Well, my full take on the evening can be found in my MySpace blog, but in short: I was one of at most three people actually standing out on the main floor for Beehive's set, and maybe ten people by the end of The Long Ranger's set - and it seemed as though that was due as much to space running out in the back and by the bar. I will admit to being one, like Dan says, who does not want to be the only person dancing. But I was the only one even out on the floor to listen! I think it's a shame that no one could be bothered to even come down front to listen, forget about dancing. That big empty space was very unfriendly for the bands; it seems as though all the hipsters were so busy being hip, they forgot that being unfriendly isn't cool. Maybe if both bands totally sucked, there'd be some justification, but (a) they didn't and (b) there's no sign anyone even paid enough attention to make that judgment.

I should disclose that although I only know Beehive from seeing a few of their shows, I think it'd be fair to count them as my friends. But I'm not arguing about whether more people should like Beehive, I'm arguing that more people should show enough respect to stand and listen to the bands.

Besides all that, all three bands did put on a good show. And people certainly lost their reserve when Digitalism finally came on.