*chuckles*
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tdj, check this - the most amusing report on the Ronstadt flack yet:
Some concertgoers took issue with the Aladdin's accounts of angry patrons tearing down posters and throwing drink cups.
"I was so stunned to read in the newspaper that anyone had a negative reaction," said KLAS-TV, Channel 8, news anchor Paula Francis. "Everyone who was leaving when I was leaving was just thrilled. They thought it was a good concert."
At the end of an hour's worth of singing, "she got a standing ovation, then she came out and did the (`Desperado') encore," Francis said. "There were loud boos and there was quite a bit of applause. But everyone calmed down right away and seemed to enjoy the rest of the encore."
Other concertgoers said the audience was unruly and hard-drinking from the beginning. Some expected a classic rock hits revue and were confused by the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra performance of George Gershwin's "Rhapsody in Blue" that opened the show.
During the concert, Ronstadt criticized the hotel's marketing, disputing signage that promised a greatest hits revue. (Print ads said, "Linda Ronstadt and the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra plus her band, performing her `greatest rock hits' and the great American standards.")
The singer has long been aligned with liberal politics, and was romantically involved with then-California Gov. Jerry Brown in the late 1970s. In an interview before the concert, Ronstadt noted she had been doing the Moore dedication at all her concert stops to mixed reaction.
Yes, I survived the administration of Governor Moonbeam. It was kind of like having Kermit the Frog in office.
My two cents on the subject?
Las Vegas. Oh yeah, I wanna go there. They'll lynch my ass. Forget it.
And...such maturity. Really. *rolls eyes*
EDIT: Whatinsomnia had to say about this made me cackle with evil glee. *snarks**snorts**
tdj, check this - the most amusing report on the Ronstadt flack yet:Some concertgoers took issue with the Aladdin's accounts of angry patrons tearing down posters and throwing drink cups.
"I was so stunned to read in the newspaper that anyone had a negative reaction," said KLAS-TV, Channel 8, news anchor Paula Francis. "Everyone who was leaving when I was leaving was just thrilled. They thought it was a good concert."
At the end of an hour's worth of singing, "she got a standing ovation, then she came out and did the (`Desperado') encore," Francis said. "There were loud boos and there was quite a bit of applause. But everyone calmed down right away and seemed to enjoy the rest of the encore."
Other concertgoers said the audience was unruly and hard-drinking from the beginning. Some expected a classic rock hits revue and were confused by the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra performance of George Gershwin's "Rhapsody in Blue" that opened the show.
During the concert, Ronstadt criticized the hotel's marketing, disputing signage that promised a greatest hits revue. (Print ads said, "Linda Ronstadt and the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra plus her band, performing her `greatest rock hits' and the great American standards.")
The singer has long been aligned with liberal politics, and was romantically involved with then-California Gov. Jerry Brown in the late 1970s. In an interview before the concert, Ronstadt noted she had been doing the Moore dedication at all her concert stops to mixed reaction.
Yes, I survived the administration of Governor Moonbeam. It was kind of like having Kermit the Frog in office.
My two cents on the subject?
Las Vegas. Oh yeah, I wanna go there. They'll lynch my ass. Forget it.
And...such maturity. Really. *rolls eyes*
EDIT: What
insomnia had to say about this made me cackle with evil glee. *snarks**snorts**
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Date: 2004-07-20 11:34 am (UTC)With very few exceptions, on-stage concert banter of any kind, political or no, is drivel that should be quietly, patiently ignored while waiting on the next song.
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Date: 2004-07-20 11:46 am (UTC)OMGWTFTUNA she's got an opinion! WHEE.
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Date: 2004-07-20 12:59 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2004-07-20 04:06 pm (UTC)Linda Ronstadt is a better singer, though.
*grin*