I saw Van Halen with special guest Kool and the Gang tonight. Don’t ask me why Kool and the Gang are opening up for Van Halen. I’m pretty sure David Lee Roth arranged it. Last time I saw Van Halen the opening act was Ziggy Marley. The place was crawling with lame hippie wanna be pot heads that smelled bad. Ugh it sucked! How much pot do you have to smoke to think Ziggy is a good name for your son anyways? Ask Bob I suppose. Kool and the Gang were way better than Ziggy I can tell you that. Those old fuckers could still get down! I was impressed with the show really, they had everyone dancing and into it. If you’ve ever been to a wedding you’ve heard Kool and the Gang so its not like an issue ya know? Those fuckers could open for anyone and people would be into it. My favorite was when they pay Jungle Boogie, that song is awesome and is far and away my favorite Kool and the Gang song. They all came out in matching white suits and danced through the whole show. It was awesome.

You know how when the opening act comes out the lights are all killed and you cant see shit then BOOM the show starts? That didn’t happen. Some dude came out sat behind Alex Van Halen's drum kit and just started jamming. I thought for a second it was some sort of sound check and I remember thinking wow this guys good then I see Eddie and Dave walking out too and then the lights went out and it was like ohh ok the shows starting, I guess, wtf was that about? Someone forgot to kill the lights? Or maybe it was like some planned thing but it felt odd. Later on I would come to the conclusion that it was just the fuck heads at the Palace fucking up cuz the video screen didn’t work til 4 or 5 songs into the show. They had this huge epic video screen that was bigger than the stage and its just sitting back there black. Ever so often it would come on and you’d hear cheers cuz I’m sure fuckers in the nose bleeds were like “HURRAY I CAN SEE THEM!” Then it would shut off again. It annoyed me but I was close enough to where it wasn’t a huge issue for me. They sounded great. They opened with You really got me and just ripped into it like mad men. The people in front of me danced through the entire show. Too bad they weren’t dancing to any music I heard! I don’t know what the fuck they were listening to but they were so off it was funny. They looked like a chores line of drunken zombies. I am a huge Left 4 Dead fan so I had to fight the urge to kill them through most the show. Alex Van Halen had a horn section accompany him during his drum solo. I never saw him do that before. it was pretty cool. Maybe it was the guys from Kool and the Gang off stage or a prerecorded track but it was neat and different.

All and all the concert was pretty fucking bad ass. Still I left a lil disappointed. I had wanted them to play a lot more off their new album than they did. I have heard their old shit a million times and I really was looking forward to the new stuff being played but they only played like 4 songs off the new cd. They did play some shit I have never heard them play live so that was awesome. They played Women in Love, Dance the Night Away, Outta Love, and Girl Gone Bad! I was really blown away when they played that cuz they hadn’t in the Kentucky show. Besides the fact that they didn’t play as much new stuff as I wanted the real main reason I was sorta let down was that someone near me farted through the entire fucking show! All I could smell was nasty meth farts most the night. It made me happy when I could smell cheap whore perfume and skunk weed, witch I would normally complain about having to smell during a concert. I don’t know for sure but I think the farts were from this dick face who sat next to Julie. He complained about everyone standing up and the zombies in front of him dancing so I already didn’t like him. Maybe one of the zombies was farting? I don’t know what ass it came from, alive or undead but they were evil fucking farts. Julie moved way out to the isle-way to get away from them. I got home stripped and jumped into the shower right away. I felt like the fart smell was still on me. I wanna burn my clothes from the night!

Its been a few hours now, I fell asleep and woke up since the concert and the memory of the farts has faded. I can see the concert more clearly now and I am much more happy with it.