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What a long strange trip it's been....

(there are a few personal blogs here and there too, so be careful what you click on, it may not have anything to do with the Moodies, at all!)

Updated Dec 22, 2008: For the record, I first found the Moody Blues in Spring 1968 (I think) when my brother dashed in to my little-girl bedroom in suburbia Orange County, and said "There’s this really neat album we have to buy, do you have some money?" Off he went with my scraped-up nickels and dimes, to buy Days of Future Passed. Karma is a strange thing, he’s now a millionaire, and I scratch along at the poverty level as a substitute teacher.

......my first Moody concert was in 1990, at the Concord Pavilion. In fact I think they were about the 3rd band I’d ever seen live, as it’s not something I normally do for fun. (I’m pretty nerdy in some ways). It was one heckuva show, and after the release of Keys of the Kingdom in 1991, I decided I should join the Official Fan Club. Coincidentally I began a Master’s program in Psychology at the same time. It’s been a wild ride ever since. "Search for the truth" doesn’t even begin to cover the strange head trips I’ve been through. Here in 2007 (17 years after the first time I saw the Moodies live in person) I’m still not certain "what is truth and what is illusion" but I do know it’s been very interesting, and very fun. I think I keep going back to the shows for the same reason the band keeps touring. We hang onto what defines us. I heard that on the telly the other day.

I quit going to the Casino shows for a very good reason, the "fanny" things were driving me nuts. People at the casinos are into their own little weird ego trips, and not the music, sadly. So read those with a grain of salt. Hopefully no one will take serious offense, I’ve worked hard to take out the "in poor taste" things about SPECIFIC PEOPLE that jumped through the keyboards onto the webs, but in some cases, I DIDN‘T (wound me, I bleed too!). We need to reflect on what is going on with ourselves, and our fan club as a whole. If you recognize yourself doing something really "not right" please think about it. Celebrities hide from their fans with reason, and sadly the Moodies stay behind the fourth wall too much. Bless ‘em they try to reach out though, I‘ve never seen so many signing parties and events from a band! They are people too, like the rest of us, and we all should try to "give just a little bit more, take a little bit less from each other".

I’ve included reviews by friends, who said long ago I could post them on my site, Cindy "the Violet Rose", Cheryl Bezek and Cathy "Keester" Loyd, and if they are out there somewhere, please write, I miss you guys. robin5150@yahoo.com

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Moodies at the Concord Pavilion, Bay Area, CA: September 1990

 Moody Blues at the Concord Pavilion, Sept 23, 1991

Moody Blues >>>>>Spring 1992<<<at the Schnitzer, Portland OR: March 24, 1992. Short notes on subsequent shows, Circle Star in San Francisco, and Caesar's Tahoe, March 26 and March 28.

Moody Blues, March 19, 20 1993 (Lake Tahoe)

Moody Blues Sept 14, 1993 Concord Pavilion and Circle Star Theatre

I saw the Moody Blues in Tahoe Oct 1,2 1993, but I can't sort those shows out from the others. A sure sign I went there one too many times indeed!!!!

The Moodies do Las Vegas March 24, 1994

Moodies in Nashville, from the Violet Rose (date unknown) orchestral

Moody Blues May 23, 1996 <<<mb052396>> Nat Bailey and the Gorge

Justin at the Portland Brewpub Dec 8, 1996 Justin did a couple of solo shows (with his small band) at the San Juan Capistrano Coach House later this month, supporintg his solo album The View From the Hill.

Justin does Border's Books in Phoenix and Dallas: February 11, 12, 1997

Personal Blog (no Moody Content) Spring 1997 <<<SLC.htm>>>

Moody Blues in Portland, and then the Gorge. The debut of "Strange Times" May 22, 1997 <<mb052297.htm>>

Moodies @ Wolftrap, Vienna, VA June 10, 1997 review by Cheryl Bezek "Backstage at Wolftrap"

Justin and Friends: SoCal July '97

Tahoe South Shore Moody Blues, March 1998~~~

Moodies at Konocti Harbour, March 22, 1998

Justin and Friends at Santa Barbara, March 31, April 1, and April 2, 1998 (these shows happened right before the San Juan Capistrano show which is commercially sold on DVD)

I may never get done editing this..... oh well

The Moody Blues at the Concord Pavilion, San Francisco area May 1998

Moodies at Tahoe, Spring '99

Seattle and Kenniwick shows, October 1999 (wherein I walk boldly and firmly past the open door of the tour bus, in the windy city of Kennewick, casting tall weird shadows in the parking lot and wondering if this is not a metaphor of some kind. Was that really Justin I saw crashed on the couch behind the driver's seat?)

A trip to the EMP August 2001 (no Moody Blue content, but lots about guitars)

Moodies at Chateau St Michelle, Woodinville, WA August 16 & 17th, 2001

Personal Blog: February 2002: no Moody Content. Some of it ties into my 30th Class Reunion, and also some short notes about Birute Galdikas

Denver CO. (how I got there, no Moody content, just travel blog!) and the Moodies at the Mammoth, April 2, 2002 (wherein Ray assumes a great Visage of Disgust!)

Moody tour through the PacNW in 2003 : photos of the inside of the Schnitz, some Moody shots at Britt Hill and backside of Marymoore Park, just north of the Peapatch (Father's Day)

August 31, 2003: The Bumbershoot, and a review of Donovan Leitch at Macaw Hall, Seattle (what a great concert!) no Moody Content

July 2004: Personal Blog, no Moody Content. An adventure in the Rhineland

White Cloud....

The last Moody show of the year in Las Vegas, and some notes about my two visits there this Fall, 2005

December 2005: Personal Blog, a trip to Monterey (no Moody Content)

<<<<for the FoMPers among us HUZZAH HUZZAH JOSEPH CAMPBELL SLEPT HERE!!!!!

Personal Blog: some photos shots around Seattle 2006 (no Moody Content) Kennewick, and other points of interest. The Orca trip was on June 21, 2003.

a bit about the Kennewick Man. Looks like Jean Luc Picard became unstuck in time!

Moody Blues: Pacific Northwest shows, in summer, 2007 (all except Vancouver)

Vibrations from the Underground, August 2007 (a special edition of Moody content)

Blogging my way into Paradise: my adventures in Southern California, August 2007 (no Moody Content but some interesting music and guitar notes here and there) Might be of interest to Disneyland freaks.

Spring 2008: this new blog includes my vacation to the South, as well as three Moody Blues reviews, the Ryman in Nashville (April 18), Greenville (April 20) and Hershey, PA (April 22) as well as some stuff about Frank Lloyd Wright, Mississippian Mounds, and Hopewell Mounds in Ohio. It was indeed a wonderful trip. Lots of photos, and more available upon request to family and friends. If you are a stranger, you first must cross my palm with silver for more Moody photos!

December Snow, 2008: My trip to Oklahoma, two Moody shows, click here for details. I also did other things in case the Moodies bore you :)

Nashville again! Video shows for PBS Legends and Lyrics, reviews on Justin Hayward, Mac Davis, and Peter Yarrow (and a host of others) Feb 22, 2009.

Spring Break 2009, Moody Blues in California. As always, wonderful shows.

For those worried about it, you are welcome to visit my blog page on Myspace. It just has little to nothing to do with the Moody Blues. (some of us DO have other interests).

 

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