John Harms Center

I saw Rufus on October 24, 2001 at the John Harms Center in Englewood, NJ.  He was part of a concert called "The Next Wave of Song" which also featured Meshell Ndegeocello and Beth Orton.  As much as I like Beth Orton, I was most excited to see RUFUS (but of course)!  The John Harms Center is a nice place; not too big or small, and I didn't have to go into the city.  I went to the concert with my mum and my friend Cristen.

We had nice seats, row N, somewhat in the middle. I thought Rufus was going to play last because he seemed billed as the last act, but he was actually the first. YAY! 

Rufus is so cool! I mean, that's implied, but he's...so funny! In his own way. And of course his performance was practically PERFECT. There was a point where his guitar all of a sudden got loud, and he suddenly had this surprised look on his face and stopped playing. It was funny!...er. Yeah! April Fools was funny too because he was talking about how Martha would usually sing back up on it, but since she wasn't there he wanted US to sing her part. So we somewhat sang along, although most of us like me were wussies and didn't want to sing. Well Rufus can carry the song by himself muuuch better.

Rufus was only one third of the show. Meshell D played this one very long song as far as I know, it was kind of interesting but also kind of strange. I guess my attention span can't be held on one song that's something like 30 minutes long. Beth Orton was very good though, and she played my favorite song (Pass In Time)! I've seen her two times before opening for Beck and her songs are really beautiful, although more in a sad way in my opinion. Rufus is more happy I guess. :)

I brought my MD player with me to record the concert...yeah, you're not supposed to do that, but it's a bit late for that.  Technically you weren't supposed to take pictures either, but people did...flash pictures, EVIL!  Click on the mp3 link to download the song in mp3 format (although you'll need winzip to...unzip it):

You should keep in mind that the sound quality won't be so great.  And that at some points I moved the mic/laughed/clapped/talked (that was during "April Fools", I wasn't trying to be disruptive, just trying to take a picture!) and so I'm just warning you.  I'm sorry that my laugh is so moronic (well, not just the laugh) but...um...just deal with it.  :)

So, did anyone else go to this show? It was fun.  WOO!

Pictures:

- Look, it says his name!  It GLOWS!

- If I was on crack or if I was drunk, then the concert may have looked like this.  Because as you know, Rufus is not a glowing white blob.

- My ticket, oo.