My buddy Scott Price wrote: >During that magical night at the Gorge Amphitheater in 1998 Joni and the >band transformed what to me had previously been a blase examination of >contemporary society into a truly apocalyptic vision...Blade's drumming >rolled through the >song with crescendo after crescendo and created a feeling of turmoil, >which is, I believe, the song's intent...to examine modern perils.
Right on, Scott! Sex Kills and Slouching Towards Bethlehem were the concert highlights for me. I *knew* Amelia would be brilliant, but those two came out of left field and knocked me flat. -- ######################################################## Steve Dulson Costa Mesa CA [EMAIL PROTECTED] "The Tinker's Own" http://www.tinkersown.com "The Living Tradition Concert Series" http://www.thelivingtradition.org/