In 9 or 10 shows, I'm pretty sure that was the best I've seen DT play. I'll make a point to redress some of my recent criticisms of their live show tomorrow. They redeemed themselves quite a bit tonight.
Crimson Projekt completely knocked me on my ass again. Between those guys and the invigorated DT set, that was really an upper echelon concert experience.
Amusing anecdote. I made it inside the venue with an individual intoxicant count of 5, and pretty seriously inebriated. I saw Debra's SO and thought to myself, hey, that's Debra's SO, but that doesn't look like Debra. I thought about it for a second and decided that since I was pretty well buzzed when I met her on Saturday, and thoroughly blasted tonight, I probably shouldn't rely to much on my ability to recognized faces (which sucks even under the best of circumstances). I went over, shook her SO's hand, gave her a friendly hug, then out of nowhere the real Debra stepped out from behind her old man where she'd been completely obscured, leaving me completely dumbfounded. The upshot of the whole deal is that whoever her friend was thinks I'm a weird but overly friendly guy, and Debra probably thinks I'm a real dick for barely acknowledging her presence. God damn drugs make life entertaining sometimes.
Got to meet Beowulf and his son, along with Wolf
3. All nice folk. Good to put some faces to names (although that probably won't last under current circumstances). Sorry I wasn't as coherent as I occasionally am.
Was the improv section with John and Jordan before Spirit Carries On done at the other shows? That was really impressive.
They did play it, but it worked out better this evening, and JR participated in the improv more tonight. As I recall, he was more of an accompanist in Austin.
edit: also good to see the original setlist after the slightly different one on Saturday.