Next Stop is.....

the East Side Motel!

Yeah that's right! Last Wednesday, I heard Warren G sing Regulate, live at the Sodo Showbox! Snoop Dogg, Warren G, and other members of "The Dawg Pound" who I am not really familiar with, played in Seattle last Wednesday.

If I had to describe the show in one word it would be "super-freaking-awesome". Yeah so it's 3 words. I bet in German you could say "The concert at which Snoop Dogg performed Gin and Juice and many members of the audience got high and there was no schnitzel" and it would be one big, long word.

Now if Snoop himself had to describe the concert in one word it would probably be "mother-f***ing". Yeah it's not really a stand-alone adjective. I guess it's some kind of modifier, like 'very'. But from what I could tell it was his favorite word.

So here's how it went down.... the line to get in was reeeelly long. I guess they wanted to make sure security was tight for all those rowdy Seattlites who come out of the woodwork to see Snoop Dogg. And by 'rowdy Seattlites' I mean mostly caucasian graduate students. We seem to be Snoop's biggest fan base. Maybe someone should do a study on this - how many people who grew up listening to Doggystyle now have advanced degrees? I think listening to Snoop Dogg just may make you smarter!

After the 'Dawg Pound' performed, there was a pretty long gap before Snoop came out. At one point, they played Flashight, by Parliament. I got quite excited by this - I discovered Parliament through Snoop's music, and they are now one of my favorite bands. I thought he'd come on any second, but no such luck. As it got close to midnight, the fans' excitement started waning, and at one point people started booing. I would just like to state on the record that I never booed. I know it's annoying when performers make you wait around a lot, but I love Snoop way too much to boo. Honestly, he was probably on the phone with his high-school-sweetheart wife - she had a rough week apparently, getting a DUI and all that.

Anyway, although it was late (and on a school night!) and I was quite tired, I was super pumped when Snoop finally came on stage! He was wearing a baggy black t-shirt that said "West Side" on it. LOL. Now I see why rappers spend so much money on stuff like gold teeth or diamond necklaces that say "Crunk" on them. They only spend like $9.99 on their t-shirts, so they have lots of money left over burning holes in their pockets. :)

I loved seeing Snoop dance around on stage - he seemed like he was having a good time. And he performed all his biggest hits! Oh and Sensual Seduction too. Burn! Sorry Snoop, I love you to death but I'm not a super big fan of that one.

Seriously, it was one of the best concerts I have ever been to. Usually bands love to play all their new stuff, which no one has heard yet. And they're so tired of their old songs.... like when I saw Weezer at Coachella a few years ago. I swear Rivers Cuomo was rolling his eyes during the entire Sweater song. But Snoop happily sang Gin & Juice, What's My Name, etc.

Snoop, if you ever want to hear about Gaussian mixture models, I am here for you. And when I want to hear about b*****s in the living room getting it on, I turn to you. Your music makes this world a better place.