Van Halen

On a non-wedding related subject - Jeanie and I went with her friend and nephew to see Van Halen at the Wachovia Center last night. What an incredible show. We talked about how great it was all the way home. I was the only Van Halen veteran of the 3 of us - I had seen them on the Diver Down and 1984 tours, as well as seeing David Lee Roth on the tours for Skyscraper, A Little Ain't Enough and the Sam and Dave tour that he did with Sammy Hagar a few years back.

They sounded fantastic except for too much reverb, but that could have been because we were way up in the second level. Eddie's playing is as tasteful and flashy as ever. Alex didn't miss a beat all night. And DLR was sounding better than ever. Many singers really go all out in the studio only to find they can't reproduce their range live, especially when they get older - Robert Plant and Elton John come to mind. But David Lee was hitting all the high notes and screeches that made him one of the best vocalists in the '80's.

One of the biggest surprises was also one of my biggest letdowns - Wolfgang Van Halen, Eddie's son. He was very competent on the bass and has a great singing voice. Everything sounded almost like the original band and everyone was very pleased with his performance, as was I. My gripes are small, and only relevent because I saw Van Halen with their original bassist, Michael Anthony. The vocals were just a little off from the original line-up, but still extremely good. I wish Wolfgang would embrace his new rock start status a little more. Most bass players would kill their own mother for the chance to play with the legendary Van Halen. And while the rest of the band was very animated and seemed genuinely happy to be back together, Wolfgang just kind of paced around like it was band rehearsal. He didn't jump, run, spin around, or really acknowledge the screaming 20,000 people in front of him. I also miss the bass solo. Most bands don't give the bass player a solo but Michal Anthony used to come out with his Jack Daniels Bass and throw it to the ground and make all kinds of horrible sounds. It wasn't musical but it was entertaining to say the least.

Overall I couldn't have been more happy with the show and only wish I had splurged for the better seats. We're considering going to see them at the Meadowlands if there are tickets still available.  Highlights of the night - Hearing all but one song from the first album (On Fire was the only song not played). Lowlights of the night - I'll Wait from the 1984 album is a song I could do without.

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A Great Christmas Present - The Amazon Kindle

My wife, Jeanie, is hard to buy for. To be fair so am I. We live modestly and don't have real expensive tastes, so essentially when we want something we go buy it (unless it's something like a car). She loves jewelry, but to me that's kind of a personal taste so I really never like buying jewelry. So I just happened to be checking out some sites online for some ideas and I came across the Amazon Kindle.

I have known about this for a while but hadn't really thought about it as a gift. I had an e-book reader many years ago. It was bulky and the batteries didn't last long. Plus the site that you downloaded material went out of business and the reader company never gave us an alternative site to find material.

Well, Jeanie has been going to school, and the college text books are heavy and expensive. So I thought maybe she might be able to get some of her text books on the Kindle, as well as some other books that she could use for reports. So I ordered it.

It came and I started playing with it and charging the batteries. After playing with it for a couple hours and downloading some material i was so excited that I couldn't wait until Xmas to give it to her. This thing is really awesome. So much so that I went and ordered another for my son, Andrew. (and maybe I'll get myself one after Xmas)

For those who aren't familiar with it, the Kindle is an iPod for books. It holds 1500 digital books in an electronic enclosure thinner than a DVD case. And the books are generally cheaper than they would be in a store. Which just makes sense, since like an iTunes download there is no packaging involved.

So besides the obvious benefits of being able to carry you whole book collection with you and the ability to search through all the texts, the Kindle is green (environmentally friendly). There' some plastic and some silicon and a battery that will need to get disposed of, but think of all the trees it will save in the long run. It also takes away the hassle of having to go to the book store, since Amazon has stated that they want to digitize every book every printed you'll be able to find even out of print material.

And one of the biggest benefits is that there is actually a lot of FREE material for download. Classic books like Pride and Prejudice, Moby Dick, and Charles Dicken's A Christmas Carol are in the public domain. If you wanted to buy these in the store you'd have to pay for the printing and binding, but not on The Kindle.

So if you haven't bought that special someone a gift yet, consider The Kindle.

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