DEVO!

They were awesome. Amazing. Very tight. It's always depressing when you go to see a band live, and it's obvious that they must have some geniuses in the recording studio and post-production, because they suck live. Devo isn't one of these bands. They were amazing.

Have I mentioned that?

Partial set list, because I think I might be missing something:

Freedom Of Choice
Girl U Want
Whip It
Uncontrollable Urge
Satisfaction
Mongoloid
Come Back Jonee
Gates Of Steel
Smart Patrol/Mr. DNA
Blockhead
Gut Feeling

There was one guy in the crowd who had brought all of their vinyl, and every time they'd start playing a song, he'd raise the appropriate record over his head. Like, just in case they forgot which album it came off of. Look! Here it is! It was the potato one! Some guy was dressed as a potato, and another one was dressed as a pineapple. There was also a crowd-surfing Pekingese. Very surreal. Didn't need drugs.

They wore the little red hats, by the way. The ones that look like steps. And they dedicated one of the songs--either Smart Patrol/Mr. DNA or Blockhead--to the President. And they changed the words in "Come Back Jonee".

(Datsun->Nissan)

"eyes full of teardrops,
Jonee jumped into his Nissan"

We got to talking at the show, and a bunch of us are going to get together and do a high tea before I leave, which should be fun. One should always come up with an excuse to wear cool hats.

You know, it suddenly occurs to me that if the concert had happened anywhere else, I would be commenting on all of the 'unusual' haircolors, hairstyles, leather, piercings, that kind of thing, and yet, well, that seems normal to me now. Two of the people in my group had mostly shaven heads, with the small remainder dyed in purple, green, pink, and blue. I wouldn't think to mention that, which is kind of nice. I guess the funny thing is that I really noticed and commented on the guys that looked like uptight corporate types--I kept wondering what they looked like twenty years ago, because they were so obviously fans.

Max has spent the last couple of days working on meteor rocks. He said that the results were disappointing, but all I can think of is, how cool would it be to spend a couple of days working on meteor rocks? He affirms that his superpowers are still intact. Evidently they weren't kryptonite.

I have nothing interesting to say.