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...outrageous sum for the ride from the airport to my hotel. Ahhh, I'm feeling at home already. I'm in town to cover the Rock in Rio Festival, a two-weekend-long extravaganza (January 12-14, January 18-21) featuring a wide array of international acts (Beck, Sting, Papa Roach, Dave Matthews Band, Britney Spears) as well as Brazilian acts (Gilberto Gil, Daniela Mercury, Carlinhos Brown, Tom Ze, Nacao Zumbi). The organizers have billed it as one of the largest concerts in history, with five stages, more than 150 acts scheduled and more than one million attendees expected...
...girl from Ipanema," Heloisa Eneida Pinto, and she used to stroll "like a samba" past the bar every so often on her way to Ipanema Beach, and her "tall and tan/and young and lovely" looks inspired Jobim and Moraes. Now, with Rock in Rio in town, the guys from Papa Roach could be at the Garota de Ipanema right now, getting inspired to write a song about kicking some guy's ass. That's progress...
...close to me/until the final flicker of life's ember..." It's a song, I think, that will stand as long as the mountain stands - it's that good. Are there acts at Rock in Rio that are producing musical art that's as worthwhile? I mean, besides Papa Roach...
...Just then, a huge thunderbolt strikes the mountain right near Christ's statue. Maybe God is a Papa Roach fan and didn't like my sarcasm. I suddenly realize that I'm standing on top of a mountain in a thunderstorm and my only transportation down is in a steel cable car held up by steel cables. I try to keep my eyes on Cristo Redentor the whole way down...
...whatever happened to good ol' American rock? At the Drive In, Grandaddy and Queens of the Stone Age all had solid releases, but they hardly got any airplay. Meanwhile, the less compelling sounds of Creed, Limp Bizkit and Papa Roach hogged the headlines and sales racks. (Oh, and Bon Jovi returned. Apparently that mattered to some people...