Diligence – on the Tunes

In the interest of diligence, I should note, I preeminently confess that my perspective is quite subjective. That subjectivity is twofold: one, I am happier here in Boise than I was in Chicago, which provides for a happier attendee, hence a warmer experience; two, because there aren’t as many shows, it doesn’t provide for the space to become apathetic. About those two factors, there is no question. I confess that I am most definitely affected by those two factors.

However, I have to qualify that admitted subjectivity. To hear the set lists I have in Boise, with the exception of the local Built to Spill set list, they have involved rarities that one would not hear from these same bands in a larger more frequently played market. Moreover, the crowd shares my enthusiasm, providing for no apathy, which feeds into the performers’ performances—e.g. Wilco’s “Longcore.”

Either way, be it in the “eye of the beholder,” or be it objectively accurate, it is what it is. I’ll take it, just like the traffic, or lack thereof—I am in love with living in Boise. Shhh—don’t tell anyone.