You probably missed a good show.
I saw the Meat Puppets tonight at the Middle East in Cambridge (well, several generous chunks of the set when I wasn't on troll patrol at the entrance) and they were awesome. Just super tight, re-invigorated, rocked-out power trio brilliance. They went back and forth between full-on rock and the more countrified fare seamlessly. Their new drummer is a monster who also happens to look like Kevin Spacey, and the brothers were bouncing all over the place. "Lake of Fire" or whatever it is called was a particularly heavy encore standout. Like Sabbath/Bags heavy. Great, great stuff.