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Re: Please name your favorite report from the Zip Code Tour
Posted by: crholmstrom ()
Date: November 15, 2015 03:18

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bv
Please name your favorite report from the Zip Code Tour. Just name the show city and the name of the person who wrote it. Then I will pick the top three or so reports and add them to a special gallery section of IORR. Example:

City name
Name of person who wrote the report

Only one favorite per post please. Thank you!

IMHO, your series was the best. Liked the road journal aspect with other observations included. Interesting for me to get perspective of someone from another country going to places in US that aren't normally on a visitor's itinerary.

Re: Please name your favorite report from the Zip Code Tour
Posted by: 35love ()
Date: November 15, 2015 03:50

Yes, I agree, BV I don't travel/ very limited travel experience,
and your pictures and info blog were a true highlight,
also a nature buff, enjoyed your hike/ work out info.

Re: Please name your favorite report from the Zip Code Tour
Posted by: Voodookitten76 ()
Date: November 15, 2015 04:35

Indianapolis 46222
Robert Bagel

I was there, and I agree with Robert--when Mick ad-libbed from "Come on in my kitchen" I totally flipped out!

Re: Please name your favorite report from the Zip Code Tour
Posted by: axl79 ()
Date: November 15, 2015 11:59

Stones in Columbus: The Power of The Stadium
Review by Kurt Schwarz

Re: Please name your favorite report from the Zip Code Tour
Posted by: MingSubu ()
Date: November 15, 2015 15:01

Quebec City
Mr Abe Loughlin

Re: Please name your favorite report from the Zip Code Tour
Posted by: ROPENI ()
Date: November 15, 2015 15:35

This one.... Petco Review by Chris Epting (hbwriter)

Our old pal Chris Epting (hbwriter) attended last night show,and here is his review,a very gifted writer who used to grace this board sometimes back.....


[ultimateclassicrock.com]

"The Rolling Stones were the first band to ever play a concert at San Diego’s Petco Park back on 2005?s A Bigger Bang Tour, and they returned with a fury last night (May 24) to kick off this summer’s Zip Code Tour.
Any doubts as to whether the Stones could still fill a baseball stadium while delivering the sort of rarefied rock and roll circus that’s become their trademark were erased almost immediately when the band stormed the stage with a hungry, rugged version of ”Jumpin’ Jack Flash” (see the above video).
Flanked on a massive stage by high-definition video towers and ushered in with a smoky hail of fireworks and colorful bursts, the band made it clear they were there not to merely trot out a nostalgic night of memories and reveries, but rather to remind a jam-packed house that they are still very much a force to be reckoned with.
The classics came hard and fast. “It’s Only Rock ‘n Roll.” “All Down the Line.” “Tumbling Dice.” Mick Jagger, resplendent in a deep purple sequined jacket over a silky magenta top and black tights, remains an incalculable music force. Focused, determined and in strong voice, time and again he skipped, strutted and sashayed his way out the long runaway into a sea of hungry humanity, electrifying the masses both up close and far up into the rafters.
He seems impossible. Yet there he is. It’s not just his confidence of doing this for so long that makes Jagger such a master craftsman. It’s his understanding of what it requires. He exhorts, conducts and leads the crowd. But he teases it, too. He seduces it. He knows what people are paying for, in some case thousands of dollars, and he delivers what everyone wants and expects of him with passion and aplomb.
While the pretzel-thin Jagger does his thing out on the edge, punching the air and hypnotizing the believers, back at the main stage basecamp, of course, there are other forces at play. The wily Ron Wood, whose playing was especially sharp throughout the night, cavorted and bounced like a nervous child while his partner-in-musical-crime, Keith Richards, flashed bright white pirate grins, all the while holding down the riffs like some ghostly Lord of the Delta. Drummer Charlie Watts may be more iconic than any of them. Of all the Stones, he seems to have shifted the least since many first saw him on The Ed Sullivan Show. He is the most reliable. We can measure time against him. Watts is grayer now of course, but no less elegant, serious and in full command of the beat.
The band is punctuated with some sturdy and familiar faces including vocalists Lisa Fischer and Bernard Fowler, keyboardist Chuck Leavell, a couple of solid sax players (though the late great Bobby Keys is sorely missed) and bassist Darryl Jones. But it’s the fearsome foursome that is the magnet of attention.
They did a mini-set from 1971’s Sticky Fingers to help promote an upcoming re-release, comprised of ”Bitch,” (for which they were joined by opener Gary Clark Jr.), “Can’t You Hear Me Knocking” and the gentle, Japanese-tinged ode to the road, “Moonlight Mile.”
Richards took a turn on two personal and poignant numbers, “Slipping Away” and “Before They Make Me Run.” But for many it came down to the dyed-in-the-wool classics to get the juices fully flowing. We forget sometimes just how embedded some of those riffs are in our collective subconscious. No matter how many times we’ve heard them live, on record or on the radio, when the opening notes of “Honky Tonk Women,” “Street Fighting Man,” “Gimme Shelter” or “Brown Sugar” cascade over us, deep emotions are triggered and unleashed. Those songs are now part of our DNA. They affect our metabolism. And so a mass of humanity is reborn over the course of the cool summer night; throbbing, swaying and celebrating the sounds that raised us, got us drunk and took us down dark corners.
When Jagger begins blowing those first haunting notes of “Midnight Rambler” and Richards crunches the blues opera’s first cryptic chords, the stage becomes a jungle of sonic mayhem, blood-red and purple light. Keith Richards once said that to know the real Jagger, just listen to him play harp. And in those reedy breaths, he seems right. The true bluesman emerges throughout the 12-minute epic; mysterious, mythical and mercurial. At one point in the tune Jagger breaks out in a manic, alarming, twitching series of cathartic moves. He seems possessed by the music himself, just as we are. It’s a bonding moment.
But then the Bob Cole Conservatory Chamber Choir from California State University, Long Beach hits the angelic opening notes of the first encore, the stately, atmospheric “You Can’t Always Get What You Want,” and it’s back to the grandeur and church-like atmosphere that Jagger seems especially in tune with. He clearly wants to celebrate, and so celebrate he does. That he will be 72 this summer means zero. When he breaks out in full sprint during “Brown Sugar” and makes it all the way from stage left to right in about 10 seconds, you realize it’s not about age. It’s about heart, energy and a force of will. It’s about the joy of watching arguably the greatest entertainer in modern history. It ended just around midnight and with the last strains of “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction” still rattling around the ballpark.
Forty years ago this summer, the Rolling Stones embarked on their now-legendary 1975 Tour of the Americas. A lot of the press back then wondered seriously if perhaps it was the last haul for a band that was then all of just 13 years old. And after all, Jagger was approaching his 32nd birthday.
Now, they are taking North America on yet another wild summer ride. Hours before the show, thousands wandered around the venue, sporting concert shirts that went back to the ’60s. Seniors, hipsters, 30-somethings, 40 and 50-somethings, millennials, teenagers, little kids; it is a cross-section and multi-racial communal tribe that is all-inclusive, just as it will be in all the other cities they play. They deny nobody.
And any talk of this being the last time or a thousand other tired cliches seem irrelevant. This is a band that is still performing at a peak level — one that every other band on the planet can learn from — that reaffirms, for two hours and 15 glorious minutes, not just the magic and mystery of music, but of life itself. They are just that much an inspiring force of nature. See them this summer. They are waiting to spoil you. And you’ll get what you need."

"No dope smoking no beer sold after 12 o'clock"

Re: Please name your favorite report from the Zip Code Tour
Posted by: Plink ()
Date: November 15, 2015 16:00

The thread title uses the term "report" which, IMO, isn't necessarily synonymous w/ "critical review". In-depth critiques can be interesting, but I tend to prefer the reports w/ a personal touch. There were so many good ones, but my favorite is the one RS posted in the Milwaukee thread. She wrote not only about the performance itself, but also about her entire show day and all the fun experiences she had along the way, in an articulate and engaging fashion. Well done, RS! thumbs up The report is on this page: [www.iorr.org]
Special mention goes to Mr. Vik's blog and to everyone who contributed "visual reports" in photographic form. I was/am very impressed by the wonderful shots taken by IORRians thumbs up

Re: Please name your favorite report from the Zip Code Tour
Posted by: The Stones ()
Date: November 15, 2015 16:26

San Diego, CA

Dean Goodman

Favorite line: "The only song I really looked forward to, "Street Fighting Man," was ruined for me

when my drunken neighbor went all Putin on me, thought I was Latvia and tried to annex me".smiling smiley

Re: Please name your favorite report from the Zip Code Tour
Posted by: StonedAsia ()
Date: November 16, 2015 02:28

Your reports, BV, from North Carolina...my home state! It seems you had a really nice time there. Am glad to hear it smiling smiley

Re: Please name your favorite report from the Zip Code Tour
Posted by: RoughJusticeOnYa ()
Date: November 16, 2015 15:34

...I just luuuuuuurrrvvvvved that report of what's-his-name who (ahum) 'worked' himself a way into that private gig... smoking smiley

Re: Please name your favorite report from the Zip Code Tour
Posted by: Hairball ()
Date: November 16, 2015 19:03

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RoughJusticeOnYa
...I just luuuuuuurrrvvvvved that report of what's-his-name who (ahum) 'worked' himself a way into that private gig... smoking smiley

Yes, but as the saying goes "File that under fiction"...
Limo's, hookers, cocaine, blah blah blah....

- or was that the Fonda show? grinning smiley

_____________________________________________________________
Rip this joint, gonna save your soul, round and round and round we go......

Re: Please name your favorite report from the Zip Code Tour
Posted by: Cristiano Radtke ()
Date: November 16, 2015 19:14

If I'd knew the best reviews would be featured on a special gallery I'd have written a better review from the LA concert, lol. grinning smiley

Re: Please name your favorite report from the Zip Code Tour
Posted by: bv ()
Date: November 16, 2015 21:25

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StonedAsia
Your reports, BV, from North Carolina...my home state! It seems you had a really nice time there. Am glad to hear it smiling smiley

North Carolina was a great part of the tour for sure. Grandfather Mountain, the trees, flowers, the people. Same with Iowa.

Thanks for all the great feedback here. This is all valuable input for my work this winter.

Bjornulf

Re: Please name your favorite report from the Zip Code Tour
Posted by: Koen ()
Date: November 16, 2015 22:21

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Hairball
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RoughJusticeOnYa
...I just luuuuuuurrrvvvvved that report of what's-his-name who (ahum) 'worked' himself a way into that private gig... smoking smiley

Yes, but as the saying goes "File that under fiction"...
Limo's, hookers, cocaine, blah blah blah....

Charlie Sheen? >grinning smiley<

Re: Please name your favorite report from the Zip Code Tour
Posted by: angee ()
Date: November 17, 2015 04:37

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RoughJusticeOnYa
...I just luuuuuuurrrvvvvved that report of what's-his-name who (ahum) 'worked' himself a way into that private gig... smoking smiley

Likewise.

In the official reports section on La Fonda, both could go in the "best of."

~"Love is Strong"~

Re: Please name your favorite report from the Zip Code Tour
Posted by: Naturalust ()
Date: November 17, 2015 04:47

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Hairball
Quote
RoughJusticeOnYa
...I just luuuuuuurrrvvvvved that report of what's-his-name who (ahum) 'worked' himself a way into that private gig... smoking smiley

Yes, but as the saying goes "File that under fiction"...
Limo's, hookers, cocaine, blah blah blah....

- or was that the Fonda show? grinning smiley

That was indeed the Fonda show, and interestingly enough, the more I learn about the guy the more likely his Fonda story appears to be plausible. Sometimes truth is stranger than fiction. Not so sure about The Belly Up however.

Re: Please name your favorite report from the Zip Code Tour
Posted by: Hairball ()
Date: November 17, 2015 05:15

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Naturalust
Quote
Hairball
Quote
RoughJusticeOnYa
...I just luuuuuuurrrvvvvved that report of what's-his-name who (ahum) 'worked' himself a way into that private gig... smoking smiley

Yes, but as the saying goes "File that under fiction"...
Limo's, hookers, cocaine, blah blah blah....

- or was that the Fonda show? grinning smiley

That was indeed the Fonda show, and interestingly enough, the more I learn about the guy the more likely his Fonda story appears to be plausible. Sometimes truth is stranger than fiction. Not so sure about The Belly Up however.

Yeah that's it then.
It must have been the Belly Up where he flew cross country the day of show, and then bribed his way in through the kitchen staff.

I don't even remember his username (rolling or roller something?), then I thought he disappeared. Would prefer to leave it at that (although those posts were amusing).

By the way, how are you learning more about the guy?
Nevermind - the less I know about him the better. smiling smiley

_____________________________________________________________
Rip this joint, gonna save your soul, round and round and round we go......



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2015-11-17 05:17 by Hairball.

Re: Please name your favorite report from the Zip Code Tour
Posted by: angee ()
Date: November 17, 2015 05:33

I agree with NL. I met the guy.

~"Love is Strong"~



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2015-11-17 14:34 by angee.

Re: Please name your favorite report from the Zip Code Tour
Posted by: Koen ()
Date: November 17, 2015 14:56

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Hairball
I don't even remember his username (rolling or roller something?), then I thought he disappeared. Would prefer to leave it at that (although those posts were amusing).

His name was 'onlystones' smoking smiley

Re: Please name your favorite report from the Zip Code Tour
Date: November 17, 2015 15:05

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Hairball
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Naturalust
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Hairball
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RoughJusticeOnYa
...I just luuuuuuurrrvvvvved that report of what's-his-name who (ahum) 'worked' himself a way into that private gig... smoking smiley

Yes, but as the saying goes "File that under fiction"...
Limo's, hookers, cocaine, blah blah blah....

- or was that the Fonda show? grinning smiley

That was indeed the Fonda show, and interestingly enough, the more I learn about the guy the more likely his Fonda story appears to be plausible. Sometimes truth is stranger than fiction. Not so sure about The Belly Up however.

Yeah that's it then.
It must have been the Belly Up where he flew cross country the day of show, and then bribed his way in through the kitchen staff.

I don't even remember his username (rolling or roller something?), then I thought he disappeared. Would prefer to leave it at that (although those posts were amusing).

By the way, how are you learning more about the guy?
Nevermind - the less I know about him the better. smiling smiley

roller99 was at Fonda as well, but you are thinking of Onlystones (+ some other monikers). A good guy and a VERY dedicated fan.

Re: Please name your favorite report from the Zip Code Tour
Posted by: roller99 ()
Date: November 18, 2015 07:20

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DandelionPowderman
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Hairball
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Naturalust
Quote
Hairball
Quote
RoughJusticeOnYa
...I just luuuuuuurrrvvvvved that report of what's-his-name who (ahum) 'worked' himself a way into that private gig... smoking smiley

Yes, but as the saying goes "File that under fiction"...
Limo's, hookers, cocaine, blah blah blah....

- or was that the Fonda show? grinning smiley

That was indeed the Fonda show, and interestingly enough, the more I learn about the guy the more likely his Fonda story appears to be plausible. Sometimes truth is stranger than fiction. Not so sure about The Belly Up however.

Yeah that's it then.
It must have been the Belly Up where he flew cross country the day of show, and then bribed his way in through the kitchen staff.

I don't even remember his username (rolling or roller something?), then I thought he disappeared. Would prefer to leave it at that (although those posts were amusing).

By the way, how are you learning more about the guy?
Nevermind - the less I know about him the better. smiling smiley

roller99 was at Fonda as well, but you are thinking of Onlystones (+ some other monikers). A good guy and a VERY dedicated fan.

Thanks for remembering me Dandi! I did write a story about the entire Fonda show and the events that led up to it. I should link to it in the review section. At that time I wasn't the big time (not) writer that I now am, so I didn't think to do that. Dean Goodman is my favorite, I'm following in his footsteps. I interviewed Bill Shatner the other night and he gave KR a shout out. It's not really rock and roll, but hey, Shatner is fun! You probably saw it on FB already.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2015-11-18 07:22 by roller99.

Re: Please name your favorite report from the Zip Code Tour
Date: November 18, 2015 11:01

I did. Cool story thumbs up

Re: Please name your favorite report from the Zip Code Tour
Posted by: Munichhilton ()
Date: November 19, 2015 16:02

I think I wrote up a stunning review of the Arlington show back then. I'll have to find it and see if I'm still stunned...

Re: Please name your favorite report from the Zip Code Tour
Posted by: Maindefender ()
Date: November 19, 2015 16:19

Ditto with my Buffalo report……...thumbs up

Re: Please name your favorite report from the Zip Code Tour
Posted by: Natlanta ()
Date: November 19, 2015 23:33

clearly you lot missed my bobby dodd blurb.

Re: Please name your favorite report from the Zip Code Tour
Posted by: Munichhilton ()
Date: November 20, 2015 05:05

Do blurbs count? If blurbs count I've got more nonsense I can add...

Re: Please name your favorite report from the Zip Code Tour
Posted by: treaclefingers ()
Date: November 20, 2015 05:27

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Munichhilton
Do blurbs count? If blurbs count I've got more nonsense I can add...

...and if you make it
In The Form of A Haiku
It's Even Better

Re: Please name your favorite report from the Zip Code Tour
Posted by: Natlanta ()
Date: November 20, 2015 18:29

blurb haiku is a lost art.

Re: Please name your favorite report from the Zip Code Tour
Posted by: MizzAmandaJonez ()
Date: November 21, 2015 15:46

The fact everyone who independently on this board who attended KC recognized how special the version of SFM was that night, and we all wrote about it. That was my highlight of the reviews from the tour.

Re: Please name your favorite report from the Zip Code Tour
Posted by: Olly ()
Date: November 23, 2015 20:16

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treaclefingers
...and if you make it
In The Form of A Haiku
It's Even Better


Can you explain your cross-forum obsession with this oriental literary form?

.....

Olly.

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