when in rome, don't think you're caesar

the dave matthews concert last night was great. it was acoustic and with only dave and tim reynolds. it was such a small venue (max capacity is 2000, and i don't think the set-up allowed for the max) that the whole feeling was really personal.

dave was quite chatty, and well on the way to drink-ville. he was really funny and told some great stories.

he said he didn't care if people shouted out requests, but in the end, he'd play what he wanted. when someone shouted out 'sunday bloody sunday' (after he'd been chatting about ireland kicking england's ass in the 6 nations rugby match on saturday) he replied: when in rome, don't think you're caesar. fair enough.

there was an annoying american guy who was yelling for '#41' to be played. finally someone yelled at him to shut the fuck up, and amazingly it wasn't me, but i was close. i'm surprised the dude didn't get beat up... maybe he did.

there wasn't an opening act, so i was really happy we were in our seats before 8, cause the show started at 8.15. it didn't end until after 10.30, so lots and lots of songs were played.

it was kind of like going to see a session of MTV unplugged. 2 thumbs up to dave and tim. whoot.