Columnist John Katsilometes: Scrawling through the city

Monday, Oct. 23, 2000 | 10:34 a.m.

John Katsilometes is the Sun features editor. His column appears Mondays. Reach him at kats@lasvegassun.com or 259-2327.

A few odds and ends from the ever-rolling Scrawl Crawl:

But Henley, smartly attired in black jeans and a matching T-shirt, was splendid and in fine voice. He never took the drums, played the guitar only occasionally, but wowed the sold-out crowd with soaring renditions of Eagles hits and his own solo work. Henley also grumbled about having to compete with Britney Spears on the pop music charts, prompting one to wonder if Spears, at age 53 (Henley's age), will be making a similar complaint to a sold-out crowd.

Prediction: probably not.

An aside: It was fascinating to study the dynamic of the mostly middle-aged crowd crammed inside the Joint for a late, weeknight show. The crush of humanity caused some awkward moments, as if the throng couldn't decide whether to, how you say, "mosh," or exchange business cards. As Henley strode on stage for his second encore, a guy next to me checked his watch and said, "I'm going to have to juggle a couple of meetings tomorrow so I can sleep in."

Rock on, brother.

As the matinee crowd, teeming with kids, was making its way out of the hotel through the sports book, a guy who had apparently placed a large wager on the New England Patriots (who were being trashed by the New York Jets) shouted out, "Drew Bledsoe is (performing an unseemly sexual act on me)! He's a total (obscene gerund)! I hate that (politically incorrect, insensitive, homophobic epithet)!"

The apple-cheeked kids might not have known Drew Bledsoe is the quarterback for New England. What is certain is they probably had the happy moments from "Digimon" shocked out of their systems.

A better positive/negative meter would be a kicked-in television set, which was nearly evident at our place when Bush attempted to explain his stance on affirmative action. How many polling points is a pulverized 27-inch Sony Trinitron worth?