I enjoyed the Oceans Eleven. The vhs has a special feature on
the costuming detail-- not unusual for women's clothes but this
was all about those great suits to capture the Vegas that used to
be. I went there once. The movie is better.

OTOH, I saw Maynard Ferguson and his 9 piece band live at a small
high school near here. This small high school had a great
concert hall-- totally unexpected for a small farm community.
Plus their local Middle school band and HS band were the openers.

When MF took the stage the school had actually put together a very
good lighting cue sheet and the MF sound man knew how to
run a board. He must not have lost his hearing yet-- as is the
impression I get with board operators all the time: couldn't
carry a tune to the audience on a wheel barrow.

All in all a very good experience: something I decided to do at
the last minute.

When I think of when I went to school and the _nothing_ they had
for young musicians and everything for the sports teams I could just
puke.