Last night at the Crystal Ballroom's 97th birthday party I saw a little of The Lord's Own Choir, Elizabeth Cook and Pancake Breakfast.

Elizabeth Cook was really good. The other two bands are local favorites.

2011 project

Maybe this year I'll try to keep track of the music shows I see.

So far, I saw Jackstraw, Guy Clark and Dave Alvin and the Guilty Women at the River City Music festival and the Oregon Symphony with Joan Rivers.

I wish I'd gone earlier to the festival at the Red Lion and seen some of the other bands, but I forgot until the last minute that it was happening. I didn't dance as much as I'd have liked to.

The highlights of the Joan Rivers show were not being personally hurt when she said she wanted all Chinese women to leave the audience and the excitement of having a guy stand up shouting about how his boyfriend had been assaulted while the orchestra was playing. Joan is exactly 30 years older than me. Gabrielle Gifford is 7 years younger than me. I hope Gabby and I can both share in Ms. Rivers' resiliance and longevity.