My Wallet's Ass Hurts.

Last night, Kris and I saw The Police at Dolphin Stadium. We paid 90 bucks a ticket to have the best of the worst seats available. Here's the kicker; As we were pulling up to park (we were late and missed both the opening acts-my fault-i get out of work at 6 and the show started a 6:30-i've never heard of a show starting that early...EVER!) and we saw a sign that said.....PARKING $30.00!!!!!!!! WTF! It doesn't cost that much to park in freegin' NYC!!!! My ass still hurts from that reaming. We decided then and there not to attend any stadium shows ever again. Unless it's U2 or David Bowie or.......Anyway, the show was great! This is a photo from the show that was in the paper. Andy Summers was the show for me. His tone was delicious and his playing superb. Stewart Copeland was wonderful too, but his snare drum (thanks to the crummy sound man!) sounded like a "POCK" instead of a "CRACK". His playing was somewhat restrained, but that's OK. He's still a GOD and i'm not fit to shine his cymbals. Sting was Sting. He didn't look like he was having any fun and his bass just doinked along. But he did sing a few songs in the right key (i had to take a break just now 'cause Kris called me in to see Mavis Staples on Tavis Smiley....I love her.). I found out, after the show, Bongo and Chuck were there. The Turnpike was closed in Broward so we went to I-95 and that was down to one lane so we didn't get home until nearly 1:30. Stupid assholes! Needless to say, I was beat as shit this morning at work and it was a real busy day.

Tonight, I played a benefit for this rehab place in Delray. I didn't know what it was for until I got there. I was late 'cause work ran late but I wasn't late for the gig. Pete and I double-drummed for this one. Some of the other musicians were Rich Friedman on guitar, Pete Quigley on another guitar, some guy named Craig played bass and there was a violinist, percussionist and a keyboarder. Here's where I give some love to my pal Pete; I was really tired and I didn't feel like playing but Pete encouraged me and bought us some yummy pizza. When we were playing, we were cracking each other up putting crashes in weird places. He really held it down and let me do the weird stuff and I really appreciated that. Pete is my longest running friend and tonight he really helped me out and played exceptionally himself. Thanks, Pally! I just took another break and watched Mavis sing. Damn! I've got a long-standing invitation from Russell at the Bamboo Room for seats if and when Mavis plays there and I WILL NOT miss it. We had tickets to see her at SunFest and we couldn't go 'cause I was really sick. Damn! Tomorrow, we play the Bamboo with the Dillengers and I found out Saturday at O'Hara's is a kilt night. I'm tired.