Becky and I met up with the SmiCollums (and Mandy and her sister…and supposedly Yaqui Loco was there somewhere) to see Beck at the Frontyard (formerly known as The Backyard until they built a mall around it). The show was pretty out there, as should be expected from a master showman, including a little marionette theatre that was displayed on a screen over the band.

It’s hard to make on my tiny phone video, but the band are the undiscernable white objects on the bottom quarter of the screen and the red blob in their midst is the live marionette stage. Easier to make out is the close-up video of the Beck puppet’s head. The whole band was represented in puppet form and the puppeteers performed along with the band. They even covered for the band to introduce the band’s encore by performing “Loser”. I’m pretty sure Beck is sick of performing that particular tune…if he even remembers the words.