grant it - our seats were nearly 50 yards away...



...but i could barely recognize ben gibbard. he is a sliver of the cutie-putootie nerdy glasses-wearing lead singer of death cab for cutie that i once knew.



honestly, dabney and i couldn't figure out if it was him or a really remarkable sound-alike for 15 minutes of the concert. it wasn't until his acoustic solo on "i'll follow you into the dark" that we were really sure.