Isaac Hayes

Date & venue: Friday, June 27, Metropolis

Musical style: "Drippy soul"

Stage antics: "Hayes shining his bald head with a towel--quite inspiring."

Audience reaction: "It was a pretty sit-downish affair. Audience reaction was not memorable."

Best moment: "Telling the idiot next to me who kept on doing some New Kids on the Block dance and squawking, 'Isaak ees een dee 'oooouse!' to quit it; the first boom out of Hayes' voice--sooo low!"

Drawbacks: "The crowd didn't know what to do with themselves. It was an older group, which highlighted the fact that the concert was probably in the wrong place.."

Critic's reaction: "The show lagged after a couple of tunes. Some of it was a bit too candy-coated for my taste."

-Mireille Silcott