i liked last nights show, as a whole. i mean, there were certainly songs that dragged on, and at times i was thinking to myself "these are the sorts of songs that you're supposed to speed up to play live." They came off as very guitar-heavy-- far more hard rocky than they sound on the album. the lighting was indeed impressive, and at times was the only interesting thing on stage. they had waaaaay too many guitar pedals, to the point that his fiddling with them sometimes stalled songs that would have otherwise been not-so-draggy. They're great musicians, no doubt, but some of the 2-minute interludes of the same repeated drum and bass line were a bit much for me.
that said, i definietely drank the kool-aid during the encore. their two more fast-paced songs (first wave down and nowhere again) were great, and finally their energy measured up to that of the lights, and naturally the crowd responded.
speaking of the crowd, i was in the balcony and had a great view of the throngs of frat boys, including the two guys front and center with golf visors on. ugh. someone threw a cup onstage, there were lots of fist-pumpers and rock-on-signers and the crowd had to be 80% male. and with an average iq of, oh, say, 4.
either way. did it end up selling out?
great dj set, kosmo. some great classics in there.
