Nah. After "When the Saints Go Marching In" hit its last little flourish, a triumphant Deacon re-emerged and plugged in a cable. (The emergency vehicles had vanished, after answering a 911 call for a patron who'd passed out but recovered just fine.) No orchestra, just a tiny iPod Shuffle, a slew of pedals to mangle his voice, and a couple of power strips' worth of lights. He led the crowd in a "Beat It"–style dance-off and organized a group scalp massage. Sure, the audience had thinned out by the halfway point, and maybe his homemade set-up isn't yet ready for prime time, but there were still plenty of boos from true believers when at 12:50 am (well past the scheduled midnight conclusion), the ICA pulled the plug on him mid song.
"Not my fault!", Deacon yelled through cupped hands, but no one was complaining. They all knew the last laugh was on the ICA, and it belonged to the ghost inside Deacon's brain.
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