Wyclef Jean's hardcore fans meet Yahoo employees and significant others!! Bad dancing ensues. It wasn't too hard to pick out who from the crowd was from Yahoo. And I'm pretty sure my lanky white kid frame sold me out pretty quickly. But Wyclef didn't seem to mind. I fully expected him to mail this one in. A sparsely attended Monday night show in Century City full of flacks and a few real fans. But I have to give the man credit: he brought it.
After the old-man producer lead us in a horribly forced, nightmarish warm-up dance party (picture the
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I guess the Arctic Monkeys didn't like us. After a surprising loud (punk!) set, they stormed off the stage without even considering an encore. It was immediate: last note played, house lights came on. Usually I can tell when the band is pissed at the crowd, but Alex Turner's Yorkshire accent was so strong that I was only picking up 1 out of every 17 words he uttered. But evidently he was not happy.
The problem with LA is that you need to buy tickets months in advance for most shows. There are just too many people in this town and shows sell out quickly. The problem with my job is that I have no idea whether I'll be in LA two weeks from now. This adds up to a lot of missed shows. This also leads me to attend some shows under ridiculous circumstances. Lately this means going out the night before a 6am flight. But for CYHSY, there was really no debate. That band--along with the Troubadour--brings crazy memories replete with heavy 