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i am: 40...a capricorn / moon in pisces / libra rising...an old soul with a young spirit...older than i look...contemplating my 3rd tattoo...NOT a web designer...a lesbian...working things out with the g.f....a native iowan...a graduate of cornell college and ohio state...a critical reader and thinker...really rather shy...agnostic...an ardent feminist...a bleeding-heart liberal...a pacifist...and so not your average white grrl...
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May 30, 2002
an incredible showit took place over a week ago, but i did want to blog a little somethin' about the may 21st meshell show in cleveland. this show marked the 8th (or 9th? my synapses are misfiring...) time i've seen her and the band live and...as usual, it was fucking amazing.
we hit the road a little later than we'd planned, but the ride up with my cat sherri and her grrl, 'nique, was enjoyable. *grin* and we still had time for dinner at tommy's, a little spot in cleveland heights that s and i hit just about every time we visit the land-o-cleve. i love that it features a ton of vegetarian and vegan entrees—our typical dining-out experiences don't provide the luxury of so many options—but enough carnivorous concoctions that you don't feel guilty for taking your meat-eating compadres there!
after dinner, we headed over to the agora. the doors were to open at 7 and we got there close to 6:30 (we were hoping to score a table)...and to my surprise, there were only 2 other guys waiting to get in! the time passed quickly and we ended up with what i would say were the best seats in the house...on the level even with the stage and just a little bit to the right. i've stood through so many of her shows in the past, just so i could be as close as possible to the stage...but i think my feet are too old for that nowadays. *s*
chocolate genius was the opening act...a funny guy, that marc anthony thompson *chucklin'*...he'd be singing this totally serious-sounding song, but if you listened closely, you heard that he was anything but serious. it was a great set.
but of course, we eagerly anticipated the headlining act. and they didn't disappoint. here's the set list:
god shiva
better by the pound
god.fear.money
niggerman
quentin mack
earth
barry farms
faithful
stay
fellowship
and of course, the encore:
dead nigga boulevard
pocketbook (the remix version, minus redman and tweet)
while the entire show was fantastic, the highlight for me was definitely "fellowship," a new song that's not on cookie and not available anywhere at the moment. there was this reggae kinda beat goin' on, but then federico (gonzalez peña) was doing this incredible 80s-new wave-kinda thing (alá bryan ferry/roxy music) on keys that was absolutely fucking incredible!! i'm a true child of the 80s, having graduated from high school and college and finished my master's during that inimitable decade. i love 80s new wave and bryan ferry (solo) and roxy music have always been faves. it was amazing. i was so entranced by the music that i didn't even really listen to the words! ...very unusual for me, especially with meshell's music.
anyway...a really, really, really great show. afterwards, we hung out for awhile, and i met federico (who gave me a hug) and k'alyn (who's a total sweetheart), as well as sharif from chocolate genius. i stuck around for a few minutes more, to see if i could see meshell (i never know when to refer to her as "meshell" and when as "bashir"...)...i just wanted to thank her. she emerged a little later, just as the agora staff was trying to throw us out, and she was immediately surrounded by people waving sharpies and posters at her. she looked absolutely exhausted (after that show, who wouldn't be??) and was being literally pulled this way and that by various people. when i finally got to her, she held out her hand to take mine, and i had just enough time to say "i just want to say thank you," before she was pulled in the other direction. but that was cool...that was really all i'd wanted to say, anyway. just to thank her, without asking for autographs or anything in return.
i always wonder if she recognizes me (and s, too) from show to show, city to city. i've been to 6 (or 7?) shows in the last 3 years... ann arbor, st. louis, chicago, twice in annapolis, cleveland (and the one i think i'm leaving out, due to the aforementioned synaptical misfires...). i'm kinda hard to miss...tall, thick, blonde, "pink" (quite often in a sea of brown faces *s*), and totally into the vibe...but i also realize that she does hundreds of shows, sees thousands of people, and may very well not recognize me. certainly no biggie...but i always wonder. one'a these days, i'll ask her. *grin*
anyway...despite the snafus after the show—the first involving high-speed driving and a suspended license (tho thankfully NOT mine!), and the second involving the free 45-minute concert that we missed the following day, because some idiot at the rock and roll hall of fame mistakenly told me that it was merely a "meet and greet" (ooooooooh, i was hot when i got to work on thursday and checked my e-mail!!)—it was a concert experience surpassing all expectations and defying all superlatives. if some poor soul out there is reading this, and has never had the pleasure of a meshell-and-company live show, PLEASE do yourself a huge favor by visiting the "tour de funk" section of freemyheart.com, finding the nearest venue at which there's an upcoming concert scheduled, and get thee there!
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