Head full of sermons, mouth full of spiders.

did you get to go to the show? i am so glad npr recorded it because the show in san francisco was over 35 bucks and that is just beyond my budget these days. but i love love love iron and wine and the mix with calexico is great.

Haha...the show last night was pretty good, although truthfully, I didn't dig on the Iron & Wine that much. They were last on the bill (not counting the half-set they played together with Calexico at the end the show) and their brand of very slow, whisper pop and very repetitive hushed guitar playing basically put everyone in the audience to sleep. I found myself longing for just a tiny bit of distorted electic guitar several songs into their set.

Calexico was wonderful, they played a much more upbeat set than I expected based on the music I've heard of theirs on the radio. The show lasted 3 1/2 hours, so the $25 for the ticket was well worth it.

I didn't get to go to the show, but they are playing in Chicago on the 11th. Chances are I won't make that, either, given my current financial woes.

Yeah, Jeremy, I'll agree that the Iron & Wine concert experience isn't all that thrilling. For me, Iron & Wine is such solitary music - best enjoyed through headphones before going to sleep. To share the experience with a few hundred other people at a concert hall is a bit awkward.