Even when we were stuck in traffic I had this feeling inside - I love being part of this subculture. I love "strangers stopping strangers", I love the happy good vibes I get from this crowd, I love the smiles that came to me from every direction I looked in. There definately were some negatives but overall it's a real positive force and I'm so happy to be a part of it! By the end of the show I had such an incredible feeling of power because of being part of this huge group of people dancing and singing and clapping...

We left NH at noon and didn't get to our seats until almost 5 I'd say. Traffic was at a standstill for miles around and we tried several different approaches to the stadium. At 3:37 we decided to just park wherever we were and start walking. There was no big crowds at the entrance so we kindof walked right in - they confiscated my (empty ;-) ) wine flask at the door, but while they were searching thru the backpack Guntis was carrying, I just grabbed the wine flask and ran inside...

We missed most of the New Bohemians because we were late and then because we were hugging and greeting our friends.

Musical highlights for me: Candyman!!! Just excellent. Slow and raunchy. Wonderful! [small editorial comment - big cheer for 'if I had a shotgun...' still wonder why]

I just knew they would play 'Saturday Night' but NEVER thought it wouldn't be the encore! I thought it was a great surprise to hear it in the first set (and a relief that it wouldn't be the encore).

Eyes was a highlight because it is always a highlight for me! It was a perfect tempo (for me - I don't like fast or disco Eyes) - and the jamming was SPECTACULAR!

Crazy Fingers was beautiful.

Drums/space was kindof "rainforesty" - it had a jungle kind of beat and it was just what I was hoping for. Then as it started getting spacey, I had a hard time figuring out what was making the sound. Was it Mickey? It didn't sound like percussion but I couldn't see who was on stage. We were so far back that even with binoculars I had a hard time focusing on the band (was it really the distance or what? ;-) )

Going Down the Road Feeling Bad - I took it as a message from the band "ain't gonna be treated this'a way" and it was powerful to hear 60,000 people screaming THAT out!

The encore was just excellent. I was so absolutely satisfied and absolutely high from the show that I really couldn't think or care what they would do. I was pleasantly surprised to hear them do 'The Last Time'. It was sweet. I thought to myself as I danced myself further into oblivion - what a sweet way to end the night. Still rockin' Still encouraging audience participation. We went wild in our applause. But wait! There's still more! I could NOT believe it! It was CLEAR that they sang the heartfelt 'We Bid You Goodnight' because they thought as much of the evening as we did! We could see on the diamondvision screen that their smiles were almost falling off their faces too! Phil joined in on the clapping that the audience was answering with. Jerry was clearly chuckling as he puffed on a cigarette between the lines. It was a FINE ending to a fine night...

"and we bid you goodnight" clap clap "goodnight" clap clap "goodnight"

Debess

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