like a fish needs a bicycle...

also wyclef

i should mention that my fabulous music experiences continued the next night after seeing ozomatli... i saw wyclef at ravinia. my first time seeing him, and it was a great show. unfortunately, i couldn't take any pictures... evidently, the numerous frumpy puritan-clad ushers in white suburbia take their jobs very seriously. :) but it was cool... still a really fun concert. fairly diverse (in age as well as ethnicity), fairly chill, people were pretty happy.

my only complaint was that his set was more of reggae/guitar/cover than it was rap/hip-hop. of course, wyclef is a gifted guitarist, unlike most rappers, so it was cool to see him showcase that talent. but the show ended up being mostly covers of bob marley and some classic rock songs, and a lot of people were sad not to hear more rap repertoire from his earlier albums (i personally would've loved some the carnival). of course, he couldn't do fugees music so well by himself, but some of his own music still would've been nice.

he did do some fun stuff though... i liked this one rap he did (not sure if he was flowing or not) about a girl named nancy who stood him up for high school prom. he ran into her later, after he was rich and famous, she tried to get with him, and he laughed at her... it was funny. :) also, he pulled up 2 kids from the audience to sing with him when he covered "redemption song," and they were really excited and cute. so that was cool.

overall, not the playset i would've picked for him, but no artist i've ever seen in concert has played all (or even some) of the songs i wanted to hear. (shocking). that said, it was, all in all, a pretty good show. wyclef is still one of the most multi-faceted, culturally aware, and musically and lyrically talented rappers out there. glad i got to see him. yay for summer music. :)