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...Orpheum...
This self-mocking humor was a critical part of this installment of the Dar Experience. For every song, Dar has a story, shedding light on the sometimes-cryptic lyrics. Her warm, funny manner during these anecdotes made the Orpheum seem as intimate as a small club. She engaged the audience with stories that were as intelligent and entertaining as the songs themselves. Where else would a Dar fan find out that in her original vision for "The Christians and the Pagans" (yes, the title says it all), the chorus was to be sung by a giant hall of naked feminists...
Tickets went on sale two days ago for the December 7 Bangles-Dido concert at the Orpheum. Speaking of which, the Bounce trailer with Dido's "Here With Me" playing in the background is manipulative but deadly effective. Everytime Ben Affleck says "I don't have a last call for the day" someone in my various TV-watching groups invariably says "I don't have a last call either" and we all go into a whine...
...always a source of mystery to me that the Housemartins broke up and spawned such disparate sounds as the Beautiful South's masterful ironic pop and Fatboy Slim's. More famous bands coming into town are: Hootie and the Blowfish (October 25, Avalon), Ani DiFranco (October 26-27, Orpheum) and, inevitably, the Squirrel Nut Zippers (October 27, the Roxy...
...perfect Sunday rest, Alice Cooper and Dope will be at the Orpheum. Well, school's out for Monday anyway...