[jacket3ree]

I like to see venues for the first time. When Mrs. Mick and I were first married, we went to the Shoreline Amphitheater when it first opened. Opening act was Julio Iglesias. Not a brobdingnagian fan, but we were interested in seeing the venue, in particular whether the rumors of spontaneous methane fires were accurate. It had been built on landfill, the theory was that methane seeped up through the ground and sod. No spontaneous fires, but Iglesias was interesting. His opening act was really interesting -- long before she had any kind of fame, Roseanne Barr opened for Mr. Iglesias.

I lived in Mountain View, easy walking distance from Shoreline when it first opened. We saw lots of acts there, but I remember going to see Santana and the spontaneous methane fires were no rumor. We sat up in the lawn section and there were plenty of people stoned out of their minds with lighters setting fires. So maybe not spontaneous, but easily human aided since the gas was there. It was hilarious. That venue needed some shakedown time between the methane and settlement. Acoustically I think there were neighborhoods in Palo Alto that heard intimate stage details because of the way sound waves traveled over water, somewhat tide dependent. Turns out a lot of my professional life has been wrapped up in that area and shoreline. Little s.

[jacket3ree]

I like to see venues for the first time. When Mrs. Mick and I were first married, we went to the Shoreline Amphitheater when it first opened. Opening act was Julio Iglesias. Not a brobdingnagian fan, but we were interested in seeing the venue, in particular whether the rumors of spontaneous methane fires were accurate. It had been built on landfill, the theory was that methane seeped up through the ground and sod. No spontaneous fires, but Iglesias was interesting. His opening act was really interesting -- long before she had any kind of fame, Roseanne Barr opened for Mr. Iglesias.

I lived in Mountain View, easy walking distance from Shoreline when it first opened. We saw lots of acts there, but I remember going to see Santana and the spontaneous methane fires were no rumor. We sat up in the lawn section and there were plenty of people stoned out of their minds with lighters setting fires. So maybe not spontaneous, but easily human aided since the gas was there. It was hilarious. That venue needed some shakedown time between the methane and settlement. Acoustically I think there were neighborhoods in Palo Alto that heard intimate stage details because of the way sound waves traveled over water, somewhat tide dependent. Turns out a lot of my professional life has been wrapped up in that area and shoreline. Little s.