This weekend was Beloit's annual Riverfest down on the banks of the Rock River. While I had a great weekend and caught up with some of my favorite Beloise passing through town, the highlight of the weekend was Sunday night at Riverfest. Shelley '09 drove down to accompany me to the Beach Boys concert. We met up with Sophie'09, Ben '09, Alicia '09 & Zach before the show and tried to get excited about the concert. It's funny to think that there are only one or two members of the original gang left on the circuit, but it takes no stretch of the imagination to see how all the Beach Boys classics could be decently performed by pretty much anybody.
Now, to the title: Riverfest ("The Ultimate Rock Festival") is always a little, how shall we say... unusual. It's a true cultural experience. This year, that experience was enhanced by the guest performance of John Stamos on percussion for the Beach Boys. We got a great look at the Port-A-Johns, Uncle Jesse was too far away to see in any detail. Happy to report that even from a distance, he still seems to maintain a great head of hair.I'll confess that I didn't go into Riverfest last year. It's right down the hill from Campus and you can get the gist of things just hanging out on Aldrich Field. I'm a firm believer in paying for live music and I can't say the Beach Boys disappointed. And as a closeted Full House fan, you know I was just livin the dream.
