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VasquezE (06/04/05 07:10:20)

Концерт 1 июня 2005 года.

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From: JanKoengeter8@...
Date: Fri Jun 3, 2005 8:38am
Subject: Con Report - Motor City Buffy jankoengeter8

I'm tired, so this may not be complete, in which case, I may write more
later. Also, I'm too lazy (and did I say tired?) to write separate
reports, so this is going to a few different Yahoo Lists. Sorry if the
cross-posting bothers anyone.

First the specifics about James, Concert: He wore just a short-sleeved
black tee during his sound check (more about that later), but added a
black or maybe dark navy blue button down shirt over it, but unbuttoned
during the concert. He had a heavy sivler necklace on, but I didn't
notice any rings, and definitely no bracelet. His hair looked a little
bit longer, but not much. His jeans were faded, but no holes in the
knees -- or elsewhere.

He was very chatty and smiling and laughing before he started and also
between the songs. His flight had sat on the tarmac in LA for 2 1/2
hours before finally taking off, so he arrived much later than he had
expected and didn't get a little nap. So he assured us things would be a
bit rough, but added that's one of the fun things about live concerts.
He kinda prefers that things not go too smoothly. That what happens
unexpectedly can make it more interesting, including mistakes. So he
said something like: I'm not going to promise you a perfect show. I'm
paraphrasing that and will be for most of this report because other than
writing down the playlist, I made only a few other notes. I was too busy
watching and enjoying it all from my 2nd row center seat.

Anyway, he did make some mistakes. His voice wasn't in top form, so
there were some notes that were flat or sharp or that wavered. And there
were occasional mistakes in his guitar playing, too. But he has so much
passion and enthusiasm when he plays. He performs his songs complete
with the specific emotions that suit each one. And the appreciative
crowd was very accepting; no one seemed to hold the rough set against
him at all. The crowd was very enthusiastic; there was a lot of love in
the room; and there were a lot of major James fans wearing the "I Want
My Spike Movie" button that was provided by Teep through Support Spike
and BAPS donations.

I had to make sure and include that note so that Teep knows the package
did arrive at the hotel. And although I am one of the Staff
Volunteers at this Con, I wasn't directly needed during registration, so
I made a point of handing out the buttons to fans as they were standing
in line to get their registration packets and explaining in detail about
the free postcards and the business-size cards with the mailing
addresses on them. Everyonewas very happy to get the free buttons, and a
lot of postcards were snapped up. After a while, Julie Caitlin-Brown
(who said, "We love Teep!") got the hotel to bring out one more separate
table for the buttons and cards, and anything else that may end up being
distributed free of charge to the fans. So far, it's just our buttons
and postcards. From that point on, I sat behind the table, greeted fans
as they arrived and gave the explanation, and then directed them to the
correct table to pick up their packets. There were two tables - one for
last names beginning with A-L and one for M-Z.

Later, the Volunteer Coordinator, Marlaine (who I've seen at other Cons)
gathered the volunteers not working the registration tables to do a
walk-through with her of the back way to the ballroom (for the concerts
and the Q&A's), where the dealer rooms were being set up, where the
Cocktail Party & Banquet would be, etc. And she gave us assignments of
how to help before the concert. More on that later, but I'll just say
that I got to be in the room while James did his Sound Check and managed
a brief chat. Also chatted with his manager, Steve Himber.

But back to the Concert. He opened with Every Man Is On His Side,
explaining that it would be the only song that night that wasn't written
by him, but one that he greatly admired. Then he played This Town.
Although it is titled Poor Robyn on his new CD, he introduced the next
song with its former title of Over Now. (I love that ballad. It's so
beautiful.)

He explained about writing the next two songs while on tour in the UK.
After he played Finer Than Gold (with basically the same intro. about
how men sometimes try hard but end up buying a gift for their girl that
just isn't right. That doesn't suit her. But the girl puts it on anyway,
pretending that it's fine, etc.) and got a huge reception to the song,
he asked "Should I record that one?" We yelled out variations on the
word, "Yes", and he replied, "Okay, I will." (or something to that
effect.) He said he wrote both that one and the next one, London City,
because of being in love. He also said that he stole the chord
progressions from Gary, the guy who was "opening" for him on much of the
London tour. He asked Gary if he minded, and the guy said, not atl all
as he was also stealing things from James. They were both in a creative
mood and writing stuff sduring that tour. So he called out, "Thanks,
Gary" as he began to play it. This song includes lines about being
together in London. Most of you probalby know about the girl he's been
seeing for over a year, who lives in Germany. But he didn't play
Patricia (the song about and named for her); and I'll tell you later
what he told me about that song and why he wasn't going to play it
tonight when I write about the sound check and brief chat. Anyway, he
got another great response to tha song, and I called out, "Record that
one, too,". He smiled and looked at me (and the others, of course, but
it felt like just to me at the moment. He said, "Really? That one,
too?" Or something like that. Remember, he was looking at me. It's hard
to concentrate when that's happening.

He embarassed and laughed at himself because he once again counted out
the beat as if his old band was with him before he started to play
Smile. The funniest thing is that he has just explained how the band
members had not liked Smile, and that's why it wasn't on Mad Brilliant.
The crowd expressed a sentiment of not understanding why they didn't
like it. Someone called out, "They're young," as if that might be why
they didn't respond to it. And James said "Yes, they are," and smiled.
So anyway, it's not as if that's a song that they played together all
that often. It was probalby mentioning the band that made his
subconscious count out the beat when he started to play Smile. (Another
lovely ballad.) He stopped immediately, laughed at himself and pointed
out what he'd just done. Then began the song again.

He needed help from the sound man to plug himself in for the electrical
portion of the concert, joking about how he rehearsed doing this on his
own (and I saw him do that), and that he still couldn't get it right. He
flung his arms out and said, "I'm just a TV actor," something that he
mentioned a few times throughout the concert, including something I know
he's said before. That he started playing at 15, then put his music on
the back burner for a while before finally starting it up again. "I was
once a good amateur, and now I'm a HORRIBLE professional." And laughed
at himself.

Before beginning to play the electric numbers, he explained something
that I hadn't heard: that the song, Civilized Man, was about a guy from
Canada who he met and came to know, but who turned out to be a coke
addict and not a very nice man. Just a short ways into that song, he
broke an A string. He excused himself for a while to go to the green
room and put a new string on the guitar. We all happily chatted until he
came back and started the song again. No other strings were broken, but
I felt a little twinge of guilt because the last thing I called out to
him when he left after the sound check was "Or a string!" in response to
the following things called out by other volunteers when he said goodbye
to us: "Break a leg!", then someone else said, "But not a finger because
then you couldn't play", and that's when I called out the karmically
wrong thing of "Or a string". Oops! I remembered reading how he broke an
E string in London just prior to performing which delayed one of the
concert's start times. That's the only reason I said it. Sigh.

Oh, when he came back in with the new string and before he started to
play again, he said, "I heard that an old friend, Bob Berger, is here
tonight. Where are you Bob? Back when I was a starving artist in
Chicago, Bob fed me. And then Bob gave him $3,000 to produce/finance a
play." He thanked Bob and discussed how that is something that we need
more of in the world, and he encouraged us to all support the arts and
to go to the theatre. He told Bob he wanted to see him afterwards and
said, "I love you, man." Then he played Civilized Man.

Before playing Bad, he said, "This ones about you guys," (meaning the
women at the Con) and that's an exact quote rather than a paraphrase.
Then he blushed a little, but shrugged, as if to say, "Guys will be
guys", I suppose. This may also be the point where he said, "My manager
is looking at me, like 'Shut the @#%$ up, James'. What can I say?" And
then after he finished playing, he said something else about it, and a
female fan a ways behind me jokingly called out, "You said you'd never
tell anyone!" He laughed and replied, "But I didn't say what we did that
night!"

I think before playing Dangerous, he said, "This is about someone you
know" rather than "This is about someone from Buffy". And then said his
usual, "Try to guess who it is." He introduced "Goodbye", but then
struggled, trying to remember the opening chords. He said this is what
comes from writing too many songs. He finally gave up, saying "I've
forgotten how to play it." And laughed at himself again - a very
frequent part of his patter and connection with the crowd, saying things
like he was lucky to have such fans and being able to sell out his
concerts, etc. That he really enjoyed being onstage in front of us,
rather than alone on a soundstage acting to cameras. And that he felt
very welcomed and at ease with us, acknowledging that there was a lot of
love in the room.

So he gave up on playing Goodbye and said "Let's not play that game
tonight about encores. You know, where I go offstage, and then you clap
and I come out to do just one more song. How about if I just play all
the set straight through and then end it. Okay? We agreed, and he said,
"Okay, then, there will be three more songs."

"This one's dirty -- you know, full of double entendres" is all he said
before playing What I Need to a very lively, hooting and whistling and
laughing crowd. Then he said, "This is a new one, that's probably
half-written. It's about Lou, the woman who drove Steve and I throughout
the London tour. [paraphrasing now]: And may I say that it was good to
see someone from England who thinks the streets there are as @#%$ up
as I do. I mean, really. We got robbed at gunpoint! It was wild. And the
traffic and streets, themselves! Anyway, this is for Lou - Louise. It
was a great song. Very funny, too, with lyrics about driving down a
one-way street backwards, etc. I hope it gets recorded, too, or that
someone hears him play it enough that they can share the lyrics online.
When he finished it, he said, "This is the first time I've played it in
public." So yay for us in Michigan -- we saw the debut performance of a
new song by James!

Then he finished with "The Birth of The Blues", which I really liked a
lot. I'm sure he'll record it. He talked a lot about the blues, and that
he doesn't like the old story about the blues musician meeting the devil
at the crossroads and making a trade to be the forefather of the blues.
That the devil doesn't deserve any credit at all for the blues - not one
note. That it came out of a terrible situation for the black man's past
-- of slavery and pain and all sorts of difficulties. That the devil had
nothing to do with the music. And in fact, the last line of the song has
Jesus beside the musician. It was very heartfelt, and James really got
into the song. He left to a standing ovation and huge applause and
hoots and whistles. He said something about this weekend having some
terrific people involved [meaning the other actors) and that we'll all
have a wonderful time. He grinned and bowed and said, "Thank You." And
left the ballroom.

(I forgot to say that this was not a huge, cavernous ballroom. I think
everyone could see fairly well and definitely could hear well. We were
all seated, so there were no people standing in front of you, dancing,
so that you couldn't see the stage well. It was run like a concert
rather than a club outing.)

Then a bit of a snafu. Julie Caitlin-Brown came onstage to explain that
everyone should stay in their seats. That James will be coming back
onstage to sign a full-sized stand-up of Spike (which all the other Con
guests will also sign) and which will be auctioned off during the Con,
to raise money for Tony Head's favorite charity, Paws for Cause. Also,
that someone was donating an electric guitar which James will sign. So
James came back out, jumped onstage and immediately embraced the Spike
cardboard stand-up and gave it a big kiss. We all laughed. Then a little
girl (maybe 10?), the daughter of the Con Organizer, brought out the
guitar. As James was about to sign it, Julie explained that the little
girl was the donor. James looked at her and at the guitar a couple of
times and said, "Are you sure? That's a nice guitar. Maybe you don't
want to give it up?" But the girl insisted. James shook her hand and
said "Good for you."

Here's where the snafu arises. Julie has looked to Steve at the back of
the room, and he apparently gives her the wrong hang signal, and she
says, "Now, I think if you all encourage him a little, James will sing
one more song." James looks at her and over the crowd to Steve Himber
(he's been at the back, selling unautographed CDs and DVDs of the
Halloween 2004 in London cocnert and James' Q&A as well some autographed
Spike figures and 2005 Spike calendars since 45 minutes before the
concert started and will sell more afterwards.) and then back at Julie.
He says, "Well, let me go get my guitar, then."

After he heads out back, Julie finds out that he wasn't planning to do
an encore. She feels bad about the mis-communication and says, "Hold on
a minute." She goes out back to talk to James. Good-naturedly, James
comes back onstage with his guitar. I know I yelled out "Thank you,
James" at some point, and maybe it was here. Others echoed the
sentiment. James grinned. He said, "I understand my manager gave Julie
the wrong high sign or something. But I really don't know what to sing."
I yelled out, "Anything you want!" [Note: I know. I know. I yelled out
quite often. I'm cheeky, aren't I? But I only did it at appropriate
moments. I swear.] He smiled in response and said, "Yeah, but I've sung
everything I know. [note: not quite true] I'd sing goodbye if I could
only remember it. Some yell out Katie. Others yell out Runaway. He
settles on Runaway, and gives us the unplanned encore.

Gotta love that man! James loves his fans, too! Anyway, I know this is
long, but he was really very chatty, and I haven't told you everything
he said, by any means. Maybe others will post reports that will fill in
some of the blanks I've left out.

I'm WAY too tired now to tell you the more "intimate" moments I was
privy to as one of a few very lucky volunteers in the ballroom during
the sound check. And the brief chat. But I promise I'll post the rest of
it, when I get some more time. It's not something I'll soon forget.
Since James was only here to do the concert, there was no chance for
autographs or photos like at other Cons when everyone can meet him
individually for a few moments. No handshaking or hugs or any of that
stuff. But the fans seemed to really enjoy the concert (musically rough
or not), and the patter between the songs, and how much of himself James
gave to the maybe 300 people in the room. I'm terrible at estimating. It
might have been 250 or even less. I know that a lot of people couldn't
make it to the Con till Friday or Saturday, but this was a pretty nice
crowd for James.

That's it for now. Hope you vicariously enjoyed my post.

Jan K.



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 Отправлено: 31.05.08 02:51. Заголовок: RE: Концерт 1 июня 2005 года.

Uktalynka(06/04/05 13:03:14)

Эх, завидую тем, кто побывал на этом концерте. Думаю фанам было абсолютно безразлично ,что Джи ошибался в аккордах, живое общение ничем не заменишь. И..Новая Песня?!

 Отправлено: 31.05.08 02:53. Заголовок: RE: Концерт 1 июня 2005 года.

Uktalynka (06/04/05 13:06:31)

Что-то не пойму, "ежики" выдали бооольшое сообшение и скопировали пост.

 Отправлено: 31.05.08 02:54. Заголовок: RE: Концерт 1 июня 2005 года.

Geroneja (06/04/05 15:43:07)

Эх, как же хочется на концерт )

Васкес, огромное спасибо за репорт и за фотки )) *хм, народ не лрится вешать фотки на Ежах, рисковые люди!*

 Отправлено: 31.05.08 02:56. Заголовок: RE: Концерт 1 июня 2005 года.

VasquezE (06/09/05 06:51:47)

Отчет, часть 2 - спасибо Jan K. и BAPS!

(кстати, автор этого отчета - одна из участников проекта виртуального шоу о Спайке, и я только что положила ссылочку на новую серию в раздел "рекомендации фиков")

Part 2 will be a little bit more about James and then about the other
musical events at the Con. Then later, I'll post a Part 3 about other
parts of the Con and the other actors. The latter part of this post will
be more interesting to most of you than what I feel that I need to
explain in the beginning. This will get a bit long, but it's something
that I'd like people to understand, so I hope you don't mind reading it
in order to get to "the good stuff".


I posted Part I during "the wee hours" after the Thursday night concert
because even though I was tired, I knew I could sleep in the next
morning. I wasn't scheduled to help in my volunteer capacity until later
in the day, and actually, there wasn't anything going on at the Con till
late afternoon Friday, when the dealer rooms opened. That's because it
was understood that a lot of fans couldn't arrive until they finished
working on Friday and then drove or caught flights to Michigan.


Anyway, I was very tired when I typed the Concert Report and didn't
always phrase things as well as I could have. I also need to explain
some things about being a volunteer at a Con. In most cases, as was true
for this Con, volunteers pay for their Con admission tickets and also
the special event tickets like concerts, Cocktail Parties, Banquets,
etc. I believe some Con organizers give the volunteers (who work a LOT
of shifts) free general admission tickets to the Con, but if they want a
really good seat, the volunteers choose to buy a Gold ticket (or
whatever they want) instead of sitting in a general admission seat.
Although volunteers may "block out" times they do not want to work
shifts (because they bought a Cocktail Party ticket, for example), the
rest of the time at the Con, they are kept pretty busy, trying to help
things run smoothly.


I volunteered because I really wanted the fans to enjoy this first Con
held not only in Michigan, but actually in my local area. I've lived all
my life either in or near Ann Arbor. I wanted the buzz on the boards and
lists after this Con to be filled with reports from fans who had a great
time and felt that they were dealt with in a friendly manner, rather
than treated "like cattle" as we sometimes feel at some Cons. I figured
I could be helpful and pleasant and keep a smile on my face, which would
help the other fans enjoy themselves even more. And I hope I (and my
fellow volunteers) managed to do just that.


I'm saying this because these are the kind of fans who we need to
volunteer at Cons. Ones who will show up on time and in the right place
for their shift assignments and not disappear if they get bored or want
to go do something more fun. We also don't need fans volunteering if all
they're really hoping for is some private, up-close time with the
actors. That VERY RARELY happens, so don't volunteer if that's all you
want. Even the few volunteers who are assigned as PA's (personal
assistants) to each actor, don't have personal time with the actors.
They remind the actors of their schedules and lead them to the
designated area for their Q&A sessions, etc., but are not supposed to
engage the actors in conversation or ask for any specially personalized
autographs or anything. That is the actor's "free time". If they choose
to chat with "their" volunteer as they're walking to their next
appearance at the Con, then volunteers can certainly reply. But they
shouldn't ask questions and try to get the inside scoop on anything. And
the actor may need those few minutes to get themselves truly awake and
ready to "perform", so again, that time is the actor's time to use as
they wish. Not the volunteer's chance for some one-on-one chatting.


That said, you're probably wondering how did I end up in the ballroom
during James' sound check, as I mentioned in Part 1. Well, the answer is
it was a total fluke, and in truth, I should have left the room after I
finished doing what I was doing. Many musicians are adamant that no one
be in the room during their sound checks. If he had wanted to do so,
James could rightly have asked that the few of us in there get the heck
out. But he didn't and I stayed. I doubt that many other volunteers at
other Cons have ever had that unusually lucky chance that
I took advantage of. Since I already alluded to it in Part 1, I'll
finish describing it, so that you don't think it was some very magical
moment that you need to remain forever envious of.


As I explained in Part 1, some of the volunteers were working the
registration tables, and the rest of us had been taken on a quick tour
of the various rooms we'd be using during the Con. We ended up in the
ballroom. The other volunteers were given assignments guarding doors or
monitoring the lines of fans, lining up outside the ballroom in hopes of
getting the best possible seat. Because I have back problems and a bum
left kee, I had been promised assignments that would not involve a lot
of standing or walking around or carrying things. Thus, I was not asked
to monitor the lines.


Since I have experience in running a series of outdoor summer concerts
in Ann Arbor (for several years, a few years ago), I offered to be a 2nd
pair of ears at a different part of the room if the sound man wanted
help. He said "no" and that he just wanders the room during the sound
check to get a feel for the whole room. But if I had strong enough
fingernails, he coud use some help getting some small, old and fading
batteries out of a couple of small pieces of equipment so that he could
replace them. After I did that, Steve Himber (James manager) and James
showed up.


James immediately began working with the sound man, and I went to see if
I could help Steve get his merchandise table set up. One volunteer, who
knows Steve because she went to all of the recent concerts in James' UK
tour), had volunteered to help Steve, but they needed to remove the
cellophane from all of the CDs that James needed to sign for the
40-something people who had paid extra bucks in advance to get an
autographed CD. (They would be selling un-autogrpahed CDs to the rest of
the fans.) We all know how hard it is to get the cellophane off CDs,
right? So I pulled a chair over to their table and helped them remove
the cellophane as James started playing.


Again, I should have left the room after we got them all opened, but
when I moved the chair back to its place in the back row, I sat down. I
knew I couldn't go stand in the long line outside without experiencing
pain. So I sat and listened as James played parts of several songs to
warm up his voice and fingers and conferred with the sound man. So when
I referred in Part 1 to the "intimate" chance to see James and very
briefly chat, this is how it came about. And to dispel any illusions
that the chat was some very private, one-on-one conversation just for
me, I'll explain further.


It was "intimate", not because of any "confidential" exhange of words or
insider information, but only because there were just a few people in
the room. In addition to Steve & his volunteer assistant, the only
people other than the sound man were: the hotel manager (a youngish man
who seemed genuinely interested in James and his music), the security
guard assigned to James, the daughter (10 years old?) of the fan who
organized the Con and a adult relative (or friend?) who was supervising
the child. The little girl and her companion were sitting in the center
of the front row, and the girl was obviously very excited. As James
continued to play, I moved to a center aisle seat on the other side of
the room and up closer to see what the sound was like from that
position. Then I decided to try my assigned seat for the Con -- I had
purchased a Gold ticket and my seat was B25, which was the 2nd row right
behind the little girl. I figured I'd just stay there in my seat until
the concert started.


Just before James stopped singing, one of the other volunteers came in
and sat on the girl's left side. The sound check ended, and James sat
down on the stage right (but still near the center) side of the stage to
chat more with the sound man. But it was just about "stuff" not the
sound system. And the little girl was torn between wanting to talk with
James and being too nervous. Knowing from other Cons, how very kind and
gracious James is with kids, I called out to James during a break in his
chat with the sound man, "Excuse me, James." When he looked over, I
indicated the child in front of me and said, "She'd like to say hello to
you, but is feeling too shy." I figured James would come over and shake
her hand and say 'hello' and maybe a few words and leave. But he was in
a chatty mood. He plopped down on the stage (due to its T-shape it is
was immediately in front of the girl, just a few inches away) and
started talking to her and the other 3 of us sitting there.


Any of you who have seen James at a Q&A or in any other setting will
know how enthusiastically he talks -- rather quickly and with little
chance for anyone else to insert even a few words unless he takes a
pause lengthier than his usual brief pauses. Some people may call it
long-winded; I prefer the term "chatty". He bubbled over friendliness,
but didn't really say anything that he hasn't said at other Cons or in
interviews. It's a bit more fun, of course, to see and hear him talk to
you just inches away rather than on a stage. The child was very happy,
and so were we. But it was very, very brief. Steve called him to come to
the back table to sign the CDs.


Oh, when he first stopped playing, James had asked Steve if he had any
music to play as pre-concert music. Steve said, "Only your CD, James,
and we don't really want to play that." So the hotel manager
volunteered to go out to his car and bring in some CDs he had. He and
James chatted excitedly about some favorite musicians they both liked,
and the manager stepped out to get the CDs. Now we're back to James
signing *his* CDs. The hotel manager and security guard were again
excitedly talking "music" and about various bands with James. So the
rest of us just hung around, listening. At a lull in the conversation, I
told James that I had heard great things about his UK tour and asked if
he'd be singing not only songs from the CD, but also any of the new
songs he wrote since then and while he was in England.


James said something very close to, "Yes, the new songs plus most of the
songs on the CD. But not Patricia. We got some feedback that the fans
don't enjoy that one so much." I was about to say that I enjoyed it, but
someone else said, "Some fans prefer the fantasy that you're still
available. They don't want to hear you sing about a current girlfriend."
Before I could comment that I thought that a bit silly and that the
music, itself, is what matters, James continued, "And I'm not completely
satisfied with the last verse of it. Should re-work it." I figured I
should tell you what he said about that song because I alluded to it in
Part 1 and didn't want anyone imagining that maybe there was a problem
with the relationship.


Okay, that's it about James in the pre-concert setting. Anything else he
said are things he has said in various words at many Cons and in
interviews. No big revealing information. I didn't even get a chance to
squeeze in a question as to whether or not he has heard anything further
about a Spike movie. So those of you going to the upcoming Cons where
James will be doing actual Q&A's will have to be the ones to ask that
question. Okay?


Just a couple of things to add about James' concert: When he returned to
sing the unplanned encore and was racking his brains to determine what
to sing, at one point he just turned around and "shook his booty" at us
very briefly and got another laugh as well as some apreciative applause
and hoots. and an itneresting thing he said between songs at one point:
He got the chance to jam once with Tom Petty, who told him, "You have
some nice melodies," then hedged it a bit with, "your chord progressions
are a bit...traditional". Hearing James' delivery of this is what makes
it funny and charming, as it's fairly clear that Tom was trying to think
of a kind way to say "simplistic".


Now for the other music events at the Con. The first was the Friday
night Karaoke event. Andy Hallet was scheduled to host it and perform a
few songs, but due to flight problems, he was delayed and didn't arrive
until Saturday morning. Luckily for us, we still had a bit of
entertainment other than fans singing for fans. Julie Caitlin-Brown
opened the event with an accapella version of Summertime (from Porgy and
Bess) and then Corner of the Sky (from the musical Pippin). Fun Fact:
Actor John Rubenstein, who played W&H head laywer Linwood (the
replacement Head after Darla & Dru drank all the lawyers in the Wine
Room at the former Head's party) originated the role of Pippin on
Broadway. In the Angel episode where he loses his actual head onto the
boardroom table, falling victim to Lilah's coup (that was sanctioned by
the Senior Partners) one of the last lines said to his character by
Lilah is (paraphrasing a bit): "This is no longer your 'Corner of the
Sky'." Being a musical theatre buff, that line really cracked me up. I
know that Joss is really into musicals, too, but I have no idea if that
little inside joke for Rubenstein's last work on the series was written
by Joss or one of the other writers.


Then to make us feel better about the lack of Andy, Tony Head wowed us
with one number. He said he had a hard time finding a song on the
Karaoke list, but he settled on the Ray Charles song, Georgia (on my
Mind). He sang it beautifully. It really suited Tony's voice; I think he
should add it to his repertoire. Eric Kuffs, from Common Rotation, sang
Allison for us. If any of you have ever heard Eric sing, you'll not be
surprised to hear that this was also very well done. The rest of the
night involved fans signing, and everyone seemed to have a great time.


Tony Head was scheduled to sing at the end of the banquet. The fans who
either couldn't afford or didn;t want to attend the banquet were allowed
to buy standing room tickets for $10 to hear Tony's concert. As always,
Tony was very entertaining. Here's his set list (although I didn't
always hear the title and may be making up my own titles here): Can't
Stand the Rain; Love Song (you know, the one with the lyrics: Love is
the opening door; Love is what we came here for, Do you know what I
mean?; Have your eyes really seen?); Have a Little Faith in Me; Highway
or Living Separate Lives by Stephen (Steven?) Alan (Alllen?) Davies, who
Tony insists should not be so unknown, and Tony says this song meant a
lot to him during the time he was shooting BtVS & away from his family
for so long; Joe Cocker's song What Would I Be Without You in My Life?;
the Beatles' We Can Work It Out; Seeing White - a French song that he
sang in English; a song written by Joss Whedon which is maybe titled
Give It One More Time or maybe It's The Last Time???; and a song called
Babies, which I believe Tony said he wrote himself after seeing a baby
in a restaurant being comforted in its father's arms. He then closed
with his ever popular rendition of Sweet Transvestite from Rocky Horror,
with assistance froim a female fan reading in the lines of "Brad" that
come within the song.


If you've never seen Common Rotation perform, I sure hope you get the
chance someday. I love the harmonies of Adam Busch and Eric Kuffs and
they perform a lot of great songs, along with bandmate Jordan Katz who
plays both guitar and a mean trumpet. Again, I'll be guessing at some of
the song titles. Here's their set list: Satan is Real; The Party's Still
On; Favorite songs of Texas; Sit Down (Before You Fall Down); Gone Dyin'
(I'm Going to Die Someday); Walk in the Park or Good Morning or Here's
to Your Heart???; Pour Some sugar On Me; So Bothered by the USA (showing
their politics in an anti-war song); I Don't Do That (Kind of
Thing); Everything Under the Sun; Plan Ahead; Settle Me Down or Sell
Them Down??; Phone Line; Indie Rockin'; Chilling Eyes of Darkness?;
Dancer; Eric's solo song - sorry can't think of the title; the accapella
song that ends with a yodel - Don't Leave Her Alone With Me??; and
ending with Oklahoma. Then they walked down into the audience and sang
the Beatles' song "Get By With a Little Help From My Friends.


They were fabulous!!! Again, sorry for the long explanation at the
beginning of this report, but I really hope that some of you consider
helping out someday as a volunteer, without thinking you're going to get
a chance for some fantastic one-on-one time with the actors. You won't
get any more time than a lot of the other fnas who attend the Cocktail
Party or Banquet or share a few moments with an actor in the hotel bar
or restaurant or a room party -- which some of the acotrs have been
known to attned. They're a very friendly bunch of actors - those who
appeared on BtVS & AtS. They're very pleasant and share as much time as
they feel comfortable sharing with any fans at a Con -- not exclusively
the volunteers.


Hope there weren't too many typos. I'll post Part 3 about the Q&A's etc.
tomorrow or the next day.

Jan K.

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novichok74 (06/10/05 09:42:43)

На Marsters_daily девушка под ником annabelle528 вывесила фотки с этого концерта. Я особо похихикала над последней - с язычком Правда фотки не самого лучшего качества, но какие есть www.livejournal.com/community/marsters_daily/385531.html?style=mine#cutid1

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Geroneja (06/10/05 14:55:14)

Главное, что фотки вообще есть, спасибо за ссылки и отчет ))