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It was a beautiful day in downtown L.A. on a Thursday night. I sat on an offramp watching street vendors slang bootleg Green Day shirts with a cool breeze on my face. My lil bro Mitch was sitting in the passenger seat staring into the great abyss with teenage angst. He was seeing Green Day for his second time. We saw them together back in 2008 when they were on their 21st Century Breakdown tour when he was 12. I personally have been following Green day since they came out with their album Dookie which gained them widespread popularity . This lil’ three piece, which started from humble punk rock beginnings, was quickly catapulted into rock stardom after their album American Idiot. Since then, they have taken to their roles as rock stars as Tigers take to their stripes. They have dealt with claims of selling out and not staying true to there core audience. Other hardships have included children, aging, public rants, drug and alcohol problems. Today, we see more mature Green Day and a post rehab Billy Joe Armstrong full of warmth and gratitude. Almost 20 years since my first Green Day show I am back in the crowd, ignited with passion, to see them for the umpteenth time with a nostalgic heart and an aging body.
The opening band was “Best Coast.” They had an indie sound that was pleasant at first but became repetitive towards the back half of their set. A person in a bunny suit shot TP on them which gave the crowd something to stay engaged. Green Day took the stage promptly at 8:30p.m. Billy Joe Armstrong, Tre Cool, and Mike Dirnt ran onto stage, grabbed their instruments and went straight into “99 Revolutions.” 99 Rev’s is also the name of the Tour and the song comes from the album “Tre.” “Tre” being one of three albums that were released over a series of months for the current tour. The albums are as follows: Uno, Dos and Tre (as in Tre Cool, their drummer). Very clever. The diverse crowd cheered and swayed as Billy lead them like a symphony conductor does their orchestra. Green Day continued to play some new songs off their new albums Uno, Dos, Tre, mixing in 21st Century Breakdown, American Idiot, Dookie, Kerplunk, and many more. As always, they played to their crowd. They picked a kid no more than 7 years old to sing and stage dive. This was accompanied by such theatrics as squirting the crowd with water and the ever popular T Shirt gun. Songs “She” and “F.O.D.” were amongst my favorites and almost all songs turned into sing-a-longs. Billy Joe demanded lots of crowd participation and takes a super long breakdown towards the end of the set. He lays on the ground and mixes classic rock classics like “Hey Jude” to the Jazz of “King for a day.” My preference would have been to hear a couple more old songs than listen to Billy Joe act like Sting. Long “Eee Ohhhs” and “Eee OOhhhh Ahhhss” by the crowd I can only stand for a short while. The encore songs were “American Idiot”, “Jesus of Suburbia” and “Brutal love” which were filled with energy and passion. Lighters and Cell Phones lit the place while the Arena was like a living organism.
At the end of the day, it was an amazing concert. I wouldn’t say it was the best Green Day concert I’ve ever seen, but still damn good. Mostly because I miss the Green Day shows where they would light their drum kit on fire and smash their guitars. I miss the shows where kids were vomiting in the mosh pits and I got a black eye. I think most of all, I miss the punk rock attitude that the concerts used to have. Then again, that was a long time ago. With the crowd mostly being Adults in their 40′s and 50′s with their kids, it’s a much different scene than I remember. However, they are the ones who can afford the expensive tickets, 45 dollar concert T’s and 100 dollar sweatshirts! “Ain’t nobody got time for that!”
Cheers,
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Walt Disney Studios has filed an emergency motion in federal court looking to stay a recent ruling by the judge handling the bankruptcy of Digital Domain Media Group. At stake might be Disney’s ability to create 3D movies without fear of being sued for patent infringement.
Digital Domain was the visual effects studio co-founded by James Cameron in 1993. In September, after declaring bankruptcy, most of the company’s assets were sold out of bankruptcy to Galloping Horse America and Reliance MediaWorks for $30.2 million.
But parent DDMG still has significant debts and has sought to auction off some of its remaining assets for the benefit of its creditors. Among the most prized remaining assets is patents relating to the 2D-to-3D conversion processes, which DDMG acquired when it purchased 3D stereo studio In-Three in late 2010.
The prospect of the patents being sold has caused concern in Hollywood. Marvel sought to protect rights related to The Avengers and Lucasfilm sought to protect The Nightmare Before Christmas. But it was Disney who expressed the loudest objection, contending that the proposed sale could impair its rights to distribute such films as G-Force, Alice in Wonderland and Tron Legacy.
In December, Delaware bankruptcy judge Brendan Linehan Shannon approved the patent sale with certain stipulations. The judge also addressed Disney’s concerns with a specially directed ruling concerning the company.
The judge noted the “long and complex history” of the dispute, which we detailed here and which began when Disney contracted In-Three to provide services on the films G-Force and Alice in Wonderland. As part of that agreement, the studio got an option to be granted a full, nonexclusive license for the patents as well as extracted “covenant not to sue rights.”
In his ruling, Judge Shannon summed up the dispute this way: “Does the G-Force Agreement operate to grant Disney a right to use the In-Three Patents on a going forward basis? And to put a finer point on it, for purposes of the Debtor’s Sale Motion, will whoever buys the In-Three Patents from the Debtor be required to permit Disney to use that technology, gratis, in perpetuity?”
The answers, say the judge, are, “No.”
The judge concluded that Disney enjoyed a limited license to the patents and could rest easy that it wouldn’t be sued over Alice in Wonderland and G-Force. But the judge also decided that Disney hadn’t exercised an option under the G-Force Agreement for a perpetual license and that there was “no contractual privity between Disney and the Debtor that would enable Disney to enforce the G-ForceAgreement against the Debtor.”
The covenant not to sue applied to films that had been made under the original agreement, the judge ruled, not those that had yet to come. Disney’s objection to the asset sale was thus overruled.
On Wednesday, Disney brought the matter to a Delaware federal court to gain time for further review, arguing that “the Debtors’ interest in patents they purchased are subject to and limited by pre-existing licenses, thereby requiring that any subsequent sale of such patents in bankruptcy remain subject to such pre-existing licenses.”
Disney says that without opportunity for a meaningful appellate review, it “will suffer ongoing harm — the risk of being sued on account of alleged acts of infringement committed by third-party vendors on future film projects and of being denied the right to practice the In-Three Patents themselves — in an amount that is impossible to ascertain currently.”
The dispute is presented by Disney as a conflict between patent law and bankruptcy law. Debtors can’t sell assets they don’t own, but intellectual property rights are intangible. Disney advises a judge, “As far as can be determined, this is an issue of first impression at the appellate level.”
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About This Performance
American pop icon Barry Manilow joins the Bowl’s ever-popular tribute to our nation’s birthday, which will include his many hits, traditional patriotic music, and, of course, fabulous fireworks.
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Glen Campbell & three songs from Jackson Browne.
The opening act was a little more country then rock and roll, but for my ears they sounded solid. It was their first time playing at the Hollywood Bowl, very poetic being that this was Glen Campbell’s last performance in Los Angless. Kind of a show business circle of life. The third song they covered was Glen’s first song “Everyday Housewife”, a version which fell a little flat for me.
Courtney Taylor Taylor came out for the fourth song of the night covering The Monkees tune “Daydream Believer”, which Glen played lead guitar on. This song was met with much applause untill Taylor Taylor hit the chorus, then it sounded just awful. He sang like a frog with a sore throat. When Taylor Taylor spoke after the first song, it was clear he was not of sound mind, either drunk or high or something worse. That was not so unexpected for a rock and roller, but he also happened to suck, which was an issue. He also forgot the lines in “Last Train to Clarksville”, which was met with shaking heads and derisive laughter from the crowd. When he announced he was singing his final number, they applauded and laughed out loud. I can’t stress enough how bad this guy was.
Lucinda Williams could not come soon enough, we all held out hope she could salvage the train reck left by Taylor Taylor. She was better but also clearly a little out of it.
Next up Mr. Kris Kristofferson sounded great (and I think he was the only performer that acted in a vampire movie with Whesley Snipes, which I see as a bonus).
Jenny Lewis played next, she knocked the cover off of the ball by hitting every note and even though I am not particularly a fan of country music, it was not bad. She told us that in the 1970s her family opened for Glen, Joking that there she was forty years later opening for him.
And then to some big cheers came Mr. Jackson Browne, who began with a duet with Jenny. For his second song he told us that last week he was here watching the beach boys perform so it was a pleasure for him to perform his next song. He followed that cover up with a rendition of one of his own songs, “These Days”. This is what I came for. He sounded just as good as in the days I use to listen to him driving in mom and dad’s ’66 Mustang. This was my first chance to hear him live, and I am so happy it hit the mark!! He was rocking the place as the sun went down at the bowl, and followed up with a surprising treat as he covered Elvis’ “Viva Las Vegas”.
Glen looked at the teleprompter a lot, but sounded great. After the first song he stated. ” I am so glad to be here tonight…well, these days I am glad to be anywhere” the crowd burst out laughing, more laughs from the over sixty set. By the time they got to “Phoenix”, he tried to wander from the prompter, feeling more confident, but still snuck glances. His hands, however, never missed a beat on the guitar.
During “Try a little kindness” he was the most confident, and even played around on stage a bit, which was great to see. He had a guitar solo in this one, and he rocked it. It seemed that the band was instructed to start playing the music right after each song ended, because every time he started talking between songs they started up and he caught on about two beats later. For “True Grit” he made some comments about John Wayne, but was cut off by efforts from the band to push him into the song.
It really got fun when he brought his stunning daughter Ashley out and they battled, her on the banjo and he on the guitar. Then a very confused Glen exit the stage and his son and daughter performed two original songs. Glen was brought back on stage, and remarked “it is realy cold out here” followed by asking “what am I doing?” to his daughter. Poor Glen told us he was cold again, then told the same joke about being happy to be anywhere at his age. Then at least twice during “Rhinestone Cowboy” he told us how cold he was, and I thought to myself, someone needs to get this guy a blanket. Despite the instances of dementia in between songs, Glen put on a great show. It was amazing to see that in spite of his mind, his body didn’t miss a beat. During this fond farewell, Glen could still play like it was back in the day.
On a personal note, my own grandfather was taken by this disease (dementia). It is just a awful way to go and very hard to watch from a family standpoint. However ,I am sure it is made better for Glen being able to watch his children take over the family business and I can only pray that as he fades into the night he can still remember all the decades that he made America smile with his talent.
JD
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This is from the Hollywood Bowl site.
Legendary singer/guitarist Glen Campbell, a true American musical icon, will give his final Los Angeles concert at the Hollywood Bowl on Sunday, June 24 as part of his Goodbye Tour – a celebration of his extraordinary five-decade-plus career and release of his acclaimed final studio album Ghost on the Canvas. Shortly after being diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease last June, Campbell decided to forge ahead with both the tour and the album, in the spirit of sharing both his music and the truth about his condition. Campbell just received the Recording Academy Lifetime Achievement Award and joined The Band Perry and Blake Shelton for a special performance on the 54th Annual GRAMMY Awards® this past Sunday, February 12, 2012. The first half of the concert will begin with California-based roots rock band Dawes, joined by special guest Jackson Browne and additional special guests (to be announced) performing original songs as well as selections from Campbell’s repertoire that have been of special influence. The concert will close with Campbell performing his most memorable hits as well as selections from Ghost On The Canvas, which has been greeted with unprecedented critical acclaim from all corners.
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