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Darth Vader!
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<ticket scan coming sometime>
Ed @ the Nader Rally
October 10th, 2000
UIC Pavillion: Chicago,
Illinois
Ed
Solo Acoustic Set...
I Am A Patriot, The Times
They Are A-Changin'
Vader?
The night before the Detroit show was when the announced that Ed was going
to be at the Chicago Rally...and I was so excited about the Detroit show.
Finally, when everyone was settled down on the floor in my room (Ryan,
Sarah, Carolina, and Erin) and I lay in my nice bed, I mentioned something
about the "Vader Rally" without even knowing it. So now, I affectionately
call the Nader performance the "Vader Rally"...got it, now?
We slept
in so late after the Chicago show. I needed it since I was sick...but Ryan
and Carolina really needed it as well. We departed Carolina's mom's friend's
mom's house (whew!) to find the UIC Pavillion. After a little bit of an
embarrassing situation (LOL), we got there. Saw Florence...but that was
like it...eventually we got up and were going to eat and we saw Chuck and
Rich and they directed us towards food. Now, I was a complete moron. I
wore my brand new boots with three inch heels that day...so I was walking
around the University of Illinois campus in shoes that were KILLING my
feet...but I'm a soldier and I survived.
We ate,
went back to wait in line...there were more people there now...I was sitting
and talking to everyone and then looked over and saw one of my old best
friends from elementry school and junior high sitting right there! Talk
about small world! It was so nice seeing her!
The doors
opened not soon after and all us Pearl Jam nuts...used to being at Pearl
Jam concerts RUN to the stage and workers shout, "No running!" but no one
listens. Everyone that was cool snagged the first rows availible (basically
the 3rd and 4th rows). It was nice to finally all sit together and enjoy
something Pearl Jam related together.
We sat
through a lot of interesting music...but we were all getting antsy...waiting
for the Veddster...
Michael
Moore introduced him and he strode onstage with his acoustic guitar...pretty
sure he was going to pop out a little Patriot (dude, my third time seeing
it!) and he did. Very, very nice version! He was awfully chatty, but since
the soundsystem was not some multi-gabazillion dollar system that deciphers
Ed's mumblings like Pearl Jam's (ha-ha, I crack myself up!) I could hardly
understand a damn thing he said (and still can't even on the video!)!!!
Rich
let me in on a little secret...that The Times They Are A-Changin' was heard
during a quiet soundcheck...so we all pretty much speculated it was going
to be played. It was...and it was beautiful! It was really a shame so many
friends had to miss this performance because it was so intimate and great...lights
on...no darkness...no drunks...all of us friends/fans up front...it was
great!
Now,
we all wished Ed could have stayed on longer...but reality hits...it's
a Nader Super Rally, Ed's not the star...so we allowed him to sneak away
without too much of a hassle;-) Michael Moore saluted Ed's mom who sat
in the 2nd row and smiled and waved to everyone :-) It was very cute. We
also spotted a little Stone to the side of the stage...very nice support
Stonewall;-)
Now the
main event...Nader...excellent speaker...and so much of what he said made
sense...BUT...this isn't a political write-up, just a musical write-up...so
off I go...
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