I had never seen MadDog talking to a small audience, and watching his speech at the little event on Tuesday gave me this very strong "Van Halen playing at a Bar Mitzvah" vibe.
The points where the crowd would usually burst into uncontrolled applause were eerily silent. It was very weird.

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