Last night Vinnie and I were going to go see Atonement at the Michigan Theater, but when we got there we saw a line that was three blocks long. All of a sudden, I was like, "OH YEAH! The Mars Volta is playing tonight...wanna go if it's not sold out?" Vinnie said that was fine so we bought the last two "normal" tickets (seats instead of a bench), which didn't matter much because I ended up moving waaaay up anyway. The show was good when I got closer, but the audience seemed very mellow, which doesn't fit with a Mars Volta show. They have their long quiet moments, but they ROCK, hard. So what I don't understand is why everyone seemed so chill...except that the whole place reeked of pot haha. It's funny to see a concert in the same room I fall asleep in on Thursday nights during A&D lecture. I also ran into Dan--he was ushering. I need to find out how to get that job.
My favorite things were: the crazy dancing Latinos, the kid who danced across the stage that looked super high (and then patting him on the back), how big the lead singer's hair is, how much the lead singer added textures to the song using his microphone, and people watching the variety of audience members they drew.
My least favorite parts were: how mellow the crowd was (I almost wish that it was in a nonseated venue so people could go crazy), the bitch on security who kept yelling at us to move over because she's crazy, the fact that the mixing drowned out the more unique instruments like flute and some of the nontraditional drumming rhythms, and the fact that the drumming seemed to be the same heavy pattern for every single song they played.
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