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Last Updated: February 7, 1999
The following description of Liz's performance in Fairfax is courtesy
of Lynda Herring (taken from the
mailing list Support
System):
Subject: liz in ffx
Wed, 10 Feb 1999 08:32:47 EST
okay. . . .. . . . short story long. i wasn't going to go see liz with
alanis. i wasn't. of course things don't always go the way you intended them
to. in this situation it was a very welcome change of plans. my friend
emails me tues (the day of the concert) she says she has this crazy idea to
just jump in her car and drive up here (2 hrs) from school to go. . . .she
said she'd come if i wanted to go. "35 dollars?" i questioned myself. i left
the decision up to her since she was the one that had to make the trip to get
to my house, after all the venue is only 6 miles from my house. so she calls
me at work and says "what time should i get there?" wow i thought. i'm going
to see liz tonite.
she gets to my house at 7.30 then we proceed to the patriot center. . . which
leads me to another reason why i didn't want to go--it's not a club it's a
college gym. anyhow, we get there and park and as we are walking to go buy
our tics this man is selling some. we pass him but decide to at least go back
to see where the seats are. after all, our seats would've been nose bleeders
if we bought them from the box office. he tells us they are 5th row floor.
my friend had her money out of her wallet faster than a speeding bullet. of
course i didnt have cash, only my reliable check card but she had enough to
cover me (thanks katie). so we go in and find our seats and they rock. we
wait about 15 mins then the beautiful liz walks onto the stage. we see empty
seats in the second row so we run up there (we were paranoid about that the
whole time hoping the real owners of those seats didn't show up until liz was
done. . . . . . luckily that was the case) so we are standing, mind you the
ONLY ones standing. the teeny boppers behind us along with the parental unit
ask us to please sit. whatever. . . . . i told them that i came to see liz
and i'm going to enjoy it standing. they tried telling us numerous times to
sit but of course we ignored them. what is the point of sitting down?? i had
to control myself sitting down during the recording of sessions, i wasn't
about to put myself through that again. so katie and i had the time of our
lives. . . . we sang to every song and were in heaven every minute of it. btw
liz was wearing this really tight red dress with thin straps and an open back.
she was doused in glitter from shoulders to toes also. she was hot as usual.
she also was wearing sneakers with the dress which i thought was the coolest.
so the show ends. . .we debate for a whole millasecond whether we want to stay
for what's her face. obviously that answer was a big 'hell no'. we leave the
patriot center--man at door says 'ladies, do you know there is no re-entry?'
(i could plug a gross comment in here but i won't) so we said 'yes, we know,
we had our fun and now its time to go'.........so we go down to the where the
buses are. after standing a bit the drummer comes out. then the guitarist,
we yell 'woo-hoo, you were awesome, come talk to us'. he said 'let me change
my clothes first and i'll be right out'.......we were the only people standing
there so we figure he'd honor his word. so then we see the bassist (sorry i
cannot remember their names) and we yell once again. so the guitarist gets
back off the bus eating a cookie and comes to talk to us. i ask how he likes
this tour (long and so much down time), i ask where he is from (LA), i ask if
he's offended that no one except for us stood (no, but i would be if liz was
the headliner) then a mini van pulls up and he says 'well , here's my ride',
we thank him and he says liz is in the van (we would've never noticed had he
not said anything, so that was cool of him)......katie and i are like 'no
way'......so we walk over to the driver side, the side we were closest to and
sure enough, liz is sitting right in the passenger seat. she looks our way
and gets blinded by the light as the guitarist opens the door....she looked so
cute. and i could still see the glitter all over her. we tell her we loved
her and she recognizes us as the ones standing in the second row and thanks us
and tells us shes glad we had a good time. i reach in the drivers window to
shake her hand as does katie. we didn't want to keep them so they continued
on their way. as they were backing up i started dancing in front of the
headlights.............hehe........well, all i can say is what a night. my
second meeting of liz phair and once again no camera. but the memories will
be more vivid in my head anyhow. that was katie's first time seeing liz and
i'm glad i got to share the moment w/ her.
well, thanks for reaching the end of my story. while i'm here i'll add that
i'm stoked about having a washington dc get together liz phest. i cannot
wait. in the meantime keep you feet on the groud and start reaching for the
clouds (or however that saying goes)
~lynda