The last post I am going to cover on music is going to be about an album in which you probably aren't very familiar with. It's called Hazards of Love by the fairly old band called The Decemberists. However, this isn't just any album, it provides something in which really no-one has explored since the 70's, the rock opera. The album strings all together like one track, and the fact that The Decemberists have always added a story line to their albums makes this one all the more brilliant. You may be saying to yourself, "so what? big deal", well the truth is that albums like this require alot of complex logistics and musical design to make it even somewhat effective and engaging. As you can imagine, when I heard they were actually performing this album live in my area, I quickly bought tickets. The preceding concert turned out to be one of the best concerts I have ever seen in my life. They really treated it as if it was a play production. The men came out in tuxes, and the women came out dressed to the hilt in old victorian fashion and without even saying so much as a "hello", they started singing and didn't even take a second to break until they were completely finished with the album. I can't even imagine the amount of design that goes into pulling something like that off. In normal concerts, the sound designers have much needed breaks in between songs in which to prepare for the next song. The sound designer must have been brilliant in this concert, because they have virtually no break and have to prepare on the fly while keeping everything stable for the current song. It's just amazing. Concerts have always been an experience to me, and this concert was one experience in which I know I will never see again.