BARENAKED IN REVIEW.

First of all, a warm and inviting 2006 to everyone, unless I hate you.
Alright.
Last night was genuinely the best concert I've ever attended. The Ladies were unbelievable, and hilarious to boot. They are genuinely better live than they are on their albums, which is a difficult feat these days. With very few exceptions, I would kidnap each and every one of them to have and to hold endlessly.
Especially Stephen. Ahh.
Some nice thoughts for you to ponder:
-The Dredel Song attached very cunningly to the end of "One Week."
-A six-verse version of "Aud Lang Syne," featuring the Hokey Pokey ("and I'll do the Hokey Po-okey, 'cause that's what it's all a-bout"), and some lovely political commentary ("I'm not a-fraid of Jesus Christ, it's Bill O'Riley that fright-ens me!"), and general madness of that sort.
-Live broadcast onto CNN, where Stephen tried to talk directly to Anderson Cooper, and Ed threw a guitar pick directly into the adam's apple of an innocent camera man, trying to capitalize on his giant guitar solo. He later confessed that he just wanted to see if CNN would air it and say, "LATE BREAKING NEWS- GUITAR SOLO!"
-A Hanukkah song entitled "Sipping on Gin and Jews." Nothing else needs to be said.
-Stephen shoved a monkey down his pants.
-White men free-styled. Frequently.
-We wrote an 80's hair-metal "PHONE ZONE" song.
-They threw underwear and Kraft Dinner onstage during appropriate times of songs, which, in my own opinion, was amazing.
-"Call and Answer" was the encore. Oh, my favorite song. Love it. It was the absolute perfect way to end the evening. Perfect.

[Editor's Note: Rachel is on the phone with her mother, who just shouted into the phone, "God, that Mariah Carey- someone needs to run over that bitch. Somebody shoot her."]