A Few of My Favorite Things...

I miss the Roxy! There once was a time when I used to come here whenever there was something good playing, but now I only make the occasional show here. Britt Daniels and Spoon put on a terrific show - you have to love those concerts where you recognize every song on the set list. They played an impressively energetic set, despite the fact that they must have been pissed to lose ticket sales due to a fight breaking out at the Roxy weeks before. I hadn't heard the story until we got there, but noticed immediately the empty balcony and the intimate small-crowd feeling in the room. Spoon may have lost a little money, but we gained a lot in the experience. The place was swarming with guys - which is funny to me because I think the band has a real appeal for women too. And for a room full of men, the crowd seemed amazingly subdued. Maybe it's just the lower pitch of their voices that I can't hear once I've been standing beside the speakers for too long!