Hollywood bowling
I try to hit the Hollywood Bowl at least once every summer. Jimmy Cliff with Toots and the Maytalls, James Brown, The Who, Brian Wilson with the Polyphonic Spree--sometimes they book some pretty cool acts there, but a lot of it is just the ambience. Being under the stars with a Trader Joe's picnic in the Hollywood Hills is awesome, and you can imagine the Beatles or the Doors playing there.
Last night, we got hooked up with some killer seats courtesy of our friend Julia. She loves taking people to shows at the Bowl and packing killer bento boxes for them. We were lucky and grateful to be her guests. Gary Baseman came, too, and I busted him drawing pictures while everyone else was rocking out!
The opener was TV on the Radio, featuring Kyp Mallone (left, with afro) a.k.a. Miles Morgan from Scumrock. Apparently he should keep his day job, because his band is awesome. You don't know how hard they rock until you see them onstage.
Headlining the show was Massive Attack. You might remember the "I'm Cool" song in Wong Kar-Wai's Fallen Angels movie. You know, it's the heavy song that plays during Leon Lai's assassin scenes. Massive Attack's regular singer Daddy G didn't play due to paternity leave, but the band was smart. They had guest singers that practically made us totally forget his absense. Below is Horace Andy, rocksteady legend. Holy crap, I knew he sang for the band, but I didn't think he traveled with them!
And then there was Elizabeth Frazer from the Cocteau Twins. I've been a fan of hers since high school and never thought I'd see her in concert. She really does sing like an angel! There's another Wong Kar-Wai connection here: she and her Cocteau Twin partner Robin Guthrie have worked with Faye Wong, a star of Chungking Express. Weird, huh?
It was a great show, and I'll ever have such swanky seats (or yummy bento) again in my life. I swear, I don't usually play "6 Degrees of Separation from WKW" or yell Jon Moritsugu movie quotes at shows. I'm a fan of cinema, but I'm not that dorky. Please don't tell Julia about this; I don't want to think I'm going to embarrass her with a fanboy outburst if she takes me anywhere again...
Last night, we got hooked up with some killer seats courtesy of our friend Julia. She loves taking people to shows at the Bowl and packing killer bento boxes for them. We were lucky and grateful to be her guests. Gary Baseman came, too, and I busted him drawing pictures while everyone else was rocking out!
The opener was TV on the Radio, featuring Kyp Mallone (left, with afro) a.k.a. Miles Morgan from Scumrock. Apparently he should keep his day job, because his band is awesome. You don't know how hard they rock until you see them onstage.
Headlining the show was Massive Attack. You might remember the "I'm Cool" song in Wong Kar-Wai's Fallen Angels movie. You know, it's the heavy song that plays during Leon Lai's assassin scenes. Massive Attack's regular singer Daddy G didn't play due to paternity leave, but the band was smart. They had guest singers that practically made us totally forget his absense. Below is Horace Andy, rocksteady legend. Holy crap, I knew he sang for the band, but I didn't think he traveled with them!
And then there was Elizabeth Frazer from the Cocteau Twins. I've been a fan of hers since high school and never thought I'd see her in concert. She really does sing like an angel! There's another Wong Kar-Wai connection here: she and her Cocteau Twin partner Robin Guthrie have worked with Faye Wong, a star of Chungking Express. Weird, huh?
It was a great show, and I'll ever have such swanky seats (or yummy bento) again in my life. I swear, I don't usually play "6 Degrees of Separation from WKW" or yell Jon Moritsugu movie quotes at shows. I'm a fan of cinema, but I'm not that dorky. Please don't tell Julia about this; I don't want to think I'm going to embarrass her with a fanboy outburst if she takes me anywhere again...
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