We received a new year's day visit from a few bluebirds - a nice way to start the new decade.
Happy New Year!
We received our first snow of the season yesterday. Nothing more than an inch or so fell down here near the Delaware border. It's just enough to be festive, with minimal annoyance.
Sounds like a great greeting card: "Keep it festive, but don't annoy me. Happy Holidays."
Well, this is it. We're in Buffalo for the last stop of the E. Street Band's year-long "Working on a Dream" tour.
We've managed to make it to eight shows this year, including historic stops at Giants Stadium in Jersey and The Spectrum in Philly. And tonight we're shutting down our Springsteen caravan in the not-yet-snowy confines of Buffalo, NY.
Bruce and the E. Streeters are wrapping up the WOAD tour by going back to where it all began, with the first start-to-finish performance of their debut album: "Greetings From Asbury Park, NJ". Historically, just about anything goes during the final stop on an E. Street Band tour - and with an extended break of as long as two years expected for the band - we're guessing this one will be something special.
So now, for the last time...for a while.... it's the heart stoppin', earth quakin', booty shakin', viagra takin', history makin', Legendary E. Street Band.
Can we get a volunteer to come over to our place and rake the driveway? Anyone?
Guess it's fall. Literally.
By the way - Happy Halloween. Go Phillies!
What can we say that doesn't sound dickish? Amazing night. The final Bruce show at the Spectrum was 31 songs strong, clocking in at whopping 3 hrs & 20 minutes - longest of the tour.
The best E Street show we've EVER seen, and as you know - we've seen a
lot of 'em. Plus we were 6 seats over from Bruce's mom, Adele, which was very
cool. Last, but not least - Kasey got a handful of The Boss as he walked by, which means I'm off the hook for holiday gifts this year, 'cuz I'll never be able to top that moment for her.
If you can get to a Springsteen show or 12 before you die: do it. But get plenty of sleep before you go, because you'll probably be in for a late night.
In South Philly Monday night for the next-to-last show by the E. Street Band at the Spectrum (which, by the way, still bills itself as "America's Showplace". If the Spectrum is still America's showcase, this country has really gone down the crapper.)
Despite its sticky floors, claustrophobically-narrow concourse, and mysterious water on the bathroom floors (at least we hope it's water), the Spectrum remains a terrific venue to see a rock show. At the end of October, the process of tearing this old girl down begins. And I think that - in some strange way - we'll be sad to see her go.
But before the wrecking ball arrives, the E. Street Band will be taking the Spectrum stage one final time on Tuesday night. If the first three shows are any indication of what will happen tonight, we wouldn't miss it for all the warm beer and soft pretzels on Broad Street.
