I saw Richard Thompson last night at Park West and he was FAB.U.LOUS!

As for the chic who opened up for him, she turned out to be a real disappointment. What sucked the most was that her voice was really good and for never having heard her before, I was really digging her. She had this cool somewhat folk/Lucinda Williams/Neil Young thing going and after her first song I thought, I might just buy one of her cd's while I'm here!

But then, she started getting crazy political on everyone and I mean out. of. control. Half way through her set I felt like shouting, "OKAY! I GET IT! YOU HAAAAAAAAATE GEORGE BUSH! YOU THINK HE'S AN IDIOT AND 'BUTT UGLY' AND TOTALLY INCOMPETENT AND THE WORST PERSON IN THE UNIVERSE. I GET IT. YOU CAN STOP SHOVING IT DOWN MY THROAT NOW, THANK YOU!" But my shouts would probably have gone overlooked because it seemed like her reason for being at Park West at all was really to just make sure we all knew how much she hated Bush and the "singing songs part" was just a little added bonus for us all. It was so annoying.

So needless to say, I decided to pass on buying her cd.