran, the sight of his beloved car being a symbol of the life his loved ones had been waiting for him to return to. However, when Springsteen sings “We pulled your cycle out of the garage and polished up the chrome” in Gypsy Biker, the line takes on a whole new meaning. What represented an act of celebration and kindness in Shut Out The Light is turned into a sad memorial for a fallen loved one. While Lineir’s Ford represented the life of freedoms he was expected to return to, the Gypsy Biker’s motorcycle stands as merely a piece of a man’s memory, being polished up in tribute to his life. These contrasting vantage points work as a haunting reminder of the harsh reality a country at war. Though the songs share many similarities thematically, their contrasting song structures are what set them apart from one another. While both songs are written in a narrative, folk influenced style, the major contrariety between the two songs' structures is the lack of a chorus in Gypsy Biker. To a first time listener, the haunting chorus of Shut Out The Light acts as a net to pull the audience further into the song. "Mama come quick, I've got the shakes and I'm gonna be sick" sings Springsteen, "Throw your arms around me in the cold dark night, Hey now Mama don't shut out the light". When this gripping chorus makes its first appearance at the one minute mark of the song, any listener who was unsure of whether or not the story was about to become a happy one, gets a wake up call. The painful ambience grows with every return to the chorus, becoming more and more powerful each time. In contrast, Gypsy Biker's lack of a hook as poignant as the one found in Shut Out The Light results in a tone less easily defined. Though the refrain "Our gypsy biker's comin' home" repeats at the end of each verse, it's repetition is much less insightful towards the song's theme than that of the chorus in Shut Out The Light. As a result, in combination with Springsteen's gritty, near mumbled vocal stylings, Gypsy Biker must be listened to far more carefully than Shut Out The Light in order to understand the full picture being created by the artist. Nevertheless, song structure is not the only major difference between the two songs; their contrasting styles of production push them towards two different genres of music all together. The dark lyrics of Shut Out The Light are accompanied by a stark arrangement "built on simple chord changes" (Sawyers, 212) played on acoustic guitars that transcribe the dark aura of the song's story into musical form. With this approach, Springsteen successfully recreates the sombre tone he mastered on 1982's critically acclaimed Nebraska, where his minimalistic approach to production complimented the message of his songs. The lack of major production on Shut Out The Light not only helps to create a mood that compliments the rest of the song, but it allows the listener to easily hear every word the singer sings, pulling the listener in with every syllable. On the contrary, Gypsy Biker takes the exact opposite approach. While Shut Out The Light recalls Folk music of the 1930's, Gypsy Biker is hard driving Rock and Roll sung by an artist on a mission. Backed by the mighty E Street Band, the song explodes into a guitar driven fury after the first verse, with Max Weinberg's drums plowing like a steam engine behind a lyric that fills the listener with a yearning for revenge. The intensity of lines like "To the dead it don't matter much, 'bout who's wrong or right" are matched by dueling guitar solos from Springsteen and Steven Van Zandt that are just as gripping as the hushed acoustics in Shut Out The Light. Though they may be polar opposites in the Springsteen canon as far as production goes, these two songs create their own unique intensity by using two completely different approaches. In conclusion, Shut Out The Light and Gypsy Biker are both similar and contrary at once. Though their story lines and characters share much in common, their production and structure are hardly related. As equally chilling tales of loss, anger and frustration, what makes these songs so remarkable is the artist. It has become rather rare in today's music scene to find an artist 35 years in to his career as a singer-songwriter that can still write lyrics as moving as he did 25 years earlier, while managing to taking a new approach to performance and production. Then again, if you look closely, Bruce Springsteen has been evolving artistically since the inception of his career, it should be no surprise that he is continuing to do so today.
Saturday, October 27, 2007
So what else has been happening?
The short answer is Baby.
On October 6, while I was in Philly, Teri had a Baby Shower at home. It went well and I thank everyone who came to the shower. Everything that was received was great! And we really appreciate it all.
So I got home, and it's time to get the Rebbecca's room together. First step was cleaning it out. This was actually accomplished in September (for the most part). Then Teri wanted to paint the room. Initially she picked a yellow color. I wasn't too wild about this and we went to Walmart and agreed on a lavender color. This worked out much better with the blue carpet. That being settled, the furniture needed to be assembled. We did one piece together, but this was a good thing to have Teri's parents involved. So we picked an evening and we assembled all of the furniture.
This past weekend, my sister and brother-in-law came over and painted. This really wasn't my thing, and it was theirs, so I worked on creating a DVD for my sister. You have to know your skills. My sister actually ended up coming over Thursday-Sunday. Between painting, and playing cards. Finally the room was painted and dried. The next step was putting up the wall mural. This done, we put the furniture in it's proper place. All done there too. You can see the results from the picture below. I think everything worked out pretty well. Now we are waiting on the guest of honor.
The weigh in
On Monday, 10/22, Teri went for her last, detailed, sonogram. There was concern for about a week that the baby had turned to a breach position. Monday the sonogram revieled that she flipped back to the correct position. Also they gave a current weight estimate. With a month to go, Rebbecca weighs 7 lbs, 13 oz. They expect her to gain about a half pound a week from this point on. So we are looking at a 10 pound bundle of joy!
Thursday, October 18, 2007
Philly Road Trip!
It's a boys-weekend-out in Philadelphia! The Donk and I got tickets to the Springsteen shows in Philly for October 5 and 6. And it was a great time!
October 5 show
We got up a little later then expected, showered, checked out of the hotel and went to IHOP for breakfast about Noon. While at the IHOP, there were a bunch of Bruce fans. A group of women from Florida and some other points in the south, in town for a Girls Weekend. After breakfast, Donk and I went downtown. He wanted to pick up a couple cigars at a tobacco shop that we eventually found.
October 5 show
He was running a little late, so we didn't make it up to Philly quite as early as hoped, but nothing major. I was meeting someone who I had a pair of tickets for. As it turned out, we checked into the hotel and they met us on the way into the arena. No fuss, no muss.
And the show was a much better time then in Asbury. Probably for the simple fact that it was air conditioned and the set was a little tighter. Nothing major happened.
A little about the show. The revamped Reason to Believe is just incredible! The crowd really gets into it! In Asbury Bruce got a little chatty about politics and the war. I agree 100% with Bruce, but give me a break for 3 hours. I'm not one of those Republicans who will tell him to shut up and sing, but just let the music do the talkin'. In Philly he did tone it down a bit. This made the songs that reference these things that much better.Here is the setlist and picture from the show:
Radio Nowhere
No Surrender
Lonesome Day
Gypsy Biker
Magic
Reason to Believe
Candy's Room
She's the One
Livin' in the Future
The Promised Land
Brilliant Disguise
My Hometown
Darlington County
Devil's Arcade
The Rising
Last to Die
Long Walk Home
Badlands
* * *
Girls in Their Summer Clothes
Thundercrack
Born to Run
Waitin' on a Sunny Day
American Land
We got up a little later then expected, showered, checked out of the hotel and went to IHOP for breakfast about Noon. While at the IHOP, there were a bunch of Bruce fans. A group of women from Florida and some other points in the south, in town for a Girls Weekend. After breakfast, Donk and I went downtown. He wanted to pick up a couple cigars at a tobacco shop that we eventually found.
Then it was off to do the Philly steak thing. If you aren't familiar with this, Philly Cheese Steaks are the big thing in Philly. And two of the best are right down the block from each other. We parked and walked down the street. On the way we asked some locals which one, they recommended Geno's, and that's where we went. This place was very popular! You can see from the picture that folks line up for them. Donk got his steak, we walked down the street and I got pizza at a J&J Pizza and that was dinner/lunch.
We arrived a lot earlier then the previous night and checked out the tail-gating scene and all of the other goings on. Pretty typical of what we usually see at a Bruce show. One thing that is being pushed is E-Street Radio that is on Sirius satellite currently, and its a smart thing for Sirius to promote. 
Finally the show gets underway! We knew this was going to be special when Bruce opened with Night! This is a great opener, and for the first time on the tour, he opened with something other then Radio Nowhere. And the show just got better from there. When he did Reason to Believe, the crowd really got into it, the energy level really sky-rocketed at this point! Then came Pati's A Town Called Heartbreak. Better known as a Town called Piss-Break. We bolted to the bathroom, and a good timing. We got back just as Incident started! Cadillac Ranch was a total audible, and a good time had by all. At the break for the encore, a lot of people held their cell phones up. And it made for a neat view. This is in contrast with Asbury, where they were practially band from the arena. Bruce even noticed this when he came back out and said something like, "...that looks real nice..." We raced out during American Land and got a jump on traffic to wrap up a fun weekend!
Again, setlist and pictures from the show:
Night
Radio NowhereProve It All Night
Gypsy Biker Magic
Reason to Believe The Ties That Bind
She's the OneLivin' in the Future
The Promised LandTown Called Heartbreak
Incident on 57th Street
Cadillac Ranch
Devil's ArcadeThe Rising
Last to DieLong Walk Home
Badlands* * *
Girls in Their Summer ClothesThundercrack
Born to RunDancing in the Dark
American LandTuesday, October 16, 2007
Van Halen!!
And a continuous busy week, it's time for another reunion, this time, VAN HALEN!!!
On October 1, the Donk and I got a pair in Philly this time out, and it was a very enjoyable evening. They did all of the classics, and I was very happy with the show. I didn't get any pictures. There are some stock pictures below, and here is the setlist:
You Really Got Me
I'm The One
Runnin' With The Devil
Romeo Delight
Somebody Get Me A Doctor
Beautiful Girls
Dance The Night Away
Atomic Punk
Everybody Wants Some
So This Is Love
Mean Street
Pretty Woman
Drum Solo
Unchained
I'll Wait
...And The Cradle Will Rock
Hot For Teacher
Little Dreamer
Little Guitars
Jamie's Cryin'
Ice Cream Man
Panama
Guitar Solo
Ain't Talkin''Bout Love
1984
Jump
Unlike Springsteen, this is the set for the whole tour. To this point, nothing has changed. But for the first time seeing it, much fun was had.
Monday, October 15, 2007
Bruce in Asbury Park!
The Fall Tour rolls on! This time a rehearsal show of Bruce and the E Street Band in Asbury Park, NJ!
On September 25, Teri and I are off to see Bruce on his home turf in Asbury Park. I wanted to take Teri as she won't be able to make any shows later this year with the baby either being so close or already here. The drive up went fine and I met the folks that I had planned to exchange my floor seats with regular seats. All in all it worked out fine. To this point.
Once inside we discovered that the tickets that they gave me were actually seats, not GA as I was told on the phone. We got these swapped after a little delay, and everything worked out fine. But then there was the heat! I knew from Donk, who went the night before, that it was hot, but it was MISERABLE! Luckily we had seats near an exit, and were able to take a couple breaks, but it was really bad for Teri. In the end, everything worked out okay.
The other thing that was really annoying was that the security guards were VERY over zealous in their attempt to keep people from using their cell phones... Get with the 21st century people! Documenting an experience with a cell phone is what people do! It became really distracting during the show with these guys running up and down the aisle being the cell phone cops.
As for the show itself, the setlist was a little rough, and the heat really put a damper on having as much fun as I like to have at a show. Here are a couple pictures.
And finally, the setlist from the evening.
Radio Nowhere
Prove It All Night
Lonesome Day
Gypsy Biker
Magic
Night
She's The One
Living In The Future
The Promised Land
Town Called heartbreak
Darlington County
Born in the USA
Devil's Arcade
The Rising
Last To Die
Long Walk Home
Balands
Girls in Summer Clothes
Thundercrack
Born To Run
American Land
And finally, the setlist from the evening.
Radio Nowhere
Prove It All Night
Lonesome Day
Gypsy Biker
Magic
Night
She's The One
Living In The Future
The Promised Land
Town Called heartbreak
Darlington County
Born in the USA
Devil's Arcade
The Rising
Last To Die
Long Walk Home
Balands
Girls in Summer Clothes
Thundercrack
Born To Run
American Land
Sunday, October 14, 2007
Walking with Dinosaurs
On September 22, my Mother, nephew Tyler, and I went to the performance of Walking with Dinosaurs at the Verizon Center in DC. Maybe I was hoping for a little more, but it really wasn't that entertaining. I know it was made for kids, Tyler is 8 and he was kind of bored with the whole thing. He enjoyed the trip down to Washington, but he really didn't seem very interested in the show itself.
In any case, I did take some pictures and the slide show is below.
In any case, I did take some pictures and the slide show is below.
Aerosmith, 9/16/07
The Donk and I went to the Aerosmith show on 9/16 (I know, its been nearly a month since I've posted). The show was great and it was made even sweeter by seeing the show for less than half price! I took a bunch of pictures of Joan Jett and Aerosmith for you to checkout.
All in all, it was a good time, and this kicked off the Fall Tour. The Summer Tour wrapped up with The David Wayne Band at Young-fest 2007.
All in all, it was a good time, and this kicked off the Fall Tour. The Summer Tour wrapped up with The David Wayne Band at Young-fest 2007.
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