We finaly made it down to Penzeys. Penzeys is a Midwestern spice company that has a series of stores in the heartland and a thriving catalog business. As serious cooks, we love to try new spices and spice blends.

Penzeys held a contest for spice lovers to vote where the company should open its next store. Boston won, but Phoenix came in second. This is their Phoenix store (which actually is in Scottsdale).

We had this event marked on our calendar with a big red circle. This is a two-day event held at Scottsdale Stadium, Spring Training home of the San Francisco Giants. Instead of Alou and Bonds in the dugout, there were some well-trained four-legged athletes. This clip feature Alex, who works with his "partner" for the Arizona Department of Corrections.

Talk about anytime minutes, last night at the spectacular U2 concert at Glendale Arena, cellphones were out in force. As part of the show, Bono asked those in attendance to text message to contribute to his cause, One.org.

What’s interesting is that the tickets clearly stated that there were no cameras and/or recroding devices allowed. Clearly, however, the majority of cellphones last night were cameraphones. People were snapping away every few seconds. A few folks near us were emailing the photos as soon as they were shot. And despite the fact they everyone was searched, there were a ton of digital cameras at the Glendale Arena. Bono even reached down, took one from a fan and clicked a picture of himself before handing it back to the bedazzled devotee.

Fast forward to the point in time when these phone are equipped with better video capabilities. I mean, whoa! Less than 24 hours after the show, can you imagine the number of bootleg videos of the show pouring through the Web. I mean, there will be enough torrents to cause a torrential downpour.

This is serious stuff. Since security guards are not allowed to physically pat your down—this not a flight to Tel Aviv—I could have snuck my trusty Sanyo Xacti MPEg-4 camera into the show and no one would have been the wiser. Attached to this post could have been an amazing clip of Bono singing “One” or “Where the Streets Have No Name.” It does not seem right to do that, unlike baseball games where I shoot clips of Hall of Fame players, people parachuting into the stadium and Sausage Races.

There are some serious issues on the way for the recoding industry, although most of them are already here. The Web will become bootleg concert city—it’s inevitable. That is, unless the music industry embraces rather than scorns new technology.