Heading out the door shortly for the Chicago show. I'll be wearing a grey Zoroaster t-shirt and an orange cap to protect my smoove bald head. Say Hi.

This was the best twenty minutes I've spent so far in 2008.

After seeing a performance like that, I am often left wondering why I even bother trying to play music. Stunningly beautiful. I've got nothing more to add.

wow, best lunch break I've ever had with my pants on.

ERawk wrote:Yeah, fantastic. I think the highlight of all highlights for me was seeing the 80-90 something man in the front picking up his cane and dancing the best he could when the stage dancer was up on stage.

So, what did all the hooky players do, post-show?

Katye and Tocharian, I forgot to tell you that they would yell at you if you smoke within Pritzker Pavillion. Hopefully you two didn't get kicked out

Maybe they yell at other people, but they don't yell at me and tocharion cause they're afraid to interrupt such obviously cool ladies enjoying a couple few smokes outside at a great concert.

The highlight for me was that clarinet magic. Wildness!

awesome awesome awesome. The dude with the cane was awesome. The little kid running around at the front of the stage was awesome.

Seriously, nothing about the show was not awesome.

That clarinetist is indeed awesome.

The old man was wonderful. That kinda made my day. I saw him after the show and told him I enjoyed his dancing. He said something a little hard to understand along the lines of "Yeah! I got up at 9:00 and got to hear some music so that's pretty good." I told him I hope I'm still getting out and seeing shows when I'm his age.

I shot a few short videos and will upload them to YouTube soon. Shot a buncha pix too.

Mmm, having a sammich, seeing the PRF scattered around the pavillion and listening to the Ex for the better part of 35 minutes. So nice.

The sound was actually very good last night, but they kept the volume a little lower than I would have liked (which was probably necessary to keep it sounding good). The Pritzker sounds fantastic up close though. I was in the 2nd row. Great from where I was sittin!

ERawk wrote:

Yngwie Einstein wrote:After seeing a performance like that, I am often left wondering why I even bother trying to play music. Stunningly beautiful. I've got nothing more to add.

Really, I want to play my flute and horn the second I get home.

I get that as well. Then the reality of my lack of musical skills sets in. A lot of bands inspire. The really good ones just put me to shame. I don't mean that I won't pick up my bass or guitar and noodle when I get home. I'm just sadly acknowledging the gulf that lies between the truly gifted art of others and the crappy songs I struggle to write.