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A number of peeps on my flist are going to make an effort to post everyday in the month of August, so I'm going to attempt to do the same.

I saw the amazing Adam Lambert in concert three times last week. I started to write up the usual long-winded recap, but realized that long-winded ≠ good, necessarily. So instead of the blow-by-blow, I'll go more conceptual.

He was here in SF at the beautiful Warfield Theatre on Friday the 23rd, then I drove to Thunder Valley Casino just north of Sacramento on Saturday, then returned home for a final show at the Warfield on Sunday. Along the way, I met up with some lovely women from an Adam message board I frequent, and on Sunday I dragged my longtime flisties feels_like_fire and _somniac_ with me. A good time was had by all. :-)

Through the miracle of YouTube, I knew what to expect from the show, but YT does not do Adam justice. Like Madonna, Adam is a performer to the core; he was born to be on a stage. Where he differs from many performers however, is THE VOICE. His vocal talent is unreal. He sings better live that most people can sing in the studio, ProTools and all.

The combination of the performer and the voice pretty much kept me staring at the stage with a shit-eating grin on my face for the entirety of all three shows. I said this after I saw him on NYE in LA, but it's true: charisma just pours off of Adam in waves. Charisma and sex, that is. Boyfriend is hotter than fuck, and he knows it. There are a whole lotta husbands and boyfriends that got lucky after those shows. :-)

The best show was the second night at the Warfield. It's hard to explain why, because the setlist was the same and the venue was the same, and the performance was the same, but there was something special in the air about it. I suppose since the only variable was the audience, it must have been us! At the risk of killing you with purple prose, it was like there was a feedback loop of energy between the audience and Adam, in the intimate confines of one of the best concert venues anywhere, and the result was "OMG, this is fucking amazing!" I wish I could be more articulate about it, but I'm not feeling very eloquent tonight. But seriously, it was one of the Top 4 best concerts I have been to in my life. (In chronological order, because there is no way I could rank them: 1975 Led Zeppelin, Los Angeles, CA; 1996 Counting Crows, Jones Beach, NY; 2009 Green Day (Uptown Club), Oakland, CA; 2010 Adam Lambert, San Francisco, CA)

So, I'm sorry and_ed, this post isn't very sparkly, but I need to conserve my energy for posting the rest of this month. Anyone else want to jump in on our "post everyday in August" meme, please do!

Also, if you get the chance, go see Adam Lambert live. No, seriously. Do it. :-)

He leaves nothing on the table in "Sleepwalker," especially at the end. (Song starts at 1:20 if the dancers bore you.)

Well, I reuploaded these recently, so I might as well share with anyone who missed them the first time around.

Green Day did a "secret" show at the Warfield Theater in San Francisco California on 13 October 2005, and some wonderful person recorded it for the rest of us to enjoy!

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In an unrelated note, I listened to American Idiot this morning, really listened to it. And over a year and a half after its release, it still blows. me. away. Fucking Amazing.