Concert Round-Up For June: The Decemberists & Dispatch

It was a dark and stormy night on Tuesday June 14th until The Decemberists frontman Colin Meloy demanded the rain g-ds stop the storms (even if they wanted to take a couple of minutes to do so) and low and behold the storms ceased and the show played on. It was a great evening filled with violin solos, glockenspiels, and of course, mass mind-controlled crowd manipulation. Both here and at the Dispatch concert on the 18th the lead singers went into the audience for some intimate crowdsurfing and guitar picking. We met a whole slew of mangotastic friends along the way, starting at the Rocks Off Party Bus, all the way down to the random seats we sat in. Dispatch was also advocating for an excellent cause Amplifying Education which aims to restock decimated libraries all across New Orleans. Each concert brought in a total of 75 MangoUnits, equaling a total of 150 MangoUnits across the 2-day mango spectrum!


 Go 30 seconds in to witness why this video zipped across our consciousness.

Also: This ^ happened at The Decemberists concert. When approached with the question of how they were able to control this many people at once, The Decemberists responded with, "ALL GLORY TO THE DECEMBERISTS. KNEEL BEFORE US!"