Tonight the Go Go's are playing at the Greek Theatre in LA. This was where they played one of their first big shows back in 1981 and this is the celebration of the 30th anniversary of their debut album BEAUTY & THE BEAT and it happens to be Belinda's birthday; oh and I happen to be going to the show!
I've never been able to see the Go Go's before so I'm totally stoked. I bought tickets for their Farewell Tour last year but it was cancelled when Jane got hurt so this year I'm even more excited. Plus we got extra special tickets which come with the 30th anniversary remastered Beauty & The Beat CD plus the album on pink vinyl and a T shirt! But most importantly I get to hear them play as a band.
When I was a little MTV used to play videos and they did this thing called "World Premiere Video" when a big artist came out with a new video and I remember waiting all day long for the Go Go's world premiere video for Vacation. Let me share it with you now:
and for extra bonus here's an ultimately rare thing - a TV commercial for the Vacation album:
and stay tuned for my review tomorrow - or Going To A Go Go (s) Part 3
So last Thursday the Go Go's got their star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. It was a 5 year process with help from a bunch of their fans. They got the star right in front of Bettie Paige dress shop where in the 70s there was a club called the Masque. It was down in the basement and a ton of LA punk bands played there. The Go Go's played their very first show ever there on May 31, 1978 so it was totally appropriate they received the star there.
BTW - I was there!!! I had never been to unveiling before so it was pretty cool. As we stood around waiting for it to begin we found out that Jane Weidlin and Gina Schock were having a party afterwards at Velvet Cantina so we went to that too. I got to talk to Jane a bit but didn't a pic with her. I did however manage to finagle a pic with Gina! She was love a lovely.
So here's some pix - the final pic is when I met Jane at the Book Fair in West Hollywood but it's totally appropriate for this post.
For some reason I've been strangely aware of karma the last few weeks. A few days ago I found a dollar bill sitting on the steps of my apartment so I put it in my pocket and smoked a cigarette. After thinking about it, I ended up putting the dollar back where I had found it. I don't know why it just felt like the right thing to do.
Then on Friday I went and had a smoke at work and found a white lighter on a bench. I put it in my pocket and smoked a cig, then I realized karma's a bitch and in the best case scenerio someone would end up stealing both of my lighters and in the worst case scenerio someone might set me on fire. So I put the lighter back where I found it.
It may have worked cuz last night my pal Marc called and he is getting us tickets to the Go Go's last show (they are retiring from touring together) and since I've missed every single time the Go Go's have played in LA; karma may have helped me out this time.
Then I went back to drinking and listening to Lita Ford songs - cuz that's how Fridays roll here in La La Land.
Location: West Hollywood, California, United States
SHORT VERSION: Bradley Jacobson is a singer/songwriter, sometime actor, sometime writer, audio engineer and producer, and all around happy dude. He was the singer/songwriter of the electronic trashy punky pop band Swivek, but is now a "solo" artist releasing music under his own name.
