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To: stockman_scott who wrote (36682)	7/21/2004 7:02:49 AM
From: redfish	Respond to of 81568

Lol, the earlier reports didn't mention that it was during the final encore that some people walked out. That's like leaving a ballgame when there are two outs in the bottom of the ninth.

To: stockman_scott who wrote (36682)	7/21/2004 8:49:39 AM
From: Poet	Respond to of 81568

Interesting to hear Ronstadt's viewpoint of the concert incident. Ronstadt said the casino management is guilty of some hyperbole. "They didn't throw me out. I didn't even know there was trouble. I didn't know they were mad. . . . Those places operate like little city-states. They are all powerful. And I had already said I never want to come back." Ronstadt's scrap in Vegas comes within days of Elton John complaining that singers are pressured to eschew political commentary. A few weeks ago, Neil Young bemoaned the music industry's impulse to neuter political songs. Ronstadt's a thirty-odd year veteran of live shows. She knew she'd stir up reaction both positive and negative and was willing to accept the consequences. I admire her for that. And Neil Young, and Elton John, and Whoopi Goldberg. And any singer, artist, actor, etc. who speaks up-- on the right or left. They, like us, have the right to exercise free speech. It made me laugh that hotel officials "goosed" the truth there. But, really, what can we expect from people who run Las Vegas hotels? They pander to their guests-- those who think a visit to the mockup of "the Eiffel tower" counts as a trip to Europe, those who think that city is sophisticated.