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Bret and Jemaine The duo rocked out at the 'Flight of the Conchords' Concert at The Greek ( Not Roman) Theater up in Los Angeles last night. The deadpan, dorky duo, The Flight of the Conchords , proved themselves to be as funny, if not funnier in person, and much, much better musicians than I ever expected. They're really great. I thought the show really came alive when they literally moved for their sets. Like, got up and moved about the stage, or reacted to unexpected antics from the audience. The energy level was a bit more sedate than I anticipated. If I have any one complaint it is that they seemed a bit too nailed to the spots where they played. Since the joke was often extremely deadpan, and often lost in a New Zealand accent, I fear that by not providing visual explanations in order to underscore their "irony," that a bit of the humor became lost in translation. Very good musicians and vocalists, though. Really. They mocked all of us Americans, for

Tonight Pete's got (writing a review for the Orange County Register) tix to see our top all-time favorite comedy singing duo " Flight Of The Conchords " for tonight's show at Los Angeles's Greek Theatre! -- Oh, yeah! In fact, all day has been a "red letter day." Woke up, the kids were happy, so I took a long bath! I never do that. We're planning to spend lazy afternoon at my favorite childhood friend's house up in LA and then go to what I can only predict will be one of the funniest music concerts, ever. Yes, we're going to hear Bret and Jemaine rockin' us under the stars at the Greek Amphitheater. Sweet! Yes!

A little while ago we went to The Groundlings , a comedy club in Los Angeles which I'm embarrassed to say I'd never been to before. I went because my husband had tickets since he's currently working on a piece about Orange County native, Mikey Day (Probably best known for his You Tube spoof "David Blaine Street Magic" .) UPDATE: Link to the story Peter Larsen (finally) wrote about Mikey Day, here . (took him long enough...) Anyhow, I can't believe it took me so long to go, because I totally forgot how funny really great comedy sketch work is. However, will admit that when I heard the title of this show -- "The Groundlings . In the study. With the candlestick" -- that I almost bailed out on going because I can't bear to sit through any spoof even loosely based the board game "Clue." But, this show is great -- (not even remotely associated with Clue, thank you, Jesus.) we had a wonderful time, and by the way, our

Lucinda Williams played at The Wiltern last night. It was the last stop on her long tour promoting her newest CD Little Honey , and yet, she sounded as strong and real as if it were their first show out. I've seen her shows before, and I can tell you that her voice is even mightier now than it was in the past. She's expanded the intensity her range both musically and artistically. And talk about power. She's got it in spades, let me tell you. This woman is my inspiration for how to Not Go Gently Into That Good Night. But, meet every stage of our journey with grace, love and a deep appreciation for what is good about this Sweet Old World . Anyone who had wanted to be there, but couldn't make it? Well, sorry, but, you missed a fine night of great of great roots, rock 'n roll. Forgot to mention that she was joined for a few songs by Matthew Sweet and Susanna Hoffs (who, for the record, has much better legs than Matthew.) for a cover of Cinnamon Girl . ( Ma

I'm sorry, but I just have to share this. I am seriously missing Vt. Not just any place in Vermont, but Southern Vermont. Right near the NH/VT/MA border. Dirt roads. Cool Main Street stores. Sparkling brooks. Sound of birds. Green fields. Crickets. Trees and trees and trees. Placid rivers. Rolling mountains. Yes, sweaty hippies and birkenstocks, too, but that's fine. I don't care, it's Vermont. My stomach hurts I miss it so much. Struggle to find my Oprah Gratitude moment about why life here in Southern CA is "a good thing." (Okay, that wasn't Oprah, that was Martha ): Good thing #1.) I get free tickets to great things, sometimes. YEp, Rigt now the only thing getting me through this recent spate of homesickness for NYC & VT is knowing I get to see Ricky Gervais next week. (Husband is reviewing it for The Orange County Register. Since RG is only in LA for 2 shows, I'm betting it could also be quite a fun audience.) Ricky Gervais'