I saw Medeski, Martin & Wood last night at the Fillmore. It was a great and funny show. Great because they are talented musicians with a lot of creativity and diversity. Funny because the audience - primarily Dead-Head hippie types - just wanted to do their funky, hippie acid dances and when the band did their more minimal, experimental music, they - the hippie types, that is - sort of stood around looking confused. Many of them would talk to each other (loudly) during those moments and missed out on some the best parts. When I got home from the show, my throat hurt from all the pot smoke. People were brazenly smoking weed like cigarettes all over the dance floor. Oh well, it’s all good, as they say (but do they mean it?).
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