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krj
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Top of the Park 2002
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Jun 13 04:06 UTC 2002 |
The music! The movies! The Grexer spottings!!
Yes, once again it's time for Top of the Park, Ann Arbor's 24-day
free outdoor festival.
TOP opens Friday night, June 14. To see a schedule, go to
http://mlive.com/aasf and click on "Top of the Park"
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krj
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response 1 of 35:
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Jun 13 04:08 UTC 2002 |
Weather permitting, I'm going to make an extra effort to get to TOP
for the opening night Friday. The 7 pm concert is to feature Jim Roll,
Chris Buhalis and Rollie Tussing III, who are Ann Arbor-based
folk/country/blues guys.
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ea
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response 2 of 35:
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Jun 13 04:41 UTC 2002 |
As of the end of the day today, a good deal of the TOP setup is
complete. All the structures are standing, most of the fencing is in
place, and people have started running electrical. Just a few other
minor things left to be done tomorrow and Friday.
(I was one of 3 grexers that was on the setup crew, Eric Bassey and
Scott Helmke being the other 2)
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scott
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response 3 of 35:
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Jun 13 12:13 UTC 2002 |
Gandy Dancer and whatever Mexican food we had last year... both of those
restaurants are gone this year. But... Shihan Shah is at TOP this year!!!
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krj
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response 4 of 35:
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Jun 13 14:13 UTC 2002 |
Darn, the booths of Gandy Dancer and the 3 Amigos Mexican place were my
favorite TOP food stands the last few years.
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ea
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response 5 of 35:
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Jun 13 14:37 UTC 2002 |
Also worth mentioning, the stage has what appears to be a new set of
railings around the edge. This shouldn't make much of a difference,
just worth noting (espicially for people like Scott, Senna and myself,
who have jumped on the stage from the back, rather than the front like
"normal" people)
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scott
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response 6 of 35:
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Jun 13 22:29 UTC 2002 |
The bulk of the setup is done, somewhat ahead of schedule.
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other
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response 7 of 35:
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Jun 14 03:57 UTC 2002 |
What can I say? I overhired. I overanticipated the flake factor.
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ea
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response 8 of 35:
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Jun 14 04:48 UTC 2002 |
You couldn't have known that the crew of people you hired would work so
well together. It was a lot of fun. Count me in for strike. (I know
... emails about that come later)
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ea
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response 9 of 35:
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Jun 16 13:54 UTC 2002 |
Last night's spottings: other, senna, dewshine, krj
I enjoyed the music more than I thought I would. Would have liked to
have stayed longer, but I had managed to forget the light for my
bicycle, and wanted to get home while I could still see.
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krj
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response 10 of 35:
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Jun 16 18:37 UTC 2002 |
Friday night: I managed to arrive just in the midst of the opening song
of the TOP season. Rollie Tussing III is a favorite of mine, I should
get out to see him more; he plays a mean National Steel guitar.
His 20 minute set was too short. The Ann Arbor Americana Anthology
continued with Jim Roll's band; I do like his electric guitar tone.
And the last of the local quasi-folkies was Chris Buhalis, who was
bringing back echoes of the 60s with a talking blues about John
Ashcroft, and closing with Woody Guthrie's "This Land Is Your Land."
The only term I could make up to characterize the Cadillac Cowboys
was "American Festival Music." They played a bunch of country-style
music at the beginning of their set; touched folk with a cover of a
John Prine song; went back to the 40's for a blazing boogie-woogie
rendition of "Beat Me Daddy 8 to the Bar;" into the fifties and
sixties or "Peppermint Twist" and the dazzlingly morbid "Last Kiss,"
which I just had to sing along with; and finished their first set
with "Ghost Riders In The Sky."
I was shivering -- had not planned ahead to bring a sweater, and it
was cold -- so I gave up at the Cadillac Cowboys' intermission and
went home. Grexers spotted: other, dewshine, gelinas and Cindi.
Saturday night: The Ambassadors Big Band always pull in a good
crowd from my parents' generation, playing hits from the swing
era -- Glenn Miller's "In The Mood" is always an audience favorite --
and also some Ellington and other big band songs. This show is always
a nostalgia trip for me, since there was lots of this music in the
house while I was growing up. Grexers sighted: ea, senna and other.
Grexer spottings are way, way down this year.
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jmsaul
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response 11 of 35:
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Jun 16 19:22 UTC 2002 |
Are the Red Elvises showing up this year?
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mary
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response 12 of 35:
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Jun 16 19:23 UTC 2002 |
I'm hoping for good weather for The Birds tomorrow evening.
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remmers
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response 13 of 35:
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Jun 16 21:20 UTC 2002 |
Oops, I think I misspoke. "The Birds" is Tuesday evening. Oh well.
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krj
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response 14 of 35:
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Jun 16 23:13 UTC 2002 |
The Red Elvises are not on the schedule this year.
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ea
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response 15 of 35:
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Jun 17 02:49 UTC 2002 |
Tonight's spottings included other, dewshine, and aruba. I kept looking
about in a paranoid fashion, hoping to spot senna before he could sneak
up on me, but he wasn't there.
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cmcgee
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response 16 of 35:
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Jun 17 13:41 UTC 2002 |
I boldly went up to the stage to try to spot someone. I found other, who
said some folks were around. But I didn't find such folks.
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ea
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response 17 of 35:
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Jun 17 14:45 UTC 2002 |
not having met cmcgee, I have no idea if I spotted her or not.
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glenda
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response 18 of 35:
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Jun 17 20:31 UTC 2002 |
dewshine will be there every night. Just look for the gaggle of young people,
she'll probably be in the center. She's about 5'8" tall, dark blond/light
brown hair short and a bit curly with long tendrals in front (though you won't
see them if she tucks them behind her ears). Her eyes are blue, green. or
gray depending on what she is wearing. She bounces a lot. dea will be there
tonight. He's taller than senna, also dark blond/light brown hair, brown
eyes. He walks slightly bent over (back aches) so doesn't always look as tall
as he is.
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carson
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response 19 of 35:
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Jun 17 20:46 UTC 2002 |
(*taller* than senna?! whoa. remind me never to call Damon a yellow-bellied
chicken.)
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glenda
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response 20 of 35:
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Jun 17 20:51 UTC 2002 |
Last time I measured him he was 6'6", he's grown since then, Staci insists
that he is 6'8". I can't fully confirm since I can't reach that high, but
I do have to tilt my head back further to give him the "Mommy Glare". Being
only 5'3" has its draw backs at times :->
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