Current mood:	happy
Current music:	Rammstein - Engel

Erasure concert at the Paramount
I just got back from the Erasure concert, and I am once again both amazed and also surprised. I am amazed because Andy Bell was still alive and kicking (with some pretty risque costumes) and sang really well (he missed a couple of cues but hey it happens). They had a good balance of the old and the new songs, the crowd went nuts when they played their old favorites. Of the new songs, Solsbury Hill (A Peter Gabriel original) and You've Lost That Loving Feeling (Righteous Brothers) were very well liked.

On the other hand I am surprised at how young Andy looked. The only indication that he is 45+ is around his eyes, the rest of him could have been 30.

The crowd was the usual: Middle age gays, some lesbians, the odd straight couple. Nobody under 25 probably. There was a bar on the main floor (double G&Tanq: $11 + tip!!!). There was this really shitty opening band called Cooler Kids. They are the proud remixers and ululators of the popular C89.5 song "All Around The World." If anyone wants a button with "Cooler Kids" on it, give me a holler. Otherwise I will send it to C89.5, with no postage.