M.I.A.

I remember Tracy saying, “you can kill two birds with one stone,” after I open a birthday gift for tickets to see M.I.A. at the Myth Nightclub in Maplewood. I agreed and smiled at the notion, (I had never seen a hip-hop, global beat type show nor had I ever been to the Myth).

The venue is like a bigger, more modern, cleaned up version of First Avenue in Minneapolis. I was very impressed with the contemporary designing of the interior. From my vantage point, I could see unobstructed the crowd, stage, and performers. In my opinion, I don’t think there is a bad place to stand in the house.

The music began round 7:30 and after 2 ½ hours of terrible warm up acts (imagine a middle aged, overweight guy, wearing tight clothing, mixing music on two turn tables and dancing round stage like an Egyptian…..yeah…he was even doing the hand movements….Terrible!!!) M.I.A. was finally up.

You could have heard her coming a mile away with all the bass, it shook the place and your body to the core (pretty cool, probably not for my ears…) She came out on stage with the 1980 vintage purple spandex tights and baggy sweatshirt on, capped it off with a white wig. She and the 3 others on stage were very energetic, dancing and running round on stage during the 70 minute act. About halfway through the show she invited the “girls” and “boyz” to come up on stage to dance separately, for two songs. I was very pleased with the performance that M.I.A gave and I am glad that I had the opportunity to see her perform live. I can still here her singing in my head.

I would definitely, see her again, this time I would bring ear plugs. (My ears still are ringing.)