Great show!

I just had to pop in and tell you how great the show was yesterday. I had great company, and was so excited to finally see Stephen Malkmus live. I've loved him for years, from Pavement up to now, and seeing him was even better than I could have imagined.

The Pabst Theater is a wonderful venue for just about anything, and bands always sound fantastic there. I think that they like performing there because the theater is so beautiful, and the sound can't be beat. The audience was really enthusiastic and you could tell Malkmus and the Jicks were really getting into it. They played an extended encore (3 or 4 songs) that they hadn't planned on doing, which was just wonderful. Altogether a fantastic show. I'm so glad after all these years I finally got to see him!

I don't have any more shows in the immediate works, which is sort of a bummer. But I had a good run amigos. In the last year and a half I've seen Sufjan Stevens, Perry Farrell, Keb Mo, The Decemberists, Of Montreal, New Pornographers, Spoon, The Evens, Pink Martini and now Malkmus and the Jicks. Sheesh! The other cool thing? None of these shows, except for Pink Martini maybe, cost me more than $20. Such a deal!!! And the Evens (who were FABULOUS!) was only like 5 bucks! :) So I had a ton of fun for not a huge amount of cash. But you know what? These shows were all so good, I would have payed more. Everyone was so entertaining and just played their hearts out.

How I love, love love me some live music!