Icewind's Ramblings

Last night was the start of a three day event under the Alaskan summer sun and one that will be talked about for a long time to come. Rocker Sir Elton John came into Alaska for three sold out concerts in Anchorage and Fairbanks . Yes . . . the odds are good that the goods are Odd . . . we’re crazy! (Photo by unknown EJ Fan) Anchorage is a unique city in the wilderness . . . 1,900 miles from the nearest city with a population over 100,000 people. In our city you can watch moose in the morning and a ballet in the afternoon. You can take a short flight to see some of the most dramatic mountain scenery on earth then be back in town for fresh seafood at a five-star restaurant. Our “Big Wild Life” city is an urban enclave surrounded by wilderness. This international city uniquely combines the conveniences of the modern world with a rugged, natural environment and backs up to these beautiful Chugach Mountains and surrounded by the waters of Cook Inlet in the middle of ...

Elton John mania stormed into Anchorage this month with two schedules shows . . . the first in Anchorage tomorrow night and the second show in Fairbanks on Thursday evening. I’m not going but it has been fun watching this phenomenon happen all over the city. This will be the biggest thing we've had here in recent memory and it started with people camping out for three days before tickets went on sale for the performance at the Sullivan Arena on May 28. The show is part of his 2008 tour, "Rocket Man: Number Ones." I stopped off at one of the spots where local radio station Magic 98.9 KYMG was giving away tickets, today’s spot was the Muldoon GCI Cable store. As I waited the few minutes before the drawing for two seats one thing stood out to me . . . there was no one under 40 years old stopping by for the drawing. All of us ‘old farts’ were waiting . . . laughing at what the younger kids were missing. Elton John, the British pop star is quite the d...