A Pink Floyd Weekend

This weekend turned out to be quite musically inclined.

First we caught the USAF Heritage Brass and the USAF Langley Winds in concert. Other than the Ambassador and his wife, we were the only other Americans in a nice concert hall that held about 50. It was very relaxing and a lot of fun to listen to.

Immediately afterward, we hustled over to our buddy Mike's place and had a mini-wine tasting and watched the Dark Side of the Rainbow. For those who don't know, in theory the Pink Floyd Album, Dark Side of the Moon, syncs up to some parts of the Wizard of Oz. In practice, it may be coincidental and maybe really not that good, but the soundtrack is interesting, and with a few glasses of wine in you, who cares.



On Sunday after doing some boring housework, Meg's coworker called us up to see if we wanted to go see a finger puppet show. Yeah, we said the same thing? A finger puppet show? We immediately assumed some children's type of show. Au contraire mon friere. There wasn't a single kid in the theatre. (Understandably small due to the size of the actors.) The show wound up being Pink Floyd's rock opera, "The Wall". Apparently this is more than just a double CD set and has quite the musical analysis to it.

We were both quite impressed not only by the set design but also the actor's ability to make your fingers with appropriate costumes move very much like a real person's. Lighting made it so you could only see the fingers and not the people behind stage. It was a very good performance by any standard and for the cost of 6 Lari ($3.58) worth more than a beer in DC.

I've had various Pink Floyd albums stuck in my head all day. Might need to find something else to listen to in the car now.