Yankee Stadium - grimy airless hot stifling subways....people packed in like sardines....sweat.....sit in the stadium and the pigeons are up in the rafters and you just hope that they poop on someone other than you.. takes forever to get down the ramp(s) at program end....everyone smushing everyone else....fat people squooshing skinny little kids like me.........finally get in the subway train and watch your feet come up to your nose - then you're out in a dead faint...........
Montreal 1978..........the poor people stuck in that tent city with no showers or fresh water......and temperatures over 100 and humidity beyond belief.....and the ones with babies...how they did it is beyond me......i believe one night there was a massive thunderstorm too, so they were all laying in mud. what a horror show..........i was in a hotel with a crazy room-mate who was banging her suitcase off the walls (literally)....and it was my first experience actually seeing lesbians making out in public.
i do remember freddie franz - doing isaiah "measuring line upon measuring line" can still hear it in my head....he fascinated me.....i was a kid and he was dammed entertaining! one highlight - 1969 nyc/yankee stadium - i was working the cafeteria serving line and nathan knorr came through.....i was blessed with the priviledge of dumping a glob of mashed potatoes on his tray!!!!!!! he had a very kindly attitude.