Hello all, well last night I received my Father's Day present, a little

early, but still fun.

My son bought the family tickets to the farewell tour of KISS. The one thing

I noticed right off was the wide range of the age of the fans, as young as 5

or 6 up to grandparents !, you had your legions of fans who showed up in full

face paint, it was more of a performance than a concert.



The grades..



Skid Row          C-  mainly due to the fact that I knew little of their

material

Ted Nugent       B  the Motor City Madman was "on" his game

KISS                A+++  if you are a KISS fan this is the show to see, they

played

                     than three hours, they came close to a sell out here in

                     Chattanooga, I had been to a KISS show in 78, this was

much

                     better, and yes, the ears are still ringing!



PS.. on a side note, Ted Nugent went on a ten minute "pro American" tirade,

making John Rocker seem like a saint, he did a song titled "kiss my @$$", in

which he insulted just about every minority, makes me wonder why the media

doesn't go after him??..........Dave

From: daveintn@... [mailto:daveintn@...]



>My son bought the family tickets to the farewell tour of KISS. The one

thing

>I noticed right off was the wide range of the age of the fans, as young as

5

>or 6 up to grandparents !, you had your legions of fans who showed up in

full

>face paint, it was more of a performance than a concert.



Ah yes.  I would have to say that this was probably the best concert I have

ever been to.  Considering I worship Metallica (who are also going on a 20

day tour on June 30), it takes a lot for some other band to impress me as

much as KISS did.



I had been trying to see them for their last three tours, and I finally saw

them on the tour that counted.





>The grades..

>Skid Row  C-  mainly due to the fact that I knew little of their material



Phillips Arena was all but empty when they showed up, but I would guess the

highlights of their performance were "I Remember You" and "Youth Gone Wild."

Still, everyone was still outside buying T-shirts and smoking.



>Ted Nugent       B  the Motor City Madman was "on" his game



The Nuge was awesome.  I was introduced to his style through an LP of 77's

Cat Scratch Fever that my dad had stored.  Not too many people can start me

up on my air guitar/headbanging tirade. :-)



>KISS     A+++  if you are a KISS fan this is the show to see, they

>         played than three hours, they came close to a sell out here in

>         Chattanooga, I had been to a KISS show in 78, this was

>         much better, and yes, the ears are still ringing!





KISS was absolutely unbelievable.  The only other time I had seen one of

their concerts was a taped version of their Halloween show on FOX a few

years back, but everytime I had a chance to see them live, something always

came up.



The stage was filled with everything a pyro freak could want, and the end of

the show was something to remember.  Gene is probably my favorite

"character" but Ace can play the heck out of his guitar too.



>PS.. on a side note, Ted Nugent went on a ten minute "pro American" tirade,

>making John Rocker seem like a saint, he did a song titled "kiss my @$$",

in

>which he insulted just about every minority, makes me wonder why the media

>doesn't go after him??



Cuz it's the Nuge!!!! ;-)  I think it's expected or at least more common to

hear those kind of words from a music performer than it is for an athlete.

Why? Because it's all show.  I mean, off stage, everyone knows about Nuge's

lifelong devotion to conservation.  I mean, the guy hunts his own food (with

a bow, not a gun0 and eats everything.  He's a member of a number of

anti-drug abuse organizations, and he's anti-alcohol too.



Am I saying that Rocker is a bad guy? No.  but we all know how the media is.

I wouldn't expect the media coverage of a Nuge concert to be as big as

Rocker's arrival at spring training.



Glad you liked the show Dave, and if the tour stops by somewhere close to

anyone else, I highly recommend it.





--

Pablo

In a message dated 4/25/00 10:58:18 AM Eastern Daylight Time,

pablomac@... writes:



<<  Considering I worship Metallica (who are also going on a 20

  day tour on June 30),  >>





Hello, my son is trying to get me to go to Atlanta July 7th, Metallica, Korn,

Kid Rock and several others, I like Metallica, but the rest I could live

without seeing....Dave

In a message dated 4/25/00 4:25:57 PM Eastern Daylight Time, daveintn@...

writes:



<< Hello, my son is trying to get me to go to Atlanta July 7th, Metallica,

Korn,

  Kid Rock and several others, I like Metallica, but the rest I could live

  without seeing....Dave >>

Hey Dave,

My son wants to go to this also. I cannot find any ticket info on this show.

Do you know anything about the tickets??



Come on, lets be brave and be young again!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  LOL



Brenda

In a message dated 4/26/00 6:02:09 AM Eastern Daylight Time, Brendo12@...

writes:



<< Do you know anything about the tickets??



  Come on, lets be brave and be young again!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  LOL

   >>



Hello, the tickets can ONLY be had thru MTV.com thru Friday, then check with

the local Atlanta ticket agents, but I think not much will be left by then.

Brave ??, I think if my sons tries hard enough he can talk me into it, I also

think earplugs might be in order !!  Also for those who don't want to shell

out the $$ to see the KISS concert I have a feeling that eventually we will

see portions of it on VH1, on the tickets it said "VH1 presents..."



Dave

It's not a question of having a bad outing or a bad series or week.

Rocker has been having problems of one kind or another all season long.

And one point I tried to make was that it isn't just Rocker who is

suffering for his dealings with the press and his loss of control. The

entire team has to be feeling some of the shock waves.

Is it fair to make the entire team put up with the hassles just because

Rocker can't stay away from the press and get his temper under control?



I don't think so,

Diana

His year is just about ruined already, but maybe he can still salvage

his career.



How do you figure that?...No one in this group even questioned Rocker after

he pitched well againest the Phillies....That may have been the only good

news during the trip!  Rocker is struggling...but so are Millwood, Burkett,

Mulholland and I believe Ligtenburg had a bad outing on the road trip should

we send them down too?  I don't think so!



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They took a poll in Cincy over the weekend and 67% of the fans voted that the

Reds shpould trade Ken Griffey Jr. The Reds do have a wealth of young

outfielders (Dunn, Kearns and Mateo) and might be thinking this is the way to

get some pitching which has been a disaster thus far.



Should we get involved? I have no doubt Jr. would love to come to us and that

either he or Chipper would have to buy a 1B mitt. What do all of you think?



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If  "we" get involved, I would say make a deal to get Adam Dunn ! He'd be a

great target at first, and his offensive upside looks great ! I wouldn't

waste the talent trying to get Junior. If he can't stay healthy enough to

play at "home," why trade for a guy to sit with Bobby ? That's what he's got

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Problem is that Dunn isn't available at all and if he was then Cincy's brass

needs to get their heads examined.

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   FB0211@... wrote: If "we" get involved, I would say make a deal to get

Adam Dunn ! He'd be a

great target at first, and his offensive upside looks great ! I wouldn't

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I think you are the owner of this group.

If so would you please unsubscribe me.

When i receive mail it goes beyond my screen and i have to keep sliding left and

right to read it.Problem is that Dunn isn't available at all and if he was then

Cincy's brass needs to get their heads examined.

Michael

FB0211@... wrote: If "we" get involved, I would say make a deal to get Adam

Dunn ! He'd be a

great target at first, and his offensive upside looks great ! I wouldn't

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Mo Vaughn learned yesterday that the bats he has been swinging were heavier than

he believed.

Vaughn normally swings a 36-ounce bat, but the ones he's been using were

actually 38 and 39 ounces, even though they were listed at 36. Vaughn believes

the heavier bats have caused his sore arm and have also hurt his power numbers.

He switched to lighter bat yesterday, so maybe his numbers will begin to improve

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This was from Rotoworld. Either Mo is stupid or he's making excuses.



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Braves signed outfielder Jermaine Allensworth to a minor league contract.

The Braves continue to stock up on outfield depth. Allensworth is behind Bo

Porter on the depth chart and doesn't have much of a chance of seeing action

with the Braves. Source: Atlanta Journal-Constitution



I'm wondering what the Braves are doing.



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I think he is both stupid AND making excuses!





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> Mo Vaughn learned yesterday that the bats he has been swinging were

heavier than he believed.

> Vaughn normally swings a 36-ounce bat, but the ones he's been using were

actually 38 and 39 ounces, even though they were listed at 36. Vaughn

believes the heavier bats have caused his sore arm and have also hurt his

power numbers. He switched to lighter bat yesterday, so maybe his numbers

will begin to improve soon. Source: Newsday

>

> This was from Rotoworld. Either Mo is stupid or he's making excuses.

>

> Michael

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maybe beginning to assemble a trade package???





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> Braves signed outfielder Jermaine Allensworth to a minor league contract.

> The Braves continue to stock up on outfield depth. Allensworth is behind

Bo Porter on the depth chart and doesn't have much of a chance of seeing

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