Check. Item #55- Attend A Earth, Wind and Fire Concert

I'm back on my game plan.

So of course there is a story to tell with this...

For the last 3 weeks, it has rained almost every day here in DC. Last night was the Chicago, Earth Wind and Fire concert. Of course it was outdoors and of course I had lawn tickets. You see where this is going....lol

It started raining heavily about ooooooh 6:00...show time was 7:30--not just raining-- THUNDER STORMING. It rained all the way up until, I kid you not...the second Earth, Wind and Fire took the stage. And suddenly a hole opened up right over the whole venue. I had managed to find a great spot on the ledge of this wooden patio, so I was up off the wet grass and able to see over the sea of umbrellas.

Best. Show. Ever.


At first I was kind of disappointed because they did all of my favorites-- Reasons, Fantasy, Let's Groove Tonight, Serpentine Fire... all EXCEPT one. Then Chicago came out and the rain started again...lol. I like Chicago...not a huge fan--I tend to think of great/cheesy 80s hits like "You're the Inspiration" (which they performed last night...lol) and "Glory of Love" from the Karate Kid...but I do like them!



About 11, I contemplated leaving since the drive back was long (the show was way out in Maryland), but something told me not to go just yet...


EWF comes back out and performs... September! (which if you know me is sort of my unofficial theme song)

I can officially be happy now...lol. I laughed, danced and sang with the people around me. All in all I had a ball. So check another one off the list.

What's Next...

I have missed y'all. It's been a busy few weeks --in a lot of positive ways.

Let's see... two movies knocked off the list Goldfinger---(LMAO @ Pussy Galore, how the hell did they get away with THAT in the 60s??? ) and Blow Up--which was weirder than weird (and, perhaps I missed the significance somewhere but Yahoo! could've KEPT that movie. It was like Yellow Submarine meets LSD meets Alfred Hitchcock meets mimes playing tennis...LMAO)

I got my ticket to see Earth, Wind and Fire in a few weeks. Yeah! excited about that. Show is June 10, so I will come back with an update and hopefully pictures then.

And I have been issued a challenge, which I have decided to add to the list...

For those that don't know I am a spoken word artist. My work goes across the board from politics to relationships, but... the one thing I never, ever do is love poems.

Recently, I've started training a really great writer for her mic debut. She tells me I should write and perform a love poem on stage. Now understand...this is 180 degrees from my normal...I would consider myself more a "concept" poet if I had to put a name to it. My style is more rapid fire delivery and tactical wordplay and hence why I've never written or performed a love piece. Needless to say this will require some work on my part.

I could use some motivation though...lol. I guess we'll see how this little experiment comes out.

Item #55- Attend a Earth, Wind and Fire Concert

Anyone who knows me personally knows that I am a music junkie. I listen to music just about most of my day. As you can probably tell by my playlist, my tastes kinda run across the board. I can go from Kayne to Charlotte Church to Abba to Kraftwerks in 3 seconds flat. I am an absolute fan of everything--except maybe country music which I am teaching myself to tolerate in low doses...lol

Music was a big part of my upbringing. I remember vividly dancing around the house to Elvis with my mother (don't judge...lol...this is the reason why my tastes are so far reaching now--and why my 4 year old knows all the words to Jailhouse Rock). In short I was exposed to a quite a bit musically...old jazz, 50s rock n roll, but most prominent in my house was old school R&B. I'm talking the O'Jays, Temptations, Chaka Khan, a lot of Al Green and Earth Wind and Fire.

So no surprise I am a fan of all of those, most especially EWF. Some of the best music ever made and sampled came from EWF. Tell me you can listen to a song like "September" or "Let's Groove tonight and not want to dance. The intro to "Shining Star" is just classic. So I added EWF to my list some years back in the hopes that maybe I'd get a chance to see them.

Well...imagine my surprise to find out they are touring in 2009!

Apparently they are touring domestically over the summer...they have not posted up any dates yet other than the New Orleans Jazz festival, but you better believe I am going to find a way to go see them--hopefully they will come through DC so maybe I won't have to travel too far. As soon as I get further information I will update. But in the meantime in case you're wondering why I am so hyped: