Left coast concerts
So I went to see Malkmus & the Jicks this past weekend at the Fillmore (which is a beautiful hall), and the thing that struck me (aside from stage banter that included name-dropping Manute Bol) was the amount of weed smoked at the show. Now, I know this is San Fran and everything, but I was totally not prepared for the copious amounts of wacky tabackie being smoked indoors. No one was smoking regular cigarettes, and even with the ventilation, the stuff was heavy in the air, and I got quite the contact high - haven't been to a show with that much weed since Yes in '84. It was pretty awesome, a total stoner show, with total stoner noodling and extended jams. The keyboardist/guitarist, in transitioning between instruments, threw his Gibson SG to the stage floor and broke the thing. Janet Weiss was fierce on the drums. Terrific conert, all around.