[We would like to thank Willie Orbison (@TwelveThousandMotherfker) for recapping last night's show. -Ed.]

There are a few things every .net recapper must have when attending a show: an open mind, a positive attitude, and a pen. And though I had two of the three as I made my way into one of the grandest venues in Phishdom last night, I spent the first half hour of my journey through the cosmos looking for something to write with.

When I asked a few of the kind people working behind cash registers – or, more accurately, chaperoning the robots we actually do business with – the looks on their faces betrayed a level of incredulity usually reserved for questionable dance moves or our attempts to communicate at setbreak.

“A pen?” I might as well have asked for magic beans. But I already had those in my pocket.

Anyway, a very stoned maitre’d at one of the restaurants on the concourse hooked me up, and I was officially ready to rad out with my pad out (that’s not a phrase) on a beautiful, if cool, evening in Los Angeles.

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