She’s Young and With It

The Zombies

As promised, I added pictures from The Zombies show last weekend. The pictures may be viewed here. I seem to have taken quite a few pictures of Colin Blunstone shaking his head, which makes him look possessed. Woops. I have an aversion to using the flash. I also added a movie clip here. The movie clip needs some explanation. I did not realize my camera was set to x2 in movie mode. So the clip is fast and there is no sound. Had the movie mode been normal, you would hear The Zombies singing “She’s Not There”.

I want to give a mini show review. First, the crowd was mixed between generations. I think the age group varied from 19 to 55. The Zombies sang songs that spanned their career (Zombies and non-Zombies), from the 1960s to the current album (Out of the Shadows). There were Zombies songs, Colin Blunstone songs, Argent songs, and Blunstone/Argent songs. I can’t say that Clint and I cared much for the Argent or Blunstone/Argent music. There were a lot of keyboard (Argent) solos. It seemed to me, of the people we were standing around, the young crowd seemed more into the 1960s Zombies music while the baby boomers preferred the Argent and Argent/Blunstone music. Maybe I just imagined that.

Clint was unfortunately stuck behind a baby boomer with big blonde hair doing a Mom Dance. She had the affliction that many people have at rock shows. She kept backing up into Clint. He had nowhere to go, so he was stuck with big blonde hairspray head in his face. We amused ourselves during the unenjoyable songs by laughing at the people around us. Yes, we were mean. Clint made fun of the blonde Mom dance. We giggled at songs that we found to be pretty awful.

On to the positive. I think my favorite song was “I Love You” because Colin B. was still able to sing those feisty little “…and I don’t know what to say”. I also enjoyed “Time of the Season” and “She’s Not There” quite a bit. One of their encores was “God Gave Rock n Roll To You” (yes, the well-known Kiss song). That was pretty amusing… and good.

Overall, I had a pretty good time except for the cigarette smoke (why-oh-why couldn’t they pass that non-smoking ban?). I could have lived without all the non-Zombies songs but Colin B. and Rod A. are proud of them and that is important.

more modern architecture

a few weeks ago, clint and I walked around this house, peeking through all the windows. is that legal? now they have pictures up of the home with fake furnishings: Lareina Residence.

Honestly, the layout is not what I would want if I were to have a home built, but I do like the idea of the art gallery wall and the rectangular shape of the home. The fact that this home exists and is going to be available for $175,000 makes me sad. I want to own a modern home.

I am alive!

I have been completely exhausted for a week or more. Stress, insomnia, you name it. But last night I fell asleep during 24 and today I feel good!

I don’t know. Maybe it’s this bizarro weather. Snow on Valentine’s Day, 80 degrees last week, and then back to the 40s today.

We went to see The Zombies last Sunday and boy was that interesting. If any of my pictures came out decent I will post them… maybe this weekend.

That’s all for now.

What a Prankster!

someone called, let the phone ring twice, and then hung up. then they called back a minute later and when I answered, they repeated “hello” after me twice. now they are calling and letting the telephone ring once and then hanging up. they are doing this about once a minute. they were smart enough to block their number so I am unable to return the nuisance.

oh, if only I were 13 again and thought it was real fun to prank call people.

Happy Valentine’s Day!

Well, my little contest had no contestants. So without further ado, the new music club addition.
(Hint: Just run your pointer over the image and it will begin playing.)

And guess what? It snowed last night! It is melting now, but I have preserved the moment with photographic evidence.

Have a great Love Day!