I went to the Lady Gaga show, AKA, the Monster Ball, on Monday, and wrote a review, which you can read over on the
SF Appeal. Read it! DO IT!
A few things not mentioned in the review:
* I totally missed my exit once I got to San Jose, but was able to drive directly to the Pavilion, despite a total lack of signs leading the way, and despite the fact that I have only driven there once before. Do not doubt my sense of direction, yo!
* I took my 17-year-old cousin to the show, and she couldn't get over how many old people were in the audience. Aside from me.
* There were lots of girls wearing yellow CAUTION tape (ala the Telephone video) wrapped around their bodies, but there was also one girl wearing yellow CAUTION WET PAINT tape, which is either really sad, or totally awesome.
* One of the most memorable aspects of the show, to me, was hearing Gaga's heavy breathing during rare moments of quiet in between songs. Hearing the amplified sound of someone catching their breathe in an arena filled with thousands was a new for me. You'll never hear Madonna trying to catch her breathe during her shows, (since she's superhuman), or Britney at hers (since she doesn't actually sing). It was oddly humanizing....
* I left the parking lot at the HP Pavilion in San Jose at 11:45pm and arrived in San Francisco at 12:20am. That's driving, son! (Also, it was a sad reminder of the horrors of rush hour traffic, as sometimes my shuttle ride home from Sunnyvale, which is not too far from San Jose, can take two hours.)
...including me. Kind of. Actually, I have my own opinions about what film criticism is, and what movie reviewing is, and I definitely fall into the "reviewer" camp. So, yes, I am currently reviewing movies for the San Francisco Appeal, and you should check my reviews out! Below are links to what I've covered thus far. New reviews most Fridays. (Hopefully the movies will get better than they have been...)
