At one point the Beck puppet genuflected before a Raiders poster and said “O Lord Raider, give me the strength to rock harder than Muse!”

Oh, that’s awesome! Thanks, I didn’t hear the tail end of it when I was there.

The crowd sucked! There were people going crazy, to be sure, but they were only small pockets of activity among giant listless hordes… How can you stay still for Muse? I don’t understand!

Yeah, I think Shoreline in general is a pretty weak venue. The lawn is way too far from the stage that you don’t get all the energy, and the seats are mostly yuppies who don’t dance around (the seats inhibit that anyway). Ah well, what can ya do? Most of the other photogs didn’t seem to be enjoying the music either. I’d take some time here and there to rock out, but I seemed to be the only one. This seemed to amuse the Shoreline person who was escorting us around (she was really nice). 🙂

Glad you liked the photos! And thanks for your writeup. I have to write a short review to go along with my photos, and so reading stuff like this definitely helps.