{"id":26907,"date":"2014-08-24T00:38:13","date_gmt":"2014-08-24T04:38:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=26907"},"modified":"2017-12-08T17:29:21","modified_gmt":"2017-12-08T22:29:21","slug":"the-week-in-review-featuring-rihanna-and-eminem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2014\/08\/the-week-in-review-featuring-rihanna-and-eminem\/","title":{"rendered":"The Week in Review, Featuring Rihanna and Eminem"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My big blog posts this week were dedicated to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.eminem.com\/the-monster-tour\" target=\"_blank\">Monster Tour<\/a>, featuring Rihanna and Eminem.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2014\/08\/concert-adventure-part-i-waiting-for-the-monster-tour\/\" target=\"_blank\">I took MrB to his third Eminem concert (and second Rihanna at MetLife Stadium last Saturday night<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2014\/08\/concert-adventure-part-ii-eminem-rihanna-monster-tour\/\" target=\"_blank\">I saw the show again on Sunday and wound up in the second row with my gorgeous friend Jen<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>My best videos are here:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=zaKZr-RIJxw&amp;feature=player_embedded&amp;list=UUkb-8a5XcQgPeK4U3uq6xlA\" target=\"_blank\">The first 10 minutes of the show from section 142 on Saturday<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MFqQEcfcq4Y&amp;list=UUkb-8a5XcQgPeK4U3uq6xlA&amp;index=10\" target=\"_blank\">Love the Way You Lie<\/a>&#8221; from section 142 on Saturday.<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=KGvdXNiGKTg&amp;feature=player_embedded&amp;list=UUkb-8a5XcQgPeK4U3uq6xlA\" target=\"_blank\">Numb<\/a>&#8221; from the second row on Sunday.<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/jkfjBOT1ATw\" target=\"_blank\">Rap God<\/a>&#8221; from the second row on Sunday.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Other short video clips are here, shot from the second row, ranging from 15 to 30 seconds. I had to make that painful choice between recording whole songs and experiencing the moment, you know!<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=_jbPVH7_JM4&amp;list=UUkb-8a5XcQgPeK4U3uq6xlA\" target=\"_blank\">My Name Is<\/a>&#8221; &#8211; Eminem<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=YOJ05U_gjdw&amp;list=UUkb-8a5XcQgPeK4U3uq6xlA\" target=\"_blank\">Berzerk<\/a>&#8221; &#8211; Eminem<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=LuCFlY0UkS8&amp;list=UUkb-8a5XcQgPeK4U3uq6xlA\" target=\"_blank\">Love the Way You Lie<\/a>&#8221; &#8211; Eminem<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=OxamLYlw_kY&amp;index=9&amp;list=UUkb-8a5XcQgPeK4U3uq6xlA\" target=\"_blank\">Love the Way You Lie<\/a>&#8221; &#8211; Rihanna<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=4k8freJVREo&amp;list=UUkb-8a5XcQgPeK4U3uq6xlA&amp;index=4\" target=\"_blank\">What&#8217;s My Name<\/a>&#8221; &#8211; Rihanna<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=DfkKnGBFll0&amp;list=UUkb-8a5XcQgPeK4U3uq6xlA&amp;index=5\" target=\"_blank\">Crack a Bottle<\/a>&#8221; &#8211; Eminem<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I still can&#8217;t get over how close to the stage I was! My best photos from the second row are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/32253768@N03\/sets\/72157646567594471\/\" target=\"_blank\">here <\/a>on Flickr.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_26910\" style=\"width: 508px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/w.em17.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-26910\" class=\"wp-image-26910\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/w.em17.jpg\" alt=\"w.em17\" width=\"498\" height=\"435\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/w.em17.jpg 2532w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/w.em17-300x262.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/w.em17-1024x894.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-26910\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Click to enlarge.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>This week&#8217;s other blog posts were:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2014\/08\/wendy-brandes-jewelry-in-the-new-york-post\/\" target=\"_blank\">My Empress Wu dragon earrings were featured in the New York Post&#8217;s Alexa luxury supplement<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2014\/08\/throwback-thursday-miley-cyrus-wearing-my-ring\/\" target=\"_blank\">How could I forget that pre-twerking Miley Cyrus wore my Victoria buckle ring in 2009<\/a>?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp; <\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My big blog posts this week were dedicated to the Monster Tour, featuring Rihanna and Eminem. I took MrB to his third Eminem concert (and second Rihanna at MetLife Stadium last Saturday night. I saw the show again on Sunday and wound up in the second row with my gorgeous friend Jen. My best videos&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2014\/08\/the-week-in-review-featuring-rihanna-and-eminem\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":26909,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[581,561,42,583,598],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-26907","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-concerts","8":"category-eminem","9":"category-music","10":"category-rihanna","11":"category-week-in-review","12":"entry"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26907","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26907"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26907\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38315,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26907\/revisions\/38315"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26909"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26907"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26907"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26907"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}