Making a poster to take, thinking about what to wear, I ABSOLUTELY CANNOT WAIT.
Anyone else going?
I can share some awesome tracks with you to help get you psyched up!
LET ME KNOW!
...after I read this story, I don't feel so bad about going to a concert and racking out at 48:
As we grow older, so do our icons. Suddenly the latest "hot young things" seem barely legal (Keira Knightley, Lindsey Lohan) and Keith Richards' decomposition is finally somewhat age appropriate.
And, although apt to grumble about our own advancing years, we also make excuses for ourselves. We don't tend to be as forgiving of our objects of idolization. If they show their age, we mercilessly take note of every sag, every wrinkle. If they try to hide it with makeup, dye or surgery we tend to disparage their refusal grow old gracefully. In short, we want it both ways. We seem to expect our icons to always just shine on as is, forgetting that the camera can be unkind to someone who has lived in front of the flash for a few decades.
(AP)Still, it was jaw-droppingly upsetting to see this photo of Eddie Van Halen come across the wires from Sunday's Oscar after parties.
This is almost too much to bear. 1984 - both the album and the year - may have been two decades ago, but in 1984 Eddie Van Halen was generally agreed to be the hot Van Halen brother (sorry, Alex)... at least around my junior high. And he is over a decade younger than the afore-mentioned Mr. Richards (who has been considered the extreme example of an aging rocker for about a century now).
At 51, Van Halen has had a rough past decade or so. He lost his mom, split with wife of 24 years Valerie Bertinelli, battled alcoholism and cancer and weathered so many reconfigurations of Van Halen that even I'm drained. Also, he's never traded on his looks; he staked his claim on his guitar wizardry.
This time, let's give him a pass -- let's remember Eddie in 1984 and remember that after what he's been through, he's a survivor in 2006. But maybe we can have it both ways. We can agree to look at Eddie with a forgiving eye, but maybe Eddie could agree to tame the hair, see a good dentist and stand up straight. And maybe we can hope, just a little, that the rumors about Van Halen being the next "Rock Star" reality band are true.
FROM: blog.washingtonpost.com/celebritology/2006/03... by Liz | March 7, 2006; 11:00 AM ET | Category: Celebrities
WELL LIZ, YOU REALLY SHOULD DO A RETRACTION REGARDING THAT POST BECAUSE HE DID CLEAN UP QUITE NICELY, AND LOOKS LIKE MOST OF THE 51 YEAR OLD WELL-TO-DO MEN THAT I SEE:
Being the "East-sider" that I am, I have to admit, that I kinda liked him the other way. It sounds terrible, but at least with him looking a little less rich, that I just might have a chance of him asking me out on a date! I do prefer the long hair anyway. 'Always have, always will.
GEES O'PETES. I'm going to bed.
TTFN
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