I ventured outside the city last weekend for the Bridge School Benefit at Shoreline Amphitheater. In comparison to the clusterfuck that was Outside Lands back in August, I was impressed (I looked up the capacity of Shoreline, 20,000, which lends some perspective to the fact that 80,000 people were packed into Golden Gate Park, a venue not typically used for concerts). The lineup was solid for a festival style show, and we caught Death Cab for Cutie, Wilco, Sarah McLachlan, Norah Jones, and Jack Johnson in sequence. The main reason we went was because Kristen has even more of a thing for Sarah McLachlan than we both have for Alanis Morissette (both of which were heavy hitters on Kristen’s “LA Ladies” playlist which we used on our January road trip). Sarah stole the show as predicted and was singlehandedly worth every cent of the $35 I negotiated to pay for my ticket (in comparison to $85 which was the best deal I could get at Outside Lands when I only got to see Radiohead). Listening to Death Cab made me miss my sophomore and senior years of college (sigh, nostalgia), but Norah Jones was the surprise of the night since I didn’t expect to enjoy her so much. “Sunrise” has been stuck in my head ever since. Peninsula, you scored a point for once.
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