Incoming: Built to Spill at the Beaumont

The last time I saw Built to Spill in Kansas City was maybe 2005. They played the Madrid, which for some reason no longer hosts shows. (Anybody know why, by the way?) BTS took the stage a little late, probably thirty minutes after they were supposed to. After the third song of their set, some jackass near the front of the audience started heckling the band, complaining about their tardiness. At which point frontman Doug Martsch — whose quavering voice and top-ten beard do not tend to suggest a confrontational personality — asked the guy how much he paid to get in, then reached in his wallet, threw a twenty-dollar bill at him and told him to get the fuck out. I’m having a hard time thinking of a rock show where I saw something cooler than that.