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Jun. 28th, 2004 02:12 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
e_clareJust got back from the Guster/Ben Folds concert at Tower City in Cleveland. 5 hours of line-sitting, 3 hours of driving and a sunburn later...and I'VE MET BEN FOLDS. WOOOO-HOOOOO! (Yeah. Still a little buzzed from the drive home. Can you tell?) It was an AWESOME show--even more awesome than Tuesday--and it was totally worth all the driving and the sitting and the burning. Totally.
To answer your most pertinent questions: no, I didn't sell him a pretzel; surprisingly, he's not as short as you'd think (taller than Nathan Lane);![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
krikkit911, the song was "Army" (hope you liked it! I was too slow to get it out in time for "Kate"); and Rufus' footwear of choice is silver-sequined flip-flops (newredshoes, I've got a Rufus/Ben photo with your name on it).
My ears are still muzzy and my voice may be gone when I wake up. Too bad I'm supposed to answer phones at work tomorrow. :)
In other news: While the numbers may be enough to illustrate Fahrenheit 9/11's success this weekend, I've got first-hand experience.
Monday: Theater announces we'll be getting the movie after the arthouse sells out its midnight show
Wednesday: I take more calls for 9/11 reserved seats than for Spider-man 2.
Thursday night, 12:01 am: The arthouse has somehow oversold all three of their screens; every chair in the building gets pulled into a theater tobreak fire codes seat the rest of the audience.
Friday afternoon, 2 pm: Theater owner announces that we'll be adding two screens for the 8 o'clock showing, as the arthouse has sold out. All three 8 pm screens sell out.
Friday evening, 8:30 pm: General manager changes final-round schedule to add two more screens for 10:40 pm, as well. The 10:40 shows are filled to about 80% capacity (excellent for us on a late night).
The public reaction to this film has been incredible...but I'm crashing. My review and more details later.
To answer your most pertinent questions: no, I didn't sell him a pretzel; surprisingly, he's not as short as you'd think (taller than Nathan Lane);
krikkit911, the song was "Army" (hope you liked it! I was too slow to get it out in time for "Kate"); and Rufus' footwear of choice is silver-sequined flip-flops (newredshoes, I've got a Rufus/Ben photo with your name on it). My ears are still muzzy and my voice may be gone when I wake up. Too bad I'm supposed to answer phones at work tomorrow. :)
In other news: While the numbers may be enough to illustrate Fahrenheit 9/11's success this weekend, I've got first-hand experience.
Monday: Theater announces we'll be getting the movie after the arthouse sells out its midnight show
Wednesday: I take more calls for 9/11 reserved seats than for Spider-man 2.
Thursday night, 12:01 am: The arthouse has somehow oversold all three of their screens; every chair in the building gets pulled into a theater to
Friday afternoon, 2 pm: Theater owner announces that we'll be adding two screens for the 8 o'clock showing, as the arthouse has sold out. All three 8 pm screens sell out.
Friday evening, 8:30 pm: General manager changes final-round schedule to add two more screens for 10:40 pm, as well. The 10:40 shows are filled to about 80% capacity (excellent for us on a late night).
The public reaction to this film has been incredible...but I'm crashing. My review and more details later.
