June 14, 2006

The envy that I feel ...

... for those who will be there for this event tonight and tomorrow night ... is really beyond words.

I actually kind of ACHE about it.

It's a genius conception, first of all - what a ballsy idea - so RUFUS-ish of him!! I love the oh-so-shy (and, of course, ironic and snarky) "WORLD'S GREATEST ENTERTAINER" on the poster ... hahahaha He's so lovely. He really is. And if he pulls it off (which I imagine he is capable of) ... what an incredible night it will be.

I hope they film it and ... oh ... next year it's an HBO special or something like that.

I saw him perform on Valentine's Day, 2002 at Town Hall here in NYC. Allison and I went. Someday I'll write about the special-ness of that concert. If you ever get a chance to see him perform, I say: do it. He's marvelous in person. The voice is just as good as it is on the albums (which obviously, in this day and age of lip synching and double/triple tracking of the voice is not always the case) - and he's real old-school. An old-school crooner. Old-school except for his flowy patchwork bellbottom pants, of course.

He's an amazing performer (even when he was a bit drunk, like he was the night I saw him) - and I am soooo jealous of those who will be there tonight that I kinda can't even deal with it.

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This is the album that made me fall in love with Judy Garland!! That swagger and voice...oh, I get goosebumps just thinking about it. Man, I just loved that voice!! The power of that performance is incredible considering by that time she was just starting the dark, but amazingly successful, stages of her life. I mean, gosh, she was three years out from her Hepatitis diagnosis...oh yeah, and the whole drug thing.

Even though I have not heard Rufus I sure he will do good by it, it would takes an incredible amount of chutzpah to attempt this feat if he couldn't pull it off.

Posted by: chuck in maine at June 14, 2006 2:05 PM

I did try to get tickets but it sold out almost immediately. Apparently they have released another block of tickets - but I called Carnegie Hall this morning and they said no more were available.

Posted by: red at June 14, 2006 2:07 PM

I just RUFUS in caps and thought for a minute you were talking about Rufus Sewell. Dang. Well, Rufus Wainwright is good, too, and I love his mom and aunt.

Posted by: ak at June 14, 2006 2:13 PM

I would imagine just like the original show, a bunch of these tix are going to reserved for the "beautiful" people. With the shows selling the way they did, do you think he might do a third show? I mean, there's still 17,18,19 (unless there's another attraction scheduled).

I would say to try a ticket agent..but I know I wouldn't want to take a second mortgage to go!

All I have going through my head now is....CLANG, CLANG, CLANG Goes the trolley....

Posted by: chuck in maine at June 14, 2006 2:16 PM

I loooove Rufus Wainwright. I am so grateful to my old roommate for showing me him. How I ever listened to the iPod without him on it, I have no idea.

Posted by: alli at June 14, 2006 6:56 PM

i am going to this tongiht!! omg!
this will be my sixth time seeing rufus. does that make me a groupie? i hope so.

Posted by: siobhan at June 15, 2006 8:45 AM

Oh siobhan - you have to tell me everything!! I'm so jealous!

Posted by: red at June 15, 2006 10:16 AM

siobhan...u must write about the whole thing!!! I will live vicariously through u!!!

Posted by: mitchell at June 15, 2006 10:38 AM