Beth Gibbons at Portishead live performance, Cristian ·Kit· Paul, Edinburgh, 2008.

The concert was heart wrenching beautiful—way beyond what my writing skills will ever allow me to express.

God, how could I possibly forgot that film—with all its grain and scanning pain—feels this fucking amazingly great?

“Ce rochie draguta, pacat ca pantofii sunt ieftini” (What a nice dress, too bad the shoes are cheap), Mick Jagger wisecracked in Romanian toward Lisa Fischer (oh Lisa, Lisa — your voice is astonishing) during A Bigger Bang Tour concert in Bucharest, to the public’s amusement and delight. Click to play the video.

Keith Richards played “You Got The Silver”, a solid case of blues and the first piece in The Stones’ history where Keith sings the entire lead vocal (Let It Bleed, 1969). For movie aficionados: “You Got The Silver” was used in Michaelangelo Antonioni’s film Zabriskie Point. Click to play the video.

The quality is, well, let’s call it MMS-quality, ok?

But we — 60 000 of us — liked it

I’ve never thought I’ll see The Rolling Stones — World’s Greatest Rock & Roll Band — in Bucharest, but it happened last night at long last and it was every bit as amazing as I’ve always thought it will. And more.

In and incredible show, Mick Jagger wisecracked in Romanian, jumped and ran across the enormous stage for two hours and I confess that when he waved the Romanian flag above a praiseworthy public of 60 000, I felt like living a unique moment.

“There are many that know, but only few of them understand”

A.G. Weinberger swamped Spice Club with blues tonight — and I had the pleasure of meeting him.

The concert was part of his Spreading The Blues and looking for the players tour, 2007 being — according to A.G. — “The Year of Blues in Romania”.