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    Last night, Aerosmith and Motley Crue’s Route Of All Evil tour hit the Hollywood Bowl for the first of 3 shows in the Southern California area. I really wanted to see this show ever since the rumors hit about a year ago. Since I did so well on concert ticket prices the past few weeks, I was able to do this one in style with an excellent lower level seat.   From what I gathered on my Who experience, the Garden Box is the best place to be. Unfortunately the best I was able to get over the weekend was a pair in Sec D. Tried in vain until the last minute to trade up to aGarden Box but there wasn’t much better available so at 7:15 I dumped the extra and went in.   Aerosmith is no longer a poor man’s anything. They now rival many top tier acts with what they are asking for tickets and attendance suffered with an entire level of the Bowl nearly empty. Either tour less or charge less. I admit it was the opportunity to get two almost headline sets out of thi...

  I saw the inside of the Hollywood Bowl restroom for the first time ever last night!   Actually I wandered almost every inch of the lower half of the Bowl. I have always complained about the sound there but during the course of the evening I found a few places where it sounded alright. It was a lot of fun.   I went to an art gallery showing of old punk rock photos earlier tonight (See LA Weekly cover story). I thought maybe I would just watch the bands there on a stage a few feet away from the open bar. A Ramones tribute band was playing. The setlist was already taped to the stage and looked like a great show. But I already had a few drinks, looked at all the pictures 3 times, talked to some of my friends and got bored. It was also getting really crowded. It was almost 8:00.   So I went down the street to the Hollywood Bowl where the Who was playing. Within a few minutes I scored a ticket for $10 and went inside. I don’t even know if it was a ...