Apr 21
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It was a regular day at Boston University’s Agganis Arena. The crowd was screaming, cheering, smiling and laughing. But there was no basketball game and no concert. Rather, there was a politician. A politician?
Proving that politicians can be Rock Stars too, Barack walked on stage to a crowd that anxiously awaited his presence–as a matter of fact a sold-out crowd of 5,800–the largest his campaign has seen thus far.
Not impressed yet? There’s more. Unlike many previous events, every attendee paid for his or her ticket–students, $23 to stand on the floor; most, $230 for arena seats; some, $2,300 for VIP seats and a pre-show reception.
That’s right. It can cost more money to see Barack Obama than it can The Rolling Stones.
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Apr 17
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Like I suspect of most others in attendance, the light of my night was the Cold War Kids. They put on one hell of a show, and had a live sound that far exceeded my expectations. More on that in a bit. First, I want to describe the two new bands to whom I was introduced on this night of March 31.
The night began with the energetic Delta Spirit, who opened the show with a very respectable set. Delta’s live sound resembled a lot of what modern pop music embodies, but without the overproduction that plagues, well, virtually every studio album made since 1994. Though a bit repetitive at times, their songs all boast pleasant melodies over catchy chord changes. Melodic and catchy pop music: that’s how I’d peg Delta Spirit. Matt Vasquez brings forth a lot of nuance as the lead singer. Hiding under a fashionable tweed cap, he makes his presence known as soon as he starts singing. He projects very well, and pulls off the emphatic-scream-without-sounding-like-you’re-screaming as well as anybody.
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