Notes on a Decemberists concert

Is there anything greater than white-haired if not bold old people getting all into a rock concert?  Possibly young people with art deco earrings shaped like airplanes rocking out to a string band.

It had not previously dawned on me how much some of the quieter sections of "The Island" owe to "Thick as a Brick" (those keyboard/guitar bits in particular).

I only saw three songs performed by the openers, one of which was really good and one of which was terrible, but which I could imagine this one performing.