8.6.06 - Is 60 The New 40?

Is 60 the new 40? Alice Cooper was far better than anyone at the campground, me included, expected. After finally getting my ass down to the ampitheatre at 11pm, left the bike just inside--thousands of people. Up near the stage, it was packed to the max, fans jammed toward the stage to get a glimpse of an icon. After the show, he's all people were talking about. Unanimous. Ten plus. To reproduce Alice's songs, you gotta have good guitarists, and he brought 'em up to the Black Hills. His daughter? Calico Cooper played out some of Alice's fantasies, including the part of a whipmistress during "You Can Go To Hell". She's really cute. All the guys out here want to do her. Through more fog than necessary to kill a buffalo, Alice kicked ass. After an hour of this aerobic workout, he was doing jumping jacks to "Under My Wheels". Sixty is the new Forty. Saw it tonight. 10 or 20 times more people inside here now than yesterday. Hoping to get an interview with a couple of these acts, but the talent agent here at the Chip is harder to track down than OSAMA BIN LADIN. It's unique--bikers get to ride right up to the stage. Some like to rev their engines in approval, that happened tonight. One bro and his old lady tipped over right in front of me. The bike fell on top of him & his chick, at about one mph. They laid there giggling for a few seconds before bros pulled the harley off them and grabbed his key, dumb shit. Picture this happening inside the typical war memorial or colesium. Even so, accidents here are rare, considering the state of packed humanity. When you're inside a place where anything goes, brothers have to police their own. This pasture is getting really dusty, the people right on the main drag that runs around the campground need complimentary Michael Jackson surgeon's masks. At night, it's so dusty, my damm headlight can't shine all the way through the dirt. Washed the biked this morning. It was clean for about an hour. Dirt don't make it run slow, so screw Martha Stewart. Meanwhile, Hot women have officially arrived in Sturgis, replacing the former Calamity Janes. Traffic comming in on the innerstate is backed up, and getting worse. If you have plans to drive through here before the middle of August, forget it.