This is The World According to Buchs - Keepin’ it moving since 2003!

Judy took me to see my good friend, David (”Dah-Veed”) Garza on Friday night. David (”Dah-Veed”) was opening up for Fiona Apple at the Riverside. We had great seats - just to the right of center stage, second row. I won’t bother with a full review, but here’s a few of my notes:

1. No “Discoball World”?
   David (”Dah-Veed”) played a solo acoustic set that ran about 30 minutes. He opened up with “Kinder” and “Float Away”, then played a half-dozen songs I’ve never heard before. I just assumed that he would close out with “Discoball World” - instead he brought someone else onstage and did another song I have never heard before. Still a good set, though.
2. What a crowd!, Part I
   As I mentioned, we had great seats. One of the things that happens when you get great seats is that you’re surrounded by people who (a) are insane fans of the performer or (b) have no idea who the performer is, but were given tickets. We had a little bit of both around us. Sitting immediately to my right was a short fellow who couldn’t put his arms all the way down. He was wearing a bright yellow t-shirt, cut-off Daisy-Duke jean shorts, and sported a curly blonde mullet. Spoke with what I believe was a Texas accent.
3. What a crowd!, Part II
   Sitting directly in front of me was the largest head I have ever seen. The Daily Show once ran a segment about a high school kid who couldn’t play on his football team because they couldn’t find a helmet big enough to fit his enormous head. This guy had that kind of head. Completely obscured 33% of the stage.
4. What a crowd, Part III
   Front row, dead center sat a 40-ish guy in an orange shirt who was WAY into the show. As Fiona Apple pranced around and sang, he was mouthing the words back to her, pointing at her, and generally making a spectacle of himself. At one point - and I can’t say I’ve ever seen this before - security came by and told him to sit down.
5. Fiona Apple: Shy little kitten
   Fiona spent roughly a third of the show crouched down on the floor behind her piano, hiding from the crowd. She continued to sing from that position.
6. Fiona Apple: Angry Bitch!
   When she did venture out onto center stage, it was quite a spectacle. In the middle of songs, between verses, she would lower the microphone and either say or just mouth things that would make a sailor blush. She was also very much into using the microphone cord as a whip/prop. Remind me never to piss her off.

All in all, it was a very fun show.