podling | Neil Neil Neil!!!!!!

Oh. My. What a fabulous concert! Neil Finn is a god, or at least part of a pantheon of really fantabulous singer/songwriter/performer/whatevers. The show was a-maz-ing. I'm sure

astrophysicat will write an actual descriptive description of events, but I'll just go with some impressions... firstly, I was vibrating (shut up!) from excitement (again with the 'shut up!') most of the concert. Wow. It was so great! Fine form. Excellent song mix, not that there hasn't been at others I've been to, or isn't always, but it was definite more the fast-paced songs that were played this time, and oh. my. god. it was so good!!!!! There was expected stuff and there were several songs that I just totally did *not* expect to hear, like "love this life". And geez, but I could name every single song and most people wouldn't know them, or care, or be able to understand the happiness I feel for having heard every single one of them live!!! (well, except Cara, but she was there, so...)

Umm, anyway... moving along, eat your heart out

tanaise, we got to see Rhett Miller and Goldenboy in one night! And geez, I liked Rhett Miller before, but seriously, he was fabulous too! He's so bouncy and energetic and freaking cute!!! And he's talented! Go figure. Goldenboy is fun to watch too. In fact, they all are, everyone on that stage. Sebastian, etc.

Okay, I'll shut up and stop being a psycho fangirl now. The only negative comments I could possibly make is about the venue. It was nice, but... well, for one, sit-down nature of the majority of the place gave the whole thing a different vibe, no dancing or whatever. It was nice to sit, but... well, that was just kind of weird. I think I actually prefer general admission places, even though my exceptional shortness (thanks to

jennywrenn for that one) makes it a bit weirdly annoying sometimes. And the lighting wasn't as interesting as the other shows I'd seen Neil do and I kept having weird flashbacks to other lighting set-ups. The show was excellent anyway.

Oh! One last thing! I drove through Times Square! Okay, now granted, I've been there lots of times, but I've never actually been behind the wheel anywhere in Manhattan (hello, public transportation), never mind there! What with

astrophysicat navigating, we actually made it out and home in less than an hour even!!! Okay, so at one point I was on the NJ Turnpike (and had stupidly gotten in the cars only lane) and was thinking, then said out loud, "This is kind of scary, driving between these weird barriers like this, hmmn, maybe it's that I'm going twice the speed limit..."

And to think I was in a bad mood at work earlier in the day. heh.