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Old 08-08-2009, 01:33 AM
TheBang
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Re: 2009-08-07 Fox Theatre in Oakland, CA
I didn't arrive till the last 15 minutes of the DJ set, so I can neither confirm nor deny the existence of reggae. Edit: Just read the thread. There was no reggae in the theater between sets, so it was all in your head, I mean, on the stream.

I don't have too much to say. You guys all saw the show on the Interwebs. Some of us were watching the stream on iPhones before the show started, seeing if we could see ourselves.

The venue was beautiful. They did an amazing restoration job. It still has the feeling of the old-time theaters while being all sparkly brand-new. It filled up nicely. The whole bottom floor was filled to the back. The balcony was only about a third full, but people were dancing up there. Lots more people than last night in Vegas. Lots of fans too, from the number of people I saw singing the lyrics. Met some fans that it was their first show, so I hope they were suitably blown away. Also found dubman at the front, so it was nice to meet him.

I think I like the Oblivions with Bells tour version of Beautiful Burnout better. I'm not sure why; I can't describe it. Again, Between Stars got a good dancing reception. I wonder how popular it will be when released. Spikee was killer tonight; better than last night's version.

Here's one of my better pictures. A tender moment at the end of NUXX.



Juanita was spared again tonight. And Born Slippy was a possibility too.



Onward to L.A. Better find my glowsticks...