I'm sleepy, so:

Netropy: how were the concerts?
uniqueaimhandle: POE/Depeche Mode were good. Poe was a little less than I'd have expected. The volume was low, and the energy was lower, but her brother came to do the 'hey pretty' bit, and that was cool. DM was good, but they're such a long-standing band that everyone had a favorite song, and of course they can't play all of them. All in all it was a pretty good mix of new and old, (the same could be said for the crowd), and it had good energy. They also have good visuals and it was altogether entertaining. I just didn't 'get lost in the music' as I sometimes do... Maybe one of these days...

Incidentally, with huge throngs of more-despondent-than-thou gothlings there, I was vaguely disappointed that nobody was sitting alone in the farthest corner of the lawn seating, the seat of choice for any true goth...

Just to clarify: POE herself actually had a lot of energy (and no fashion sense, with suede-trimmed bellbottoms and a 70s halter top in 80s lime/neon green with hair out of Xanadu) but she herself did have energy. She even took the mic with her into the crowd, first just a few rows deep, then into the 200s sections, then all the way to the lawn and into the crowd in the back. That was very cool. Also, I'm vaguely irritated that both DM and Sting (who I saw at Shoreline a few months ago) would yell 'Hello San Francisco!' as if Shoreline was actually anywhere near San Francisco... Ah well...