serj performed in white with a top hat

we just came back from seeing serj tankian's solo show at the wiltern. the opening act was bitter sweet, a wanna be portishead lounge act that i could have done without. serj did join them for one song. serj's set was good but all it does is make me miss system of a down. i didn't like serj's intro to the song money. he mentioned the greed of money or something. i can't remember. i just remember thinking he's a hypocrite because he bought his new zealand citizenship. he wasn't allowed to purchase a home there (a lot of foreign celebrities get rejected for various reasons) and the next year or so i hear that he's become a citizen. obviously, he paid his way into the country. visas and citizenships can be bought for most countries. it requires a large investment in the country that most of us ordinary folks cannot do, or at least none of the people i know. to top it off, during the encore serj covered the dead kennedys. i would have preferred he sing "california uber alles" to show that he's still one of us despite becoming a kiwi.

setlist:
the unthinking majority
feed us
lie lie lie
saving us
baby
sounds of war
sky is over
(miso soup song)
praise the lord and pass the ammunition
girl (beatles cover)
money
charades
(jazz jam)
elect the dead
honking antelope
beethoven's cunt

encore:
holiday in cambodia (dead kennedys cover)
empty walls