Last night, Thomas and I went to see one of my favorite bands, String Cheese Incident. I first learned about this band when my brother told me about them a few years ago. Of course, I didn’t listen to him then, but he turned out to be right. They’re a great bluegrass, jazzy, jam band.

The show was great - 4 hours long. The Fox Theater was beautiful; the ceiling looked like a sky and had twinkling stars and drifting clouds. We were on the front row of the balcony and had a great view of the stage and the audience down below. The audience was pretty interesting to watch. There were people dressed like fairies and pirates, and people were dancing like they were having some kind of spiritual experience. Balloons bounced through the crowd, and glowsticks would occasionally jet through the air like fireworks.

The band played barefoot and was more diverse in age than I expected. It was interesting to also see folks in the audience around my parents’ age. All the band members played a couple instruments each and they invited some displaced New Orleans musicians called Headhunters on stage to play with them. They had a great song about Hurricane Katrina. I tried taking videos with my cell phone, but unfortunately they didn’t come out any better than the entry photo.

The show was great and we both had a great time. I just wish my brother would have been able to join us; he would of loved the show.