I'm not really sure why Bryce got those tickets. We weren't asked any questions after the showing or sent any questionnaires. We just got to watch movies for free, a few days before it saw an official opening. Maybe it was to get word of mouth going. I don't know.
The two films I remember seeing were Forrest Gump and Braveheart. Both pictures won the Academy Award for Best Picture. Bryce never did tell me how he got the tickets or how often. I still wonder if the that tradition of seeing the Oscar winner through that service continued after I went to college. Man, we should have started placing bets every time he got a free pass. I could retire by now.
"I'm On Fire" - Johnny Cash
From the album Badlands A Tribute to Bruce Springsteen's Nebraska
I've always been an admirer or Bruce Springsteen, but up until a couple of years ago I was only a casual fan. What did it take to bring me from casual adoration to full-blown fanatic? A live concert, of course. We caught Springsteen in Nashville in 2008 on a whim. Fellow Blogcritics Mark Saleski and Josh Hathaway and been raving about Springsteen for ages, and especially how amazing he was in concert. One night I got an e-mail from Ticketmaster or Live Nation or whatever noting Springsteen's concert that weekend. After a quick chat with the wife, I bought tickets and we packed our bags.
I'll never regret it. We had terrible seats (upper level, behind the stage) but the show was spectacular. Springsteen knows how to work an audience like nobody I've ever seen. He's not only a great musician, but an incredible showman. He moved like a dancer. He spoke like a carnival barker and a preacher. He played like thunder. He was constantly reaching out to the audience, to touch his fans in the most literal of senses. Sometimes during a guitar solo he'd fall into them so that they were literally lifting him up. At one point, during "I'm On Fire" he grabbed a lady from the audience and danced with her.
Article comments
1 - El Bicho
Andrew needed some schooling like listening to loud music while he was sleeping
2 - Mat Brewster
He didn't mean any harm, and was a nice kid overall, but yeah, boy needed to put on his earbuds.
3 - Josh Hathaway
You are incorrect, sir. The dancing happened during "Dancing In The Dark" during the encore. That's going to be a lap for you. :)
Nicely done, Mat.
4 - Mat Brewster
Curses, I knew I'd get that wrong, and I knew you'd call me out on it. I guess I should have just asked you to begin with.
5 - El Bicho
heh! I was trying to picture him slow dancing during "I'm On Fire". What designation is below "full-blown fanatic" because I think you are being demoted.
6 - Mat Brewster
I deserve that. It wasn't like he was doing the mashed potato though, it was a slow dance which could work with "I'm on Fire." Even though I was wrong.
7 - Michael Buble
What a wonderful concert. My husband and I had got tickets from Ticketwood.com at discounted prices and a big "Thank You" to Ticketwood for Michael Buble Tickets. We drove from the Lewiston-Clarkston area to attend Buble concert. It was our first, and won't be the last. Being a Music teacher, I've followed Michael's career since the first interivew I saw years ago. There is absolutely no one who can interpret a song like Michael with such emotion and tenderness as on "Best of Me", "Home," or "Song for You.". Great Show!
8 - handyguy
Michael Buble has a husband? Who knew?