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Todd update

When I’m sleeping in on a Sunday morning, I usually try to see who is performing on Private Sessions on A&E. This past Sunday, Hall and Oates were on, and they mentioned this website where folks come to Daryl Hall’s house for a bit of drink, a bit of food and some music. Now, I know Daryl’s not the most popular guy, but the premise seems pretty good, and he’s had some great folks on, including, last month, Mr. Rundgren. They made their own sausages from scratch, they drank martinis, and they played some excellent music (it’s most of the Hall and Oates band, except for Oates). They did a bunch of Todd stuff, including Can We Still Be Friends, which I’ve never actually seen him perform in all the shows we’ve seen, one Hall and Oates song, and a couple of soul classics — Expressway of Your Heart and the Average White Band’s You Got It. He’s also done a session with Nick Lowe, which I haven’t checked out yet. The website is www.livefromdarylshouse.com — give it a once over.

U2 at Giants Stadium (much belated sorry)

Yeah, yeah….it’s about one month late…sue me.   ( I posted the video now too )

Also, sorry for the “report” style.  I’ve been doing too much of this at work and my brain doesn’t work otherwise right now.

Opening Act:

Muse –  After I bought the tickets (back in March) and I knew who would open for them, I downloaded a bunch of their songs so I’d be at least a little familiar.  It worked out because there wasn’t a song they played that I hadn’t heard.  They were very good live and seriously rocked the stadium.  Only problem they had was either the mixing of the singer’s mike or his poor use of it, because the lyrics were terribly garbled or drowned out for most of the songs.  But they were good all the same.

U2:

Bowie’s “Space Oddity” was played to announce that they were about to come out….and everybody in the stadium got the message.  Here was their set and…

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