Best Friend and I went to see The White Stripes at the State Theatre last night. We missed the opening act, the Greenhornes. Not really sure how that happened, because I didn't think we got there that late. But after asking a few people about it, we figured they must have played 6 or 7 tunes or more. Hell, I saw everyone in the lobby and assumed the show hadn't started yet. Hey, the stolen tickets did not come into play. I got some reprinted tickets and wherever the originals ended up, they never surfaced.

The White Stripes kicked major ass with their set. There is virtually no conversation between Jack and the audience. They come on stage and start playing the heaviest rock you can get from two instruments. Meg pounds those drums really well and I think Jack is terrific. No one sat at all during the show. I mean everyone was into it. I dunno, maybe 20 to 25 songs were played in total. They closed up with killer versions of "Hardest Button to Button" (I LOVE that tune) and "Seven Nation Army". It was fantastic.

Good mix of old (OK, I guess that's me, but I like this thing called rock music.) and young in the crowd. I would find it hard to believe that anyone walked away from that show feeling cheated. Good times.

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Keith Richards is still the No. 1 Hell Raiser. BTW, Keith is not in the sequel to "Pirates of the Carribean".

It's a long, long way from July to September, as the days are dwindling down to a precious few on RockStar: INXS. Mark Burnett's editing did have us in suspense, but Sweet Suzie McNeil got the boot after she was told she wasn't roit for our band, INXS. Lots of filler on the show. Bottom three were Suzie, J.D., and MiG. And, of course, they were all so talented and dynamic and the choice was agonizing, but that was the sixth time for Suzie in the bottom three. But she was surprisingly calm and didn't turn on the waterworks. The thing that bugged me was Daphna (hey, I haven't forgotten her) got drilled on her dance moves, and I swear Suzie's been doing the same "Groucho Marx" steps for weeks, along with "C'mon everybody" all the damn time.

So, the final three are Mahtee, J.D. and MiG and they are guaranteed 2006 Honda Civics. That's odd to me, because the show has been sponsored by the Honda Ridgeline the whole time, but that vehicle isn't good enough for the winners. That seems strange. By this time, next week, our band will be whole again.

As I had said earlier, it looks like John Roberts will sail through to his Supreme Court nomination. But the Battle Royale is the next one.

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The trade of Westbrook for Justice may bite the Yanks in the ass. The Tribe is en fuego right now. A stretch that is easily their best since 2001 and probably one of the best runs in the Jacobs Field era. Seemingly, they can do no wrong.

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