Month: October 2000

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From blog.hemisphire.com: “Dinner was chicken in garlic from Tum Tum’s Thai Takeaway, then back to Hodern Pavilion for No Doubt. Opener Area-7 was very similar to Goldfinger, and the crowd was into it, but they were waiting for No Doubt. Their set was heavy on material from Return To Saturn, but they played all the hits from Tragic Kingdom, as well as “Trapped In A Box” from their debut. Gwen was very enthusiastic all night, turning cartwheels at one point.”

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From blog.hemisphire.com: “The performance was great, particularly Bernard d’Ascoli the blind pianist. At intermission we enjoyed the fireworks exploding nearly above us.”

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From https://blog.hemisphire.com/2000/10/: “… Sharon had met a girl who was performing at noon at Fox Studios, so we walked over there. The girl, Sandy Klose, was performing as part of the Pacific Circle Music Conference. They gave us visitor’s passes, then we grabbed a bite to eat. They were running late, so we watched a band called Saratoga first. They weren’t bad, but Sandy was really good. She sang and played a standup bass. I liked her songs, and the way she maintained her stage presence when the low frequencies of her bass caused a speaker to fall on a plant.”

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After the breakup, the October honeymoon to Hawaii was also off. Then I found out my sister had been planning a trip to Australia, and her friend dropped out with a month to go, and this was the days when we could just change the name on the ticket. My sister and I got certified for scuba driving at a pool near the Krispy Kreme in Alexandria just before we went. The whole trip is up at https://blog.hemisphire.com/2000/10/, but I’ve excerpted the appropriate parts for these reviews: “I went back to the room (stopping by a market for some food), then returned to Fox for the Hodern Pavilion next door. I was pleased to see that Green Day hasn’t changed in the nearly six years since I last saw them. They played all the hits, and took requests off Kerplunk. They still try a medley of covers, and I was amused when Billie Joe asked if anyone liked Ozzy, then had to clarify, “I mean Ozzy Osbourne”. Afterwards, I was pleased to note that a fleet of buses was waiting to cart people back to the city.”
Also a review from this:
“Green Day played an awesome gig last night in Sydney to a packed out Hordern Pavilion. The set list goes something like this in no particular order: … In addition Green Day played a minute or two of Sweet Home Alabama. The whole set lasted for an hour and 45 minutes during which a fan from the audience got to play Platypus (i hate you) and Billie Joe had half the crowd Screaming fuck you, and the other half screaming back, Go fuck your Mums. For the finale, Tre Cool, after smashing his drum kit with a Little help from mike d, climbed on top of a speaker 2 metres high, and threw his drum down. All in all, a kick ass concert.”

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No recording of this exists, but you can stream the next night’s show.

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This was for a race that ended or began at the National Mall, and more importantly, it was free! I hadn’t seen Paul Simon before despite wearing out a cassette of Graceland. I hadn’t tried to use my video camera outside of Herndon, but thought being in a crowd was worth the risk. I did something to try and disguise the camera and shot from my shoulder, so the videos a little jumpy and unfocused, but the audio came out nice.
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Urban Nation Hip-Hop Choir:

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The Max Weinberg 7:

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