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Last night, some friends and I went to see Weird Al at the Ventura Theater. I've attended two of his concerts before, but this one greatly surpassed the others, not only because of all the great new music Al and his band played but also because we got on the meet and greet list after the show.

It was a pleasure to finally meet Al, get his autograph, and tell him "Cal Poly rocks!" to which to he agreed. Outside of the show, I also got to meet Jon "Bermuda" Schwartz (drums), Jim West (guitar), and Steve Jay (bass).

All in all, the whole night was a blast (quite literally! I wore ear plugs, and the sound was still amazing) and I had a very enjoyable time.

And for those who have an electronics fetish as I do, here are some specifications to assuage your interests:

Weird Al - Touring Equipment

FOH Sound Console: Yamaha PM5D
Monitor Mix console: Unknown, it was mostly out of view in the wing on stage left.
Subwoofers: L Acoustics SB218, 4 per side. (owned by Ventura Theater)
Tops: L Acoustics ARCS, 6 per side. (owned by Ventura Theater)
Amplification:
- (4) QSC Powerlight 4.0
- (4) QSC Powerlight 6.0
- (2) Crest PL9001

Lighting console: grandMA full size, 2 DMX universes used, direct from console.
Lighting fixtures:
- (6) Martin Mac 600 NT washes
- (14) Martin Mac 500 profiles
- (4) Martin Atomic 3000 strobes
- Assorted conventionals, mostly PAR cans, I would estimate about 100 of them.

That's about it! :)