hey guys. i've sort of fallen behind in my reading but i thought i would go ahead and give you my perspective of the show at the metro. i was hoping to see some of you but it never happened. maybe next time. anyway, my friends and i were the very first people in line which helped us procure a front and center position pressed against the steel railing. i really enjoyed devil in a woodpile. they had wonderful stage presence and my roommate and i had quite a time conceptualizing what their home lives would be like. i thought that califone's music was exceptional but their performance was, at most, lacking. i could listen to their cd in the car but i have no need to ever see them live again. modest mouse was perfect. there really were few people gettin their dance on but it didn't really seem to affect the overall air of enjoyment and satisfaction in the room. it must have been a chicago thing. to assist jenny, yes at one point isaac did jump off the stage, right in front of me. he tried to keep singing lyrics towards the microphone but his voice was not reaching it, then he tried singing into the guitar pick up again but that also had little effect. then he writhed and played for a bit longer and returned to the stage. overall, i thought the show was great. like others, i could have stood to hear trailer trash or tundra/desert but i really enjoyed the new songs that they played and i found the balance between new music and old to be executed wonderfully. i only hope to see them again and be just as pleased. in regards to the T-shirts being sold. they weren't modest mouse t-shirts. they show, dubbed "noise pop 2000" was sponsored by some ".com" company and it was shirts branded with their logo and the title of the show that were being sold. i bought one only to have a memento since my will call tickets were not there, only my name on a list so i didn't have a commemorative ticket stub. anyway, rambled on too long. later. izzy ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com
