Dana and I
had AMAZING seats at Strathmore music hall. (Orchestra box 31 - center, front
row of the low balcony - perfect view.) It felt incredibly civilized to see a
show there because the venue is beautiful and the seating very
comfortable.
Youth Lagoon opened. I am not much of a fan of Youth Lagoon,
but they/he sounded fine. My only criticism is that he never clearly
enunciated the name of the band, so we had to look it up.
Death Cab
for Cutie sounded excellent and did a much better job of talking to the
audience to try to connect. It wasn't especially genius banter, but it
got the job done. There were plenty of recognizable favorites in the set
list, and a few newer songs. The lights show was a bit annoying when it
blinded us, but pretty cool when it cast huge shadows of the performers on
the side walls of the auditorium. The orchestra back-up was beautiful live. I
thought it was funny cute how Ben Gibbard seemed to have only a couple dance
moves, but then again, it can't be easy to dance, sing, AND play a guitar or
piano, can it?
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