…or so says half the Internet about Daft Punk. Well, it was a pretty great show. Fun crowd. Surprisingly good sound, for a venue better suited to dog shows. Awesome stage/lighting concept. Even the sound guy was jumping around and pumping his fists in the air, which is a good sign. Everyone was holding up their cell phones and cameras — they’re the new lighters. People who must have been like five years old when “Da Funk” came out were singing along with everything. Some of them came with their parents. A bunch of ravers from Canada showed up in matching hand-painted Tyvek jumpsuits, bouncing around like happy little FedEx packages. The whole place felt super-ravey, but without the cuddle puddles and mysterious goo on the floor.

It was well worth the price and the wait, to be sure. I want one of those helmets. But I wouldn’t quite say it’s the best thing I’ve ever seen. I think Orbital, Kraftwerk, and Basement Jaxx do the live electronics just as well, but differently, and better in some ways. (Though Orbital, sadly, hung up their headgear a few years ago.) However, Daft Punk are their own thing, they’re a hit machine and they’re really hard not to like, they’re sort of the AC/DC of techno. Hopefully a lot of the kids who were there last night, their minds blown by electronic music done properly, will start turning up at Broken Disco and the Decibel Festival and all the other good stuff going on here in town.