Jeff and DJ Peace attended the Hollywood Bowl to see Death Cab for Cutie with the Los Angeles Philarmonic. Opening was the New Pornographers and Tegan and Sarah.

Jeff is pictured RIGHT below. Dodger fans! Don't be hatin' this Cubs supporter, Jeff is still an AWESOME DJ!
 
 
Photography courtesy of Adam Latham.

Jeff handled a pool party for members of the Chevy Chase Country Club on Saturday while Peace took the day off!

JEFF'S REVIEW of the show...

Death Cab Avoids Near Crash:
The recent Hollywood Bowl debut of Seattle indie-band Death Cab For Cutie was woefully understated despite a fantastic firework finish.  Unlike most LA events, the evening began with the sold-out crowd already respectfully in their seats ready for the opening act The New Pornographers. They performed a flawless set before a mostly comatose post-collegiate depressed crowd. This Vancouver rock band with its catchy pop-rock tunes is ready to headline its own shows and had no business playing on stage before Tegan and Sara. Also from Canada, this twin-duo looked uncomfortable at best, letting their fans know early in their set that the most entertaining part would be their in-between song banter. If you didn’t know they were an indie-lesbian folk band and close your eyes, Tegan and Sarah sound like Hannah Montana’s older sisters. Their songs are full of sugar and pop and suitable for consumption only by 13 year old girls. Or anyone trying to reclaim lost youth. Which brings us back to the fans.

When did rock become boring? 

I know we’re talking about indie-rock but still. By the time Death Cab made it to the stage the few 100 fans with any life in them stood out among the 17,000 fans  who were still adjusting to their medication and hadn’t the ability to show any human emotion. Adding to the anti-drama was the production design team’s idea to show an empty orchestra pit during the first half of the DCFC set. Then they showed the orchestra clumsily filing onstage during what was billed as an intermission, but that lasted only 4 minutes. And after all this, the 7 song second half of the set featuring the Los Angeles Philharmonic somehow made you forget all that was wrong with the production. Death Cab frontman Ben Gibbard led his band into powerfully poetic rock ballads that sounded right at home on top of a full orchestra. Without any help from the crowd he managed to build the drama until it cumulated in an introduction to the creepy yet tender love song “I Will Posses Your Heart” where Gibbard billed it as “a love song about when you love someone and they just don’t love you back.” Ten years of performing hasn’t been lost on these guys. Through all the bumps of life, Death Cab delivers a smooth ride.