I was clueless as to why the recent setlists have the asterisk without Matt O. 17 pages later, this is a hil----arious thread. This totally beats going to sleep!
Seriously I am sad that the breakfast machine will again take on a new shape, but expansion, letting go, progression...this is what these guys have always seemed to be about musically. I saw the original 4 back in \'02 and have gracefully enjoyed each replacement as part of the lovely unfolding of life. Of course it seems awkward to have to redefine oneself, and "so it goes!"
I am impressed by Stoops, or at least I was up in Peru at the Backwoods Pondfestie-stock. I must say the only RAQ song I went up for was for the Timmy addition. Meh.
Truth be told, Matt O was superb, and I get the idea that he had a sort of Namaste-ness and need to stay on a sacred path. Part of the so-called spacey-tastic ways (ie creative diff and ALL).