Saturday, October 03, 2009
Born to Tour
Wasn't cold here last night, around 60 outside. but the combination of wind from southeast & oceanic dampness had me unpacking the spaceheater from the closet, a little blast furnace (with a reliable tilt shutoff), It's not for heating a room or running all night, but for exactly how I used it. Place it on the floor in front of where you're sitting, at PC or watching TV, aimed slightly up, & turn it on. Medium heat, low fan will do. Takes the chill off.
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Springsteen's fans should savor his stand with E Street at Giants Stadium this week & next, featuring entire classic albums, room for everyone. It could be Bruce's last worldwide mega-tour with E Street. I don't think they're splitting. Springsteen's revenue-sharing arrangement with the band makes these tours extremely profitable for the musicians, & they travel first class all the way. But they're getting on in years, & the world tours are huge committments of time & very hard work. Springsteen took the act to the Bonnaroo & Glastonbury music festivals this time around. He wasn't a festival guy. Bonnaroo was a little risky, but it worked out swell. I think Springsteen was testing out a way to bring E Street on the road for shorter periods, more conveniently, at less expense, for more diverse audiences. He can show up anywhere he wants with just a guitar. He may be doing more of that, too. There are positives & negatives to carrying an enormous book of songs dating back to "Greetings from Asbury Park."
"If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be." Thomas Jefferson
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Springsteen's fans should savor his stand with E Street at Giants Stadium this week & next, featuring entire classic albums, room for everyone. It could be Bruce's last worldwide mega-tour with E Street. I don't think they're splitting. Springsteen's revenue-sharing arrangement with the band makes these tours extremely profitable for the musicians, & they travel first class all the way. But they're getting on in years, & the world tours are huge committments of time & very hard work. Springsteen took the act to the Bonnaroo & Glastonbury music festivals this time around. He wasn't a festival guy. Bonnaroo was a little risky, but it worked out swell. I think Springsteen was testing out a way to bring E Street on the road for shorter periods, more conveniently, at less expense, for more diverse audiences. He can show up anywhere he wants with just a guitar. He may be doing more of that, too. There are positives & negatives to carrying an enormous book of songs dating back to "Greetings from Asbury Park."
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