Reviews

On Friday, John and I went up to Hershey to see the Police play. I was so very excited for this concert. The Police are pretty much my all time favorite band. Liking them pretty much predates all of my other musical favorites -- I liked them before Duran Duran and Depeche Mode (my middle schoole teeny-bopper bands). I liked them before I discovered punk rock, alternative music or really got to like rock n roll or metal. I was thrilled when they announced their reunion tour.

It took us three hours to get there at rush hour. The roads in to Hershey are not equipped for a lot of traffic. And the stadium traffic is not very well organized. I thought John's head was going to explode at the inefficiency of it all. He sets great store in doing things efficiently. And the stadium itself...well, as we were trying to get to our seats, we got trapped in a huge crowd of people in the beer line. It was actually a little bit scary, although that may have just been me. I get claustrophobic. At another point, a woman who was getting crowded and wearing spiked heels stepped backward on to my foot, slicing it open and buising it. But, since it was Pennsylvannia, at least they had funnel cakes.

The concert itself was kind of a disappointment. They got off to a wonderful start, opening with a really good version of Message in a Bottle. The visuals were well done. But Andy Summers seemed out of tune for about half the songs. I didn't even recognize Every Little Thing She Does is Magic at first. And Sting, I'm a huge fan, but man, why the hell can't you play the songs the way you recorded them? I'm not interested in a 10 minute version of Walking in Your Footsteps. I love almost every single one of the Police's songs. I expected to be caught up in the music and carried away. For the most part, I wasn't.

Don't get me wrong. I'm still glad we went, and I would have kicked myself it we hadn't. It was worth seeing them, even if they weren't as good as I thought they would be.

Now for my second review which is much more glowing -- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. No details or spoilers, I promise. I will say it was everything I hoped the last book would be and more. I finished reading the book today and felt satisfied, and happy and content with the way it ended. The is Snape good or evil question was answered. There were happy bits that made me smile, and sad parts that made me cry, and in the end, good triumphed over evil. I loved every minute of it. Go JK Rowling, and thanks for creating such a wonderful series of books.