They know what the crowd wants. They want the hits, and they want
them to sound exactly the way they sounded during the Reagan
administration. Hearing them again—”Rich Girl,” “Private
Eyes,” “I Can’t Go for That (No Can Do),” etc., etc.—gives you
the same basic happiness that a toddler experiences by sliding a
triangle-shaped block into a triangle-shaped hole. To be at a Hall
& Oates concert is to watch this happen to thousands of people at
once. (McCaw Hall, 321 Mercer St, www.ticketmaster.com. 7:30 pm,
$39.50–$69.50, all ages.)

Christopher Frizzelle was The Stranger's print editor, and first joined the staff in 2003. He was the editor-in-chief from 2007 to 2016, and edited the story by Eli Sanders that won a 2012 Pulitzer...