Brian Setzer Orchestra: Elisa and I headed to Seattle's Paramount for Brian Setzer's Christmas show. It was fun! Boy, I sure don't remember who opened for Setzer (Dan Hicks, or something like that?) but he was pure awful; it was the first time in a long time that I've been amongst people enthralled by a performer that sounded about as good as fidgety nails on a blackboard to me (that expression is in need of updating).

Anyway, Setzer was great and played his swinging version of various Christmas sounds, then dropped into some of his classics (both swing and rock). Great production.