Coldplay’s new album is awesome. It’s called a Rush of Blood to the Head, and it is in high rotation in pearl’s ride. for those of you who haven’t heard it, listen to the album online: www.arushofbloodtothehead.com
(for those who are not in the know, pearl’s ride is a silver 2002 nissan sentra that’s not quite silver cuz it is begging to be washed properly. I have no covered parking at the moment, just street parking by the beach or in front of a neighbor’s errant sprinklers, so i’m sure my paint isn’t doing too well. oh man. but it got really good gas mileage on our drive to vegas… about 250 miles to half a tank of gas! sweeeeet! anyway, i’ll be passing my car onto me sister for a few months — a long story — but maybe i’ll eventually get it back. I hope. I rather like my car!)
Pearl’s ride was also the vehicle for destination:vegas this past weekend, where jer and I went to see COLDPLAY at the Hard Rock Hotel/Casino. Chris Martin and the rest of the band ROCKED, even though they were slightly incoherent throughout the show — bad microphones and thick accents aren’t a good combination. the band played a surprisingly long set — almost every song on both of their albums, and every song sounded awesome, in spite of the funky sound system. Chris Martin’s piano playing is fun to watch and sweet to listen to, and the guitarist’s plinging riffs were pure bliss. YAAAAAY for coldplay!
I don’t have a setlist for the show, but I’ll try to find one to post up in the near future.
anyway, las vegas was, as always, quite fun. jer was introduced to the joys of Fat Tuesday and good ol’ Everclear and the yummerific prime rib at Kokomo’s at the Mirage. HANDS DOWN it is the BEST PRIME RIB out there! Better than Houston’s by far. Are you reading this, HT? you need to go to Kokomo’s!!!
We also at the the Paris buffet on Friday night and OMIGOSH it is SOOOOOOOOOOO GOOD. I think it’s better than the Bellagio buffet, at least in terms of variety and quality of the food. the variety is stunning: I think there were maybe 6 stations of entree items with 4-6 dishes at each one. and then there are the crab leg/cocktail shrimp yummies, dessert stands, etc. so you do the math. their dessert selection was comparable to Bellagio’s, and they had the most delicious cream for their cream puffs and crepes. and AAAAH!! their crepes were SOOOO GOOD!! plus the ambience of the dining area (divided into themed rooms — one like a countryside kitchen, others like formal dining halls, etc) was really nice. but the FOOD! -gasps- if you like seafood, this is the one for you. we had some awesome marinated clams and mussels and fish and etc etc. we ate sooo well. we ate too much, but it was a lot of fun getting there. =)
overall, a fun trip, although it was without the trip to the Sahara and their $1 tables. -snaps fingers-. rich is correct in his posting about las vegas: 10 hour buzz followed by headache. *ooooof.* but it’s rather fun while it lasts ;o)
lessons learned:
1. bring earplugs to all concerts in the future.
2. grain alcohol (everclear) is pretty damn hard on the system, but boy is it a nice way to get toasted.
3. the MGM/Mirage Players Club card isn’t active until September 15th.
4. the tigers (both the white and the yellow ones) at the Mirage better than the narcoleptic lion at the MGM Grand.
5. between the excellent food at Paris and Kokomo’s, it’s tooo easy to gorge oneself with food. our bodies seriously can’t handle it! -sniffle!-
6. what traveling salesman sold Bally’s and MGM the Monorail? did Leonard Nimoy help with the maiden voyage?
7. bring Grim Fandango with the laptop cuz we’re getting too old and will have downtime, so we might as well play a good game :)
8. pearl looks like she’s 12 and will get carded whereever she goes, especially in chun-li buns and a weezer shirt.
9. coldplay is most definitely worth seeing in concert.
10. we must go back to vegas again. :)
upcoming concerts:
DOVES at the MAYAN. should be, once again, an awesome show except for the sound system. if you like coldplay, you will like doves. personally, I think coldplay is trying to sound like doves, but that’s another post altogether.
NO DOUBT/GARBAGE/DISTILLERS at the LONG BEACH ARENA. there are still some tickets available! should be a fantastic show!
