Well, I truly don't know were to start on this one. I was excited all day on the 24th and could not wait for this trip. Except for a few hours delay for the flight to San Fran, everything went well. Met up with some friends at a hotel, ate some dinner, and prepared to get ready for the ball!! Many other hotel guess were also getting ready - unless "these" people always dress in S & M attire? Than again it is SF! I did not feel out of place dressing "normal", since I knew there would be many others not in "costume." Everyone was running on adrenaline & caffeine....sleep was not an option on this Jett venture.

Alot of people waited out front for taxi's, holding onto their Jett photos and stuff to have signed. The color for the evening was definitely black & leather. A normal taxi drive should have cost us $15, but instead it cost us $36...see a certain person forgot the Jett photos in the lobby and we had to get the driver to go back .....FAST...to get them ( I got the feelin' of being back in NY again..wee!! )

From the freeway you could see the giant marque flashing the venue....Cow Palace - Erotic Exotic Ball. Once you get up to the entrance you can see the building, which looks like a giant barn with Cow Palace written on it. Believe me this place is huge!! A line to get in was very long and thank god we had vip tickets to get backstage...no line!!! We were given orange wrist bands to identify us....we had free roaming throughout and it was the only way to get back too backstage. Of course once we got in are initial quest was to look for Joan. I went to the bar first, since we were given two free drink coupons. I needed to loosen up.....never been in an area with so many naked people!!

I walked past a large number of performers getting ready for the next show. Lots of flesh, g-strings, glitter, body paint, piercings, things I don't have words for, etc....but, as inattentive as I am, I walked right past Joan & Kenny standing outside the Blackhearts dressing room. Of course my friends made a beline to Joan. I just stood by and watched-since it's what I like to do you know !! Joan looked great. She had her shiny black pants on - what do you call them, vinyl? Her short cropped top with her normal acessories. She really looked good. She was talking with anyone/anything that came up to her. She signed photos and took pictures. She got annoyed only one time because my friend Sandy's camera wasn't working right. Joan told her to buy one of those disposable ones. They started to argue about cameras. I couldn't believe it!! I sometimes can't tell how mad and serious Joan is at times...she just wanted to go walk around with Kenny and look at "stuff." I just watched. Joan went back into her dressing room for a little bit. Many people were coming in and out. Joan received a large vase of red roses. Lots of media was there too....had to do the interview thing...but "one" of the most exciting things I saw of the evening was when Joan opened up her dressing room door, low and behold our Ms. Jett had a very large, I think a python, wrapped around her. I believed it belonged to one of the performers. Can you say HOT!! EXCITED!!....I just watched. I believed she enjoyed it too!! (Yes pictures were taken of this and I hope I will get them from my friend to share with you all)

I wanted to venture out to the main area to check things out and find the stage Joan would be playing on. The event had a main stage with lots of laser lights, video screens, smoke etc.It is basically a large arena that holds about 20,000 people. Grace Jones would perform on this stage at nights end. There were alot of strip shows, fetish shows, music, porn movies being played on the giant screens,some things that I haven't ever seen....but I kept a very open mind. Outside the main room were various booths selling/advertising whatever(SEX ) - Refreshments and food everywhere (real food ok!). Areas that had closed curtains where anything could go you might say...from being sucked by a vampire to just being sucked....alot was videoed/or photographed for your pleasure...I just watched. Joan was wandering about in a mass of people with Kenny, stopping to get pictures taken with whomever wanted one. Always a smile on her face too.....how could you not have one. So many bold people, beautiful people, naked people, and old people. Lots of leather, strap-ons, bondage, fake penis's bouncing around, m/m couples, f/f couples, m/f couples, "unkown" couples, porn stars, and.. well I hope you get the picture of what it was sort of like.

Joan was to perform at 11:30 on the south stage, which was in a large hall at the entrance of the palace. Metal barricades surrounded the stage which were pushed forward by Elliot before the show, but we were still a good 6ft away from the stage. Elliot was in a f**king mood!! The stage sat high and the sound was very loud, but good. We got into postion about 10:30 and stood through a fetish show that ventured on the bizarre, hilarious, and downright vulgar. A good crowd was in place, and the Jettheads were up front....I think. The intro started and out they came. From the outset Joan was totally into it. By now we all know the set list...no changes here, except I think Baby Blue & Kiss on the Lips would of been good here!! Joan worked up a lather the best she could, the hall was a little cold, but you could see the sweat. She tried to throw it at us but we were to far away. She came out close to the end of the stage many times - I swear she looked at me for a good minute and smiled - could of been the SEXPOD tank top I had on- I was in heaven. During Dog she was right in front of me. I tried to reach my hand out to her, but she looked at me and said she couldn't reach....the 6ft void separated us. The crowd was great I thought. We did well with Touch & I Love R-NR. We all got into it and were singing our lungs out. This was a well behaved crowd considering what the event was. Joan was pointing and smiling at alot of people. I'm sure she got an eye full from her view point. I tried to look back to see how many people were there and it went pretty far back.During the intro to Everyday Joan's white Gibson went out and the scramble was on to get her another guitar. Thommy and the guys did great until she was ready. She was laughing through the guitar solo with Doug E, I don't think she liked the guitar too much. During most of the show she was rubbing her arm. It was going numb on her. She kept trying to shake it out, but it was annoying her. She would say later that it was just numb, maybe from sleeping on it. A crazy guy from back stage jumped on stage, Joan kept singing, and attempted to stage dive...but after his initial takeoff at 6ft the floor opened and he went splat on the ground. You could see Kenny in the back trying to figure out were he came from. After that, security was put around the area backstage. But the highlight of the show was FETISH!!! This song kicks some major ass!!! I want to thank the guy next to me for letting me grab and use his ( I forget what it's called) whip/crop/ouchie.....heck I would of smacked Joan with it I was so hyped up. Joan gave the crowd lots of thank yous and waves before she left the stage. Than we were off backstage again to wait for the official signing of things.

Joan came out of the dressing room and greeted alot of people and talked. There were hugs, kisses, nipple autographs, regular autographs, laughs, comments on the show. I was so close I could not help but just stare at her and listen to what she was telling people. I have had so many Joan opportunites you would think by now I could just talk to her.....but I just watched....but before she left I did ask her to sign my Sexpod shirt - yes I was still in it, which she did so graciously. At 2 am the night was coming to a close. Joan walked away with Kenny down to the back entrance and I just watched. The Erotic Ball was officially over.

Keep safe and take care.

Debbie

( If anything I have written here offends anyone it was not intentional.)(Jett4me@AOL.com)