well, perfect timing for my walk down 80s memory lane with rdj last week… i’m going to the kick-off show for duran duran’s north american tour tonight!

the new cd from duran duran is pretty damn cool. it’s like old dd got a kick in the pants by the likes of timbaland and pharrell. very cool, but still recognizable as the band i loved in my youth.

i used to worship at the altar of duran duran in the 80s and very early 90s. much of my worship directed squarely at the tall, dark [not so dark now], very handsome john taylor. yes… he made me swoon. i have seen dd in concert twice and tonight will be my third. i have never cried at a concert [i just don’t get it when screaming girls cry for their idols] and i don’t plan on any tears being shed tonight. but… as i’m getting older and hormonal, weird things are making me weepy, so you never know…

i’m going to the show with my friend and co-worker [from the loony bin i call my office] kathy. tonight, i fully expect that we will we shake our booties to old faves like hungry like a wolf and the reflex and will both be very tired tomorrow morning at work. we both love duran duran and each have a favorite ‘taylor’ … john is mine and roger is hers. luckily, we won’t be fighting over them tonight LOL!

i also fully expect to feel like an old-fart at the show, but at least i’m younger than the band! i’m not THAT old, only 38… but many of my current musical faves are considerably younger than that. it’s refreshing change =)

i’m going to bring my flip and my camera with me, if i get any decent pics, i’ll post tomorrow. so off i go… to nostalgia-land with a modern edge. re-fle-fle-fle-fle-flex!

update: 2:00am

back from the show and a couple of hours at the river rock casino. it was awesome! simon le bon can still shake his moneymaker and john taylor was dreamy, albeit a little older, but still… dreamy. i took over 500 photos! a lot slightly out of focus and overexposed with the lighting flares, but overall i think i have at least 100 really good shots. also… i’ve got video! will be posting that later today in the afternoon/evening