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this story has left me slightly bemused, slightly disgusted and somewhat disappointed.

proud (and very very very rich) dad celebrates his daughter's bar mitzvah in style. it's one of the important time of life for jews, it is their coming of age.
so dad being, proud and being very very very rich invites 300 or so guests, fills the rainbow room, a resturant on the 65th floor of the rockerfeller centre, and lets them all enjoy the entertainment he has laid on.
among the people who sang to the audience were: 50 cent, aerosmith, tom petty and stevie nicks.

i was a little bemused that these stars would play such a gig. but then 50 cent got £300,000 for his song. so maybe not so bemused.
i was disappointed that aerosmith and tom petty played such a gig - so much for being rock and roll rebels. 'smith even let the brother of the girl play drums through their set. money talks and it talks big. the toxic twins and the rest of the band pulled in $1.3 million....
i was disgusted (and i will admit it is tinged by a certain amount of jealousy) at the waste of money involved here. the kids who attended apparently got goodie bags worth $600 each. there is an old argument about the wealthy being necessary because their money trickles down to the rest of us. they are deserving of their money because they are wealth creators and we all benefit from it. but stories like this just remind you that actually money seems to go to money.

then i thought - what on earth is he going to do for her 21st.