Too late for Alanis

Last night I went to see Alanis Morrisette and The Barenaked Ladies playing at the Tweeter Center in Tinley Park.  Due to a late start and a loooooong drive, we managed to miss the entire opening act, and all but the last verse of Alanis singing "Thank You"... so we pretty much arrived for the stage change.  The jumbo screens were set up so that during the break, everyone in the audience could send text-messages via cell phone to the rest of the crowd -- some funny stuff and a great way to pass the time.

 

Finally BNL took the stage and as expected, put on a great show.  If you haven't seen them before, I highly recommend going to one of their concerts.  They don't take themselves too seriously -- they're very funny and extremely spontaneous, while at the same time, are top-notch musicians and play a T-I-G-H-T show. 

 

For the pre-existing BNL fans: I saw them about 7 years ago in Cleveland on the 4th of July -- they had this big hairy roadie grilling hot-dogs onstage the entire concert, and between numbers, the band would toss the the dogs into the audience for people to snack on.  And when the line "we wouldn't have to eat Kraft dinner" came up during the tune "If I Had $1000000", the entire stage was engulfed in a bright yellow haze as the audience pelted the stage with dried macaroni and packets of day-glo powdered cheese.  This was before they were HUGE, so I guess I was part of more of a "cult following" back then.  There was no cloud of cheese and pasta this time, but they did have a synchonized-shopping-cart dance routine that was just hysterical.

 

Next concert is Friday -- I'm going to see PRINCE!!!!!  Yeah baby!