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A good friend of mine (older than me) just went and watched two nights of Bruce Springsteen in concert. She said the first part of the show was really sad because he played a lot of new stuff which no one there recognized or wanted to hear. They all just kinda sat on their thumbs until he started with the old stuff. She only went on the second night because she had free tickets that she could not unload (and that says something too . . .) One reason she couldn't unload them is that some of her friends said they'd rather stay home and watch American Idol . . . She wasn't too sorry, however. On the second night she noticed that he did quite a different show. Why? She discovered that it's because the producers know that when he's playing two nights in the same city, a good number in the audience are repeat customers. So the audience--even for the oldies shows--is quite limited. I'm no genius about these things but I'd venture to guess that ticket prices have a great deal to do with it. When you can have video, audio, interviews, etc. all on demand . . . why would you want to fork over a prince's ransom just to see some musician sucking air.

Say it ain't so! I remember playing Foreigner LPs (yes, I'm that old!) at slumber parties as a young girl. We thought we (and they) were pretty cool. I think I need a drink after reading this. I was thinking whiskey . . . but perhaps I'd better get some "Joint Juice."