Madonna

I learned something on the weekend. There are two kinds of guys who attend Madonna concerts - those who are there with a wife/girlfriend, and gay men! For the record - I was attending with Mindy! Perhaps I should not have been surprised by this, but I expected plenty of guys in category 1...I just had not idea how big she was in the gay community. There was quite the range of outfits as well - fishnet body suits, outrageous hair styles etc. For the concert, it was quite a good thing - they were clearly enjoying this live-clubbing experience and were much more energetic than most of her female fans.

Our seats were actually very good. We were directly to the side of the stage, so at times we were looking at her from behind, but we were very close, only about 15 rows from the stage so we were in the middle of things and got a good view, especially when she was on our side of the stage. Not that I am a fan of her music but I have to say I enjoyed the show quite a bit. The coordination of the dancing, props, costume changes etc were of the level of a Broadway show and I can only imagine the level of rehearsal and back-stage management that has to go on to make it work so seamlessly. Mindy really enjoyed the night, which was a relief after her less-than-enthusiastic reception to me getting the tickets. She assured me that this was just due to her having ad a rough day and was genuinely excited and had a great time...but I (of course) will still remind her of this from time to time :-).

Now it is a matter of detoxing from this pop experience and getting ready for AC/DC in a few weeks. I am amazingly keen for this show and also their album release. Their 2nd single from the album "War Machine" has just been released and it is a great song, much better than "Rock 'n' Roll Train" I feel. I have been listening to AC/DC radio on Sirius (24x7 commercial free AC/DC music), and they periodically play the new songs. Due to my radio allowing me to skip back, this morning (much to the complaints of Naomi), we listened to "War Machine" about 6 times! I am hoping that the new album will contain another few gems, perhaps another "Ballbreaker"??

In other news, we did download a couple of ringtones for Mindy to use on her phone. An Indigo Girls song for most people...but for me, whenever I call, her phone loudly proclaims "I don't want anybody else. When I think about you I touch myself.". I am hoping to catch her in a group of people when I call!