Good to see all the Richard Thompson love here!
My wife and I arrived in Las Vegas yesterday to see tonight's Buckingham McVie show (which stars in about 5 hours). After we checked in and got dinner, we wandered over to Planet Hollywood and bought tickets to see Pitbull. Evidently he's a Big Deal these days and my bride wanted to go. It was a quick show and entertaining enough - he played 75 minutes - although I'm not sure how much more he could have gone on before it got annoying.
The odd part (for me) was the large overlap between "street attitude hip-hop" (not sure that's the right genre, but it's as close as I can come up with) and traditional schmaltzy Vegas spectacle. Loud pop music, highly choreographed, big lazer production, lots of "feel blessed to be here" / thanking the audience speeches, and the requisite scantily clad, top heavy dancing girls. In a way, it wasn't much different from the Rat Pack. I guess it was very different in some ways, but it felt very much "in the Vegas tradition".
Incidentally, while there wasn't a ton of musical ability on display, Pitbull's drummer is a beast.
Later tonight - Lindsey and Christine.
