Aerosmith & Joan Jett

I don't know if I can stress it enough that my job at the radio station is AWESOME. Saturday night I worked the Aerosmith and Joan Jett concert down at the Borgata in Atlantic City. Normally, it can suck having to drive down to AC and be stuck right outside the concert venue without access to the show. NOT THIS NIGHT.

As soon as we had our table set up and ready for the crowd, I had some down time to wander around the casino a little bit and play some slots. I've previously had great success with the Wheel of Fortune slot machines (total winnings all time are around $1500) so I found my machines and in two minutes time, I was up $100. Normally, I'd want to press my luck a little bit, but after realizing I had just doubled what I'd be making for working that night, I decided to walk away on top. And the night would just get better.

So apparently Aerosmith concerts bring out some of the hottest women in the tri-state area. Luckily I was working with Feldman, a ladies man on crew in his 40's, who has some of the cheesiest lines, but the women eat it all up. The theme of our event this night was "COUGARS". They were crawling all over the table and us and most of them were drunk as skunks which makes it even more entertaining. It was like shooting fish in barrel (is that the saying?). I'd just point out hott women from across the way and Feldman would just reel them in. One of the games we were playing that night amongst ourselves was keeping track of how many hookers we saw and how many transvestites we saw. Surprisingly, we only saw two hookers, but we definitely saw four trannys. HILARIOUS. And the best part was that Feldman reeled in two of the trannys and definitely got a kiss from both of them. So we got to make fun of him for that the whole night.

As the night wore on, it was still apparent that we really didn't have a way to actually get into the concert. We were set up right outside the venue and could hear the concert pretty loud and clear but it's more of an experience to see the band as well as hear them. Luckily, Larry Mullin, the manager of the Borgata made an appearance at our table and hooked us up with VIP access which got us into the concert and also entitled us to the open bar at the side of the stage. So I was able to watch about 45 minutes of the show and I was also able to have a few beers on the house. I must say, Aerosmith can still put on an awesome show. It sounded like I was just listening to a CD, it was that flawless. And I'm nominating Joe Perry as his generation's Keith Richards. He looks the corpse of someone who died five years ago.

The night almost ended with a bang as a fight almost broke out in front of our table as everyone was exiting the venue but cooler heads prevailed as one of our listeners bitched out an ex-boyfriend who was starting trouble with her current boyfriend. Classic.

Probably one of the best concerts I've worked and should continue to be interesting next Saturday as I work the Heart concert down at the Trump Marina.