A sculpture overlooking the Merriweather Post Pavilion. We were there a couple of weeks ago for the White Stripes/Shins show, and my battery died before I could take many more pics so the best I could do for a White Stripes picture was the shot at right of the t-shirt stand.

The MPP is another cool outdoor concert venue—no seat would be a bad seat there, I think. Three huge screens display what's happening onstage for those who are too far away to see the detail. Of course, if you're just going to watch the band on screen, why not watch videos at home? Perhaps the answer is that most of us don't have sound systems that make our whole body vibrate as we watch and listen. There's also something about live music—even when the musicians are fairly far away, little tiny musical ants on the stage below—that is therapeutic, I think. It's good for the soul. So go see a show, ok?