We went to the John Mayer concert last night. I have so many conflicting reactions to it - I'll just do the engineer thing and write them as a list.
1. It was a bit strange being 3 dB older than anyone else there (twice as old, for the technically uninclined).
2. Our 3rd row seats were great, but again weird. We were smack in the middle of the "oh-my-god-I-love-you-John" section, populated with screaming, writhing 19 year old females acting like, well, 19 year old females.
3. Mayer was much, much geekier than I expected.
4. The music was good - even great at times.
5. The SDSU Open Air Theater is a great venue - I can't believe I've never been there. It's a very steep ampitheater with great acoustics. Recommended.
6. I'm really pissed about not bringing my camera. I didn't because the show website and the show itself was plastered with warnings against bring cameras or any recording device, and I didn't want the hassle of arguing with some security person about holding on to my Canon. But it turns out that we may have been the only people in 10,000 who didn't have a camera. Hell, the security guards took pictures for people.
All in all, I'm glad we went, but I think the jury is out on young Mr. Mayer. He wrote and performed a superb first disc, but I wonder - will the rock star syndrome set in and cause him to lose the wide-eyed wonder that's so obvious in his first song collection? If so, that'll be bad news for him and us.
8:09:14 AM 
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