Death Cab in Berkeley

Tuesday, August 15th, 2006 @ 12:12 am

Laura and I traveled down to Berkeley’s Greek Theatre last Friday evening to see Death Cab for Cutie play with Mates of State opening. What a blast. It is so rare you go to a show where you are equally blown away by every song that a band plays. Almost all the songs Death Cab performed made me think ‘Oh, this is a great song!’ They played a fun and energetic show from start to finish and you could tell they were having a great time.

Highlights included:

• Jason and Kori joining them on stage near the end of their set
• Ben playing small drum set and dualing it out with the band’s drummer
• Watching people hold up their illuminated cell phones during ballads
• The security guard making the stoners, in front of us, put out their joint
• Looking around and realizing just how much mainstream success this band has achieved

The bad part of the show was missing all of the Mates set except for the last two songs. When they say the show starts at 7pm, the show starts at 7pm. Not to worry though, we will catch them the next time they are through.

After the show we were tired and hungry and found a nice coffee/sandwich shop that was open until 1am and served veggie burgers and fries. The perfect end to the evening.