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Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2007
A rainy evening with The Shins
Liz Travers
The Clackamas Print
On Feb. 21, The Clackamas
Print seat a staff writer and a pho
tographer to the Crystal Ballroom to
see The Shins perform. The follow
ing is a log of their evening.
8:00 p.m. The tour manager
finally wraps up his rant by tel»
ing me, “I will let your friend
in because I don’t want to be
responsible for someone being
left out in the street and doing
something stupid.” I swallow my
6:30 p.in. Andrea and I are on
our way to The Shins conceit We
chat incessantly.
6:45 p.m. We find parking in a
pride and thank him for his help
8:03 pan. I fetch Andrea from
outside and yell the whole
way back in about my fun
experience with Flintstone.
She tells me that sucks,
but her friends are already inside
and they have spots right next to the
stage. Cha-ching!
8:04-8:59 pan. We wait with
the fan-boys, and Andrea sets up the
camera. I tell her we may as well
take the shots since they aren’t going
to let us do anything else.
9:05 p.m. The first band, Vive
Voche, starts their set I’m surprised
at how good they sound considering
they are comprised of just a boy
(drummer, acoustic guitar; vocals),
and a chick (lead guitar, tambourine,
lead vocals).
9:45 p.m. The Shins walk to the
stage. We are so close to the stage
that we can even smell them. They
start out with the first song off their
new album, “Sleeping Lessons.”
nearby structure and run up to the
doors in the rain. A security guard
(pens the door for us while I explain
who we are and why we are here. He
then informs us that he doesn’t have
the list and we have to wait until the
10:00 p.m. When they
start playing “New Slang,” the
crowd gets even louder than I
thought possible. Every couple
of minutes, Andrea pulls off
more shots of the band. Fan
boy #2 is dancing with me.
Hus is so awesome.
(torsopen.
6:45 to 7:30 p.m. As we walk
outside to get in line, Andrea sees
two friends from high school who
we sit and chat with until the doors
open.
7:35 p.m. We finally get in -
11:00 pan. They play a few
songs I don’t recognize, but
I don’t care because this is
the best live show I have ever
seen.
actually, I get in. The list only has
iny name on it, so the head security
jiy tells me to wait on the second
tor couches to talk to The Shins’
tour manager.
11:35 p.m. The last song
they play is “Caring is Creepy.”
The crowd flips, and we instan
taneously all start dancing. The
band’s energy is infectious.
7:40 p.m. A Fred Flintstone
ook-alike storms up, and I stand
and introduce myself, extending my
and with a smile. He scowls as he
lakes mine and promptly informs
me that I am the only one on the list
1 tell him that my editor had spoken
with Michelle (The Shins’ manager),
and she had promised that my part-
jerand I were guaranteed entry." -
11:40 p.m. Andrea and I
leave as The Shins finish with
their encore. Although it was
a pain in the butt, this was the
most kick-ass concert I have
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TOP LEFT: Justin Timberlake stars as
Christina Ricci’s estranged boyfriend.
BOTTOM LEFT: Samuel L. Jackson plays
the blues.
TOP RIGHT: Christina Ricci-chained to
a couch.