Music to My Ears (Media Meditation #2)

I love... absolutely love going to see live music. I almost went to see The Brew a few nights ago. My girlfriend and I were supposed to be on the guest list because her uncle is friends with the band, but something fell through somewhere along the line and our names didn't make it on the list. Oh well, we will have to go see them another time later on this year. The cool thing about the whole situation is that one of the guys from the band actually called her to apologize about the mix up and told us we could go to their next show and get a bunch of free stuff to make up for it. One of my favorite shows I ever went to was to see OAR when they played in Saratoga Springs at the venue, SPAC. It was amazing. They had an acoustic session in the middle and opened with the song "About an Hour Ago". My favorite part about the show was when they played "Crazy Game of Poker" and everyone in the whole place was dancing and singing. At one point they completely stopped playing and shut the lights off on the stage. They turned the house lights on as if the show was over, but everyone kept singing the verse that they were on. It was awesome. It felt like everyone was just having fun together and it was a really cool experience. It gives you the chills, which I'm sure is a result of the truine brain. The reptilian and limbic part of your brain are working very hard at these concerts.

Here's a clip of the show I was at

(This is a technological shift, its amazing that I can type in a few words to a search engine and find a clip from a show that I was at last summer... pretty cool.)