The four of us trucked it down to Portland for The Vans Warped Tour yesterday. We originally had tickets for the show in Auburn WA., but found out that Guns N’ Roses was also performing that night in Seattle, so we had to see our Auburn Warped tickets and buy for Portland the following day. We have see the show 4 years in a row and hope to be able to see it for many years in to come. It is such a great experience with all the great bands, food, merchandise and of course people watching. The only problem with this year was the heat. It was over 90 degrees and as these shows are held in parking lots, there is typically no shade and is was no different this year at the Expo Center (parking lot) in Portland. We saw many dehydrated kids having to be carried off on stretchers by the very busy emergency response folks.

We all had a great time. We were able to see see most of the bands we wanted to before getting overwhelmed with heat and having to leave. We were able to see Tsunami Bomb, From Ashes to New, We the Kings, Veil of Maya, Motionless in White, Ice Nine Kills and Set it Off. Unfortunately with the conflict in sets, we were not able to see Falling in Reverse and we couldn’t see Issues because we were just too damn hot.

Bob Dylan at the Winery tonight. Was a great show and a beautiful  evening in Woodinville Wa.

Bob sounded and looked great.

Paul Simon put on a great show last night at the Winery in Woodinville. It was a nice night and after a day of very heavy rain, it cleared up right before the show and ended up being a clear warm evening.

He came on at around 7:30 and played around 25 songs ending with the encores of five songs with the last song being one of my all time favorite Simon and Garfunkel songs The Boxer.

Had a great time at the Pantages Theater in Tacoma on Wednesday night. Buy guy put on an incredible show and was as entertaining as usual. I have seen Buddy a few times, and each time he puts on a very entertaining show. His stories about growing up and his early days, his relationships with some of the music greats and hearing a person of his generations thoughts and insights on today’s issues was fun to hear.