JA-kob DY-lan!! ja-KOB dy-LAN!!

i. am. a. fan. yes. i. am.

saw the wallflowers tonight at a local venue where one must remain standing at all times. this is not a venue for the weak of foot. or knee. or hip. or lower back. for the first hour or so of the wallflowers we were close to the front. these goobers kept moving in front of us and blocking-not-blocking-not-blocking-not the view. so we moved this way & that and skootched over and shifted our weight and we could see pretty well most of the time, and there is just something thrilling about being that close to someone you usually see on teevee. i don't care who it is or who you are, it's thrilling. add to it that it's someone whose music you enjoy, and there you have me, enthralled, about 8 rows back, peeking between folks' shoulders for a look at ol' jake.

the opening act was a young lady called butterfly boucher and she reminded me of that singer nena who is german and in the 80s had one american hit - 99 luftballons. and for those of you who are caring about this sort of thing, "luft" does not mean "red" but rather "luftballon" means "toy balloon" as opposed to like a balloon for riding around in. so there you have that, but we were speaking of miss butterfly. she claimed her name is really butterfly boucher and who is to doubt her? she is lovely to look at but it is sad to say that the folks were generally gabbing through her set except for the faster/louder numbers. her band was prerecorded, which i think would be tricky b/c you have to hit the timing prigzactly on target and there's no room for improv. her last song was the best, in my opinion, and that's pretty much what you'd expect.

spotted michael tait in the crowd, with a crew that looked like a band, and perhaps was dc talk folk, but how would i know? anyhoo - this is the same michael tait that i spotted at mellow mushroom a few weeks back, so i guess it's clear now that he's following me. stalker.

for the last few songs of jakob's set we moved to the back where the air was cooler, and if you didn't know better, you'd say my old man was dancing to "3 marlenas" but of course, we all know better than that, don't we now? yeah....

heh.