to get off the pants subject for a while


over at msm, one of the posters mentioned that john just played at the billy joel show since it was the last show ever at the stadium. interesting since there was a hint of it happening this afternoon. anyways, that was random, but i thought i would post it in case anyone was interested

They also said Jen was rumored to be there too but I don't think that's possible since the new pics of her in L.A. just surfaced and they were from yesterday, same day as John played with Billy. I do hope she joins him in OHIO though.

A puzzled spy spotted "what appeared to be a staged photo op" in front of Mayer's SoHo apartment building Wednesday morning.

For likable star John Mayer, cool is as cool does

John Mayer is many things�an incredible guitarist, an accomplished songwriter and a famed heartthrob with admirers all over the globe.

One thing he is not: a bartender.

"I was making watermelon margaritas last night because I had a perfect one in Boston, and the bartender gave me the recipe," Mayer told The Denver Post last weekend. "It was after the show, and I was bartending on a fold-up card table, estimating how to make each drink. But each time I handed a drink to somebody, I would sample it � and that's not a good idea. Then I started trading drinks with people, and before I knew it, I had my shirt off and I was trying dipping tobacco for the first time, and I threw a chair into the woods."

Asked if he was celebrating anything in particular, Mayer slyly said: "It was a Saturday night."

Mayer, co-headlining the Mile High Music Festival this weekend, is one of those perennially cool-yet- uncool musicians who dodges absolute quantification.

His hit songs are on the vanilla side. But his album tracks, and live shows, display his status as one of his generation's most skilled guitarists. While most hipsters wouldn't be caught dead listening to his records, they'd all be his best friend because he's just that kind of a guy.

"I'm writing my own kind of cool now," Mayer said. "Everybody should be writing their own kind of cool. Have we learned nothing from John Hughes movies?

"I admire people who don't look left or right. They refuse to get information on what they're supposed to do. It's not about what my car says about me. It's about being better at choosing the pursuits in life that make you most interested. You have to be around people with their own pursuits.

"What's the directionality of cool or uncool? You're either free or not free. I'm wearing a Mickey Mouse shirt and Reebok Pumps right now, and I think that's pretty cool. My shoes are covered in triple sec."

Mayer is enjoying an adventurous time in his career. Festivals such as this weekend's festivities have allowed Mayer to reach out to new fans. The evolution of his fan base allows him to give audiences a very different show each night.

"Right now I'm experimenting with putting everything into the show," Mayer said. "I'm putting new songs into the set all the time. Last night, I played 'I'm on Fire,' by Bruce Springsteen, and 'Where Will I Be,' by Emmylou Harris."

Mayer is touring with an unusual rig that includes a teleprompter � something that allows him to hear a song on the drive into town, make the call for the band to learn the music and have one of his techs upload the lyrics into the device.

"I'm taking on the role of show producer," he said. "The set lists have always rotated on a Lazy Susan, but now these are different each and every night."

Mayer lives between his two homes in New York and Los Angeles. He draws inspiration from both locales, spending autumns in New York and summers in L.A.

"I definitely borrow from both," he said. "It all depends on what direction my inspiration is pointed. They made L.A. out of heartbreak and glitter and the Eagles, and they put some of Stevie Nicks' lace in there, too. Then they put it in a centrifuge and dumped it all over the Sunset Strip � and then they made Land Rovers.

"Everyone in New York is a cog in the wheel. Everybody living there makes that city go. It's so hands-on. The idea is all about waking up and hitting the ground running and going to work � that city is all about work."

Work is something Mayer is all too familiar with. The singer-songwriter is famous for his busy slate of recording, touring and collaborating. And that's part of the reason Mayer is looking to spend part of his time off in the wild.

"I wanna do some camping, learn how to live in the wilderness," Mayer said. "I want to get past the idea of relying on 21st-century accommodations. There are certain things in your body, and you've always known how to rely on them, but you haven't had to rely on them because of the amenities of the modern world.

"I want to know how to build all the different types of shelter in the woods. All the books I'm reading right now are about survival and looking after myself. It's almost like I'm telling myself, 'This is too much, Mayer. Let's get out of here.' I'm good about leaving places before the opportunity for trouble arises.

"It's like last night. When I realized I had just thrown a chair into the woods, I turned to my tour manager and told him, 'I'm ready to go.' "

John in New York

http://splashnewsonline.celebuzz.com/2008/07/john-mayer-looks-surprisinglyh.html


Can someone post the pics?..cos' I want to save some but I don't know how to save since they've disabled the right button..or tell me how to save directly from their site..

Here are the pics tassia:



My way of saving them is just moving the mouse on the pic, without click and some little boxes appear and I click on the one that looks like a floppy-disk.