I feel your pain. Here in DC, based on my statistically-significant sample size of "one", I'd say it means "sit back down, listen raptly, and applaud twice as hard after".
(I heard stories that the Mahavishnu Orchestra used to tune their instruments and then just wait until the entire audience was dead quiet before starting their first and last pieces in the set.)
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Date: 2010-02-08 01:54 am (UTC)(I heard stories that the Mahavishnu Orchestra used to tune their instruments and then just wait until the entire audience was dead quiet before starting their first and last pieces in the set.)