religious experience.

So Brent and I went to see Lindsey Buckingham at The Bijou last night. I've never seen anything so amazing in my life. It was sickeningly beautiful. Most of the songs were done solo, the rest with 2 other guitarists and a drummer from Cuba who basically played the box he was sitting on. Even that was awesome. But I'm glad that people are finally getting to see what a phenomenal guitarist he is instead of just thinking that he was Stevie's sidekick or Fleetwood Mac's good looking man in the band. As a matter of fact, Lindsey Buckingham was the backbone and major songwriter of Fleetwood Mac. And for a guy who is 58 and still can hit every note while doing things to a guitar that no one else can, it's a wonder for all to see. Brent and I still can't figure out how the hell he plays-look at the photos and you'll see it looks like his hands are doing normal strumming. But that's just it-his right hand is always in a cupped strumming position, even when playing a solo. His fingers barely move. My brother gave 2 reasons for this: we were discussing it before the show, wondering how Lindsey played like that and he said "Well, he just fucks it." Then after the show, we were discussing it again and he said "He's got 10 Cubans playing guitar behind the curtain. If that curtain falls, he's screwed." In any case, yes, I would consider it a religious experience (along the lines of Tori Amos, although not really even comparable) and coming from an atheist, that's saying alot.

Speaking of atheism, here's a nice article I found. See if you agree:

Does this mean I should be shot? Or should I move to another country? I would do so gladly, as long as the Christian Coalition or the Catholic church-hell, even Oral Roberts-would pay for it. Just send me somewhere nice like Ireland or Italy. You know-real Catholic countries. I hear they are more forgiving than Southern Baptists...