House of Dioxin

I say Ozo. You say Matli.

Just back from the show, which kicked insane amounts of ass. Others making the scene included Mr. & Ms. Pants, several members of the wrrld music team -- Xiane, Todd, and Sta Salsera, and fellow XDU DJs Mark and Chris. I've no doubt there were more but I stayed pretty firmly rooted to my spot down front. Ozo were smokin' hot from start to finish. They played most of my faves, inc. "Eva", "Saturday Night", "Déjame en Paz", and the Coming Up version of "Cumbia de los Muertos" (w/ the long Middle Eastern flava intro). One highlight: the outro to "Cumbia..." into which they worked bits of "Stir It Up" and "Pass the Dutchie" and "Norwegian Wood". Possibly the best moment of the night: after their last song, instead of leaving the stage and waiting for applause to call them back, the band picked up drums (except for the horn players) and came out into the crowd where they carried on with a big percussion throwdown, during which they paused to lead the audience in "the Hokey Pokey", a futbol chant, and the theme from Sesame Street. Ending up by walking around the bleachers and back down to the stage and finally out, drumming all the way. Best encore evah!