Nope. Not what you think. Like every 2nd summer Friday for more than a decade The Dawg and ever so deserving Dawgette are off to "The Bowl." Spoilt in youth by easy access to kulture I continue that outmoded concept of "The Arts." Tonight even one of my blog heros should be envious;
Rhythm and blues legend Gladys Knight brings the spirit of Las Vegas to the Hollywood Bowl stage on Friday, July 27 and Saturday, July 28, at 8:30 p.m. for two special concerts. Performing selections from her latest album, Before Me, an homage to the great legends of song, Knight headlines "Viva Las Vegas: An Evening with Gladys Knight" with the Los Angeles Philharmonic. Wayne Brady opens the program in his second stint on the Hollywood Bowl stage, performing new arrangements of Sammy Davis, Jr. songs. The evening closes with a Vegas-style finale complete with dazzling showgirls and fireworks.
Knight's extensive career spans more than 40 years beginning in the gospel choir and leading her to seven Grammy wins, and making her the ultimate soul songstress. She was recently seen performing on the top-rated "American Idol" in May, and her latest album, Before Me, was released in the fall of 2006 and includes covers such as "God Bless the Child," "Good Morning Heartache," and "The Man I Love".
Of course my "enemies" should be equally confounded by my lavish praise for transit Route 653 of the LAMTA. Comfort, convienence and cost effectiveness. What's not to like? Aye there's the rub.
9 comments:
first, murst, foremost.. leaving moist to MOCHA...ewww
I grew up in the LA area (foot of the mountains). I have gone to "The Bowl" several times.. starting around 1966 or so (I think it was Nutcracker Suite that time).
I moved away from the LA area when going to college. Some aspects of LA I liked, and some I definitely didn't.
I too have used buses to get to the Bowl many many times during the 90s and 2001, 2002 from Simi Valley ( I had to get to Canoga Park for the bus ) and from Pasadena.
Its always been really convenient - even the occasional crowding that occurs when they don't put on enough buses is kinda fun - people are very relaxed about it all - and not a surly bus employee in sight either !
And of course the Hollywood Bowl is a magical place for performances - two I especially recall are Fleetwood Mac and the Who - who continued their tour after John Entwhistle's death in a bed in Las Vegas.
-K
My season tixs are between the sound and light booths in the geometric center of the ampitheatre.
Yes, we take the bus from that same Canoga Metrolink station. The whitest, oldest, fullest LAMTA bus you've ever seen.
Lucky dog! Have a good time.
Oh and sorry to anyone who might be misled into thinking these might be the only fireworks tonight. ;-)
Snowflake's just inviting a Springer-like confrontation by holding these live. Can we have him end the last fraudcast next week by being dragged out of the cafe by the FBI? Who needs Orson Welles anyway.
Ah, change of venue. "internet was down at the other place". Nice move, grasshopper.
The Hollywood Bowl?
What. A. Dump.
Now, the Wolftrap National Park for the Performing Arts, not 2 miles down the country road where I grew up...THAT'S a venue!
Sweatin' like a pig while boogying with pseudo-Dead Heads who are GS-#'s or Beltway Bandits in their day life.
We lived so close that we had to put out sprinklers the nights that the Filene Center burned.
Happens when a pile of pressure-treated lumber about a thousand tons gets ignited by Ashley Roachclip's smoldering doobie.
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