Word: orpheum
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Orpheum Theater...
While the crowd that filled the Orpheum Theatre looked like a combination of displaced Phish followers and graying Deadheads still mourning the death of Jerry, they brought a kind of enthusiasm that is only found in smoke-filled concert halls. As Victor Wooten, legendary bassist for the Flecktones, threaded his way through the masses outside the enterance unnoticed, I began to wonder if anybody knew exactly what they were there for, or if what they were smoking was really that good. Of course, it could have something to do with the fact that Wooten is about 5'4" and just...
Dancing in the aisles is pretty much forbidden at the Orpheum, except directly in front of the stage, which is inaccessible except for the audience seated in the first ten rows. The exodus of patchouli-wearing folk--which diverted much of the crowd's attention from String Cheese Incident--towards the front, was effectively stopped by the bouncers at the front of each section. The pointing to "friends" and claims of "I left my ticket at my seat" were in vain, and even the spaced-out-girl-in-too-little-clothing act didn't work. Unlike other places...
...Friday night, a little more than a year after playing a sold-out show at the Orpheum Theatre in Boston, the Squirrel Nut Zippers played an energetic, cozy performance at the Roxy, a few blocks away. Both times, the band played with vigor; at the much smaller dance club, however, the band was clearly more in its element...
Band leader Jim Mathus came out wearing a purple suit and a grin. The group appeared comfortably at ease in the dark blues and golds of the Roxy and its small stage. Unlike the Orpheum show, the crowd here was not only allowed to stand and dance, it was encouraged to; Dancers could be seen at various points around the club, but in general, one was either dancing or more often, straining to see the band--a sight which, fortunately, was neither difficult to obtain nor disappointing; the Roxy was so small that any vantage point gave a close view...