my brother gave me burned copies of all their albums for my 16th birthday in December 2008. i started listening in earnest one week in the following spring and immediately fell in love.
that same week, my dad took me and my friend to see Foo Fighters at the Key Arena. we got up to get a snack and i hear the muffled sounds of the opener working their way through the hall when it hit me: it was Minus the Bear and they were playing the intro to Knights.
my friend and i did a 180 and ran back to our seats to see them play. just a great memory.
(linked vid is from around the same time but a different show)
Nov 5, 2024
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i saw ink at a big venue, but my friend and i were really close to the stage and got to sing our hearts out and jump around and dance, and it was amazing. the psychedelic furs were at pappy and harrietâs, a much smaller outdoor venue, and i went with my mum. we stood near the back and sang and absorbed the music, and it was also amazing.
Nov 5, 2024
It was mere months before "Nevermind" would change the entire pop universe, sweeping away the hair bands, the bullshit, the last vestigial remnants of the 80s that came before like so many tumbleweeds.
THE SETLIST OMG: Aneurysm, Breed, Love Buzz, In Bloom, Stay Away, Radio Friendly Unit Shifter, On a Plain, Sliver, I think Polly was the encore if I remember right (it was a long time ago).Â
Satyricon was a shitty, dumpy, dark little club (the CBGB of Portland basically) with smoke crusted ceilings and a permanent bad smell, I think it might have held 400 sweaty bodies, max? The venue handed out free bottles of champagne to celebrate new year and during the opening sets, a bunch of bottles had been thrown against the wall and broke -- Krist Novoselic came out onstage, swept away the glass, and played barefoot as he always did.Â
The year punk broke. It went mainstream. All my favorite noise/sounds were now headed to MTV and the radio and our little lives changed forever that night. (Supposedly Kurt met Courtney there so his did too, ha).
May 15, 2024
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in 2014 at the church my parents got married in. Beautiful seated show in pews, surrounded by stained glass, visuals were circular projections of ink being dropped into milk.
Danny Brown in 2013 at a tiny college gymnasium. My parents wouldnât let me go to the after party. My mom almost didnât let me go to the show after she listened to XXX and said to me verbatim one Sunday morning before church: âHave you listened to the lyrics?! âMy dick so big it left stretch marks on her jaw?!?ââ
Death Grips in 2015, got punched in the head so hard (by accident) in the pit that I threw up then stayed the night at my friends house in Baltimore before driving 6 hours through rural Pennsylvania the next day to be a counselor at church camp.
Mitski in a small basement venue in 2016 on the night of a comet shower. The first show my husband and I saw together but I had a very unfortunate stomachache, thankfully I could sit down.
Alex G and Porches in 2016 at my favorite now-closed venue. My husband asked him to play âMisâ but he said he didnât really remember it, thankfully the bassist remembered it so they did and it was lovely.
LVL UP at their final tour in 2018 at another small bar venue. Husband requested âBig Snowâ and boy did it rip, spicy hot gumbo!
Honorable mention to Sleater Kinney in 2014 because Lizzo opened from them and she threw me a packet of Famous Amos cookies which is just a funny story to retell today and to think about her opening for Sleater Kinney at one point.
Canât really pick between them, this is mostly a note to self to remind me of some of my favorite live music experiences. 2010âs was a truly great concert era for me.
Nov 5, 2024
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Musicians at the top of their game having more fun than I've ever experienced in my life, meticulously captured on film, displayed in beautiful 4K on a big-ass IMAX screen.
Oct 31, 2024
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get off your high horse
Nov 4, 2024
Havenât updated this in a long time. Only one thatâs fallen in favor for me is Ex Machina. It also feels weird to have my boy Ethan Hawke represented twice but whattya gonna do.
Nov 11, 2024