The Shitty Music thread got me to wondering how far back the live musical experience has been for people here. I've never been a *huge* concert-goer myself but I've been to a few, and I'll go first.
R.E.M., March, 1989 @ Rosemont Horizon.
Robyn Hitchcock opened for them. I only wish I was cool enough at the time to appreciate that fact then.
I'm pretty sure REM were still cool in 1989. Nowadays, if they played in my back garden, I'd close the curtains. My first gig is something that I'm very proud of - indeed, each of my first three were, even with the benefit of hindsight, pretty fucking cool:
First: Jellyfish, supported by Katydids (who?) at the Town and Country, Kentish Town, London, 1991.
Second: Blur (http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/blur/1991/kilburn-national-ballroom-london-england-bd46d06.html), supported by Family Cat (who?) at the Kilburn National, Kilburn, London, 1991.
Third: Carter USM, supported by The Inspiral Carpets at the Brixton Academy, Brixton, London, 1991.
Jellyfish is still one of my top three gigs ever - up there with Weller (in Munich) and Damien Rice (also in Munich). Those boys had more fucking talent than a hundred Biebers or Rihannas, and it was a crying shame when they split up after just two albums: albums which I have absolutely worn out, and yet still sound as fresh and interesting as they did the day they were released.
Best band I've seen recently was "Buster Shuffle", at the Bitterzoet in Amsterdam. Top ska band and destined for (relatively) great things, I think. Check them out on Spotify. Go ahead, I'll wait.
DPD. Hah, I've just realised that I'd actually forgotten my very, very first gig, which was a year earlier:
Iron Maiden, supported by Anthrax, at the NEC, Birmingham, 1990.
That's nothing to be ashamed of, either. Maiden rocked, and Anthrax might even have been better. Still the first and only arena concert that I've ever been to, though - I figured out pretty quickly that I preferred more intimate settings.
Quote from: Tonker on February 21, 2012, 05:15:43 AM
DPD. Hah, I've just realised that I'd actually forgotten my very, very first gig, which was a year earlier:
Iron Maiden, supported by Anthrax, at the NEC, Birmingham, 1990.
That's nothing to be ashamed of, either. Maiden rocked, and Anthrax might even have been better. Still the first and only arena concert that I've ever been to, though - I figured out pretty quickly that I preferred more intimate settings.
Maybe not, but wait until Oleg checks in with his first concert.
Quote from: PANK! on February 21, 2012, 05:17:32 AM
Quote from: Tonker on February 21, 2012, 05:15:43 AM
DPD. Hah, I've just realised that I'd actually forgotten my very, very first gig, which was a year earlier:
Iron Maiden, supported by Anthrax, at the NEC, Birmingham, 1990.
That's nothing to be ashamed of, either. Maiden rocked, and Anthrax might even have been better. Still the first and only arena concert that I've ever been to, though - I figured out pretty quickly that I preferred more intimate settings.
Maybe not, but wait until Oleg checks in with his first concert.
Little Richard? Stiff Little Fingers? Phats and Small?
1st - Beach Boys/Chicago, Chicago Stadium - ca. 1974
2nd - Wings, Chicago Stadium, 1976
3rd - Led Zeppelin, Chicago Stadium, 1977
Quote from: Fork on February 21, 2012, 07:42:57 AM
1st - Beach Boys/Chicago, Chicago Stadium - ca. 1974
2nd - Wings, Chicago Stadium, 1976
3rd - Led Zeppelin, Chicago Stadium, 1977
*points and laughs*
Also, didn't Jimmy Page bow out of that Chicago show a few minutes in?
Ted Nugent, Illinois State Fair Grandstand. Don't recall the year, probably 1999 or so. My parents took me with them.
First concert I went without parents: Trace Adkins, Sangamon County Fair, 2006. It was a blast and I will accept all harassment for that.
I've only in the last year or so taken a big liking to live music, so I wasn't picky about it
Quote from: PANK! on February 21, 2012, 08:07:08 AM
Quote from: Fork on February 21, 2012, 07:42:57 AM
1st - Beach Boys/Chicago, Chicago Stadium - ca. 1974
2nd - Wings, Chicago Stadium, 1976
3rd - Led Zeppelin, Chicago Stadium, 1977
*points and laughs*
Also, didn't Jimmy Page bow out of that Chicago show a few minutes in?
It was a steaming hot mess. And my freshly-graduated-from-8th-grade self makes no apologies for seeing Wings. Hell, for that matter, I still don't think it makes the list of 10 worst concerts I've ever been to.
I've seen the Eagles live, man.
The fucking Eagles.
Quote from: Fork on February 21, 2012, 08:37:25 AM
Quote from: PANK! on February 21, 2012, 08:07:08 AM
Quote from: Fork on February 21, 2012, 07:42:57 AM
1st - Beach Boys/Chicago, Chicago Stadium - ca. 1974
2nd - Wings, Chicago Stadium, 1976
3rd - Led Zeppelin, Chicago Stadium, 1977
*points and laughs*
Also, didn't Jimmy Page bow out of that Chicago show a few minutes in?
It was a steaming hot mess. And my freshly-graduated-from-8th-grade self makes no apologies for seeing Wings. Hell, for that matter, I still don't think it makes the list of 10 worst concerts I've ever been to.
I've seen the Eagles live, man.
The fucking Eagles.
Ha.
Also, I'm surprised you haven't got lung cancer from all that secondhand smoke which was trapped in the Stadium.
Dave Matthews Band
Soldier Field.
Epic.
Quote from: PANK! on February 21, 2012, 05:17:32 AM
Quote from: Tonker on February 21, 2012, 05:15:43 AM
DPD. Hah, I've just realised that I'd actually forgotten my very, very first gig, which was a year earlier:
Iron Maiden, supported by Anthrax, at the NEC, Birmingham, 1990.
That's nothing to be ashamed of, either. Maiden rocked, and Anthrax might even have been better. Still the first and only arena concert that I've ever been to, though - I figured out pretty quickly that I preferred more intimate settings.
Maybe not, but wait until Oleg checks in with his first concert.
OK...fine.
My first 10 or so concerts were all of this ilk...
My first concert:
A 16-year old Oleg, with a couple of friends in jean jackets and mullets, made a drive from the beautiful rolling hills of Des Plaines to The Rosemont Horizon. We were pretty damn excited for one of our favorite bands at the time. This was the band's first tour of the United States in about 4 years, after a mega-hit, multi-platinum album released in 1984 or so. This band was at the forefront of a new music movement, one that would elevate all sorts of peripheral industries, including uplifting the hair spray industry and gave rise to the male make-up industry, the likes of which haven't been known since Bowie and Mott the Hoople and New York Dolls in the 70s.
In October, 1988, I went to my first ever concert. It was Def Leppard, in the round, with LA Guns opening. The fucking drummer only had one arm! What the fuck, young Oleg? What the fuck?!?
Quote from: Tonker on February 21, 2012, 05:11:40 AM
I'm pretty sure REM were still cool in 1989. Nowadays, if they played in my back garden, I'd close the curtains. My first gig is something that I'm very proud of - indeed, each of my first three were, even with the benefit of hindsight, pretty fucking cool:
First: Jellyfish, supported by Katydids (who?) at the Town and Country, Kentish Town, London, 1991.
Second: Blur (http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/blur/1991/kilburn-national-ballroom-london-england-bd46d06.html), supported by Family Cat (who?) at the Kilburn National, Kilburn, London, 1991.
Third: Carter USM, supported by The Inspiral Carpets at the Brixton Academy, Brixton, London, 1991.
Jellyfish is still one of my top three gigs ever - up there with Weller (in Munich) and Damien Rice (also in Munich). Those boys had more fucking talent than a hundred Biebers or Rihannas, and it was a crying shame when they split up after just two albums: albums which I have absolutely worn out, and yet still sound as fresh and interesting as they did the day they were released.
Best band I've seen recently was "Buster Shuffle", at the Bitterzoet in Amsterdam. Top ska band and destined for (relatively) great things, I think. Check them out on Spotify. Go ahead, I'll wait.
Quote from: Tonker on February 21, 2012, 05:15:43 AM
DPD. Hah, I've just realised that I'd actually forgotten my very, very first gig, which was a year earlier:
Iron Maiden, supported by Anthrax, at the NEC, Birmingham, 1990.
That's nothing to be ashamed of, either. Maiden rocked, and Anthrax might even have been better. Still the first and only arena concert that I've ever been to, though - I figured out pretty quickly that I preferred more intimate settings.
Nothing wrong with any of this. Just goes to prove, Tonker is way fucking cooler than I will ever hope to be.
My saving grace of my wasted youth in the late 80s (musically speaking) was my discovery of Jellyfish. I have no idea how i found them among the garbage to which I was listening. I remember liking them a lot, along with a band called Gene & Jezebel.
I then discovered Music for the Masses and Grateful Dead and the skies cleared...the 90s were all full of Jane's Addiction and Nine Inch Nails and REM and good shit. Thank athiesmo.
Quote from: PANK! on February 21, 2012, 08:48:09 AM
Quote from: Fork on February 21, 2012, 08:37:25 AM
Quote from: PANK! on February 21, 2012, 08:07:08 AM
Quote from: Fork on February 21, 2012, 07:42:57 AM
1st - Beach Boys/Chicago, Chicago Stadium - ca. 1974
2nd - Wings, Chicago Stadium, 1976
3rd - Led Zeppelin, Chicago Stadium, 1977
*points and laughs*
Also, didn't Jimmy Page bow out of that Chicago show a few minutes in?
It was a steaming hot mess. And my freshly-graduated-from-8th-grade self makes no apologies for seeing Wings. Hell, for that matter, I still don't think it makes the list of 10 worst concerts I've ever been to.
I've seen the Eagles live, man.
The fucking Eagles.
Ha.
Also, I'm surprised you haven't got lung cancer from all that secondhand smoke which was trapped in the Stadium.
Hawks games had more smoke than any concert.
Quote from: Oleg on February 21, 2012, 09:30:02 AM
Quote from: Tonker on February 21, 2012, 05:11:40 AM
I'm pretty sure REM were still cool in 1989. Nowadays, if they played in my back garden, I'd close the curtains. My first gig is something that I'm very proud of - indeed, each of my first three were, even with the benefit of hindsight, pretty fucking cool:
First: Jellyfish, supported by Katydids (who?) at the Town and Country, Kentish Town, London, 1991.
Second: Blur (http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/blur/1991/kilburn-national-ballroom-london-england-bd46d06.html), supported by Family Cat (who?) at the Kilburn National, Kilburn, London, 1991.
Third: Carter USM, supported by The Inspiral Carpets at the Brixton Academy, Brixton, London, 1991.
Jellyfish is still one of my top three gigs ever - up there with Weller (in Munich) and Damien Rice (also in Munich). Those boys had more fucking talent than a hundred Biebers or Rihannas, and it was a crying shame when they split up after just two albums: albums which I have absolutely worn out, and yet still sound as fresh and interesting as they did the day they were released.
Best band I've seen recently was "Buster Shuffle", at the Bitterzoet in Amsterdam. Top ska band and destined for (relatively) great things, I think. Check them out on Spotify. Go ahead, I'll wait.
Quote from: Tonker on February 21, 2012, 05:15:43 AM
DPD. Hah, I've just realised that I'd actually forgotten my very, very first gig, which was a year earlier:
Iron Maiden, supported by Anthrax, at the NEC, Birmingham, 1990.
That's nothing to be ashamed of, either. Maiden rocked, and Anthrax might even have been better. Still the first and only arena concert that I've ever been to, though - I figured out pretty quickly that I preferred more intimate settings.
Nothing wrong with any of this. Just goes to prove, Tonker is way fucking cooler than I will ever hope to be.
My saving grace of my wasted youth in the late 80s (musically speaking) was my discovery of Jellyfish. I have no idea how i found them among the garbage to which I was listening. I remember liking them a lot, along with a band called Gene & Jezebel.
I then discovered Music for the Masses and Grateful Dead and the skies cleared...the 90s were all full of Jane's Addiction and Nine Inch Nails and REM and good shit. Thank athiesmo.
Mate, you're the coolest dude I know. Apart from Slak, clearly. Slak is the coolest dude any of us knows.
Quote from: Tonker on February 21, 2012, 05:15:43 AM
DPD. Hah, I've just realised that I'd actually forgotten my very, very first gig, which was a year earlier:
Iron Maiden, supported by Anthrax, at the NEC, Birmingham, 1990.
That's nothing to be ashamed of, either. Maiden rocked, and Anthrax might even have been better. Still the first and only arena concert that I've ever been to, though - I figured out pretty quickly that I preferred more intimate settings.
Ashamed? That's
awesome.
Quote from: Tonker on February 21, 2012, 10:34:10 AM
Quote from: Oleg on February 21, 2012, 09:30:02 AM
Quote from: Tonker on February 21, 2012, 05:11:40 AM
I'm pretty sure REM were still cool in 1989. Nowadays, if they played in my back garden, I'd close the curtains. My first gig is something that I'm very proud of - indeed, each of my first three were, even with the benefit of hindsight, pretty fucking cool:
First: Jellyfish, supported by Katydids (who?) at the Town and Country, Kentish Town, London, 1991.
Second: Blur (http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/blur/1991/kilburn-national-ballroom-london-england-bd46d06.html), supported by Family Cat (who?) at the Kilburn National, Kilburn, London, 1991.
Third: Carter USM, supported by The Inspiral Carpets at the Brixton Academy, Brixton, London, 1991.
Jellyfish is still one of my top three gigs ever - up there with Weller (in Munich) and Damien Rice (also in Munich). Those boys had more fucking talent than a hundred Biebers or Rihannas, and it was a crying shame when they split up after just two albums: albums which I have absolutely worn out, and yet still sound as fresh and interesting as they did the day they were released.
Best band I've seen recently was "Buster Shuffle", at the Bitterzoet in Amsterdam. Top ska band and destined for (relatively) great things, I think. Check them out on Spotify. Go ahead, I'll wait.
Quote from: Tonker on February 21, 2012, 05:15:43 AM
DPD. Hah, I've just realised that I'd actually forgotten my very, very first gig, which was a year earlier:
Iron Maiden, supported by Anthrax, at the NEC, Birmingham, 1990.
That's nothing to be ashamed of, either. Maiden rocked, and Anthrax might even have been better. Still the first and only arena concert that I've ever been to, though - I figured out pretty quickly that I preferred more intimate settings.
Nothing wrong with any of this. Just goes to prove, Tonker is way fucking cooler than I will ever hope to be.
My saving grace of my wasted youth in the late 80s (musically speaking) was my discovery of Jellyfish. I have no idea how i found them among the garbage to which I was listening. I remember liking them a lot, along with a band called Gene & Jezebel.
I then discovered Music for the Masses and Grateful Dead and the skies cleared...the 90s were all full of Jane's Addiction and Nine Inch Nails and REM and good shit. Thank athiesmo.
Mate, you're the coolest dude I know. Apart from Slak, clearly. Slak is the coolest dude any of us knows.
Well, at least I've got you fooled.
My first concert was MC Hammer supported by Boyz II Men at Rosemont and I went backstage and got my picture taken with MC Hammer. He was not yet Hammer, I don't think. I was definitely 12 so I think I get a pass.
1. 1986 - Peter Gabriel "So" at Madison Square Garden.
2. 1991 - Van Halen "For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge" at Meadowlands. Opening Act - Alice in Chains.
3. 1992 - Santana @ Saratoga Performing Arts Center. Opening Act - Phish.
And I bought this shirt for $35.
(http://imgs.inkfrog.com/pix/tammyjewels/DSC04936.JPG)
Quote from: PenPho on February 21, 2012, 11:18:48 AM
1. 1986 - Peter Gabriel "So" at Madison Square Garden.
2. 1991 - Van Halen "For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge" at Meadowlands. Opening Act - Alice in Chains.
3. 1992 - Santana @ Saratoga Performing Arts Center. Opening Act - Phish.
And I bought this shirt for $35.
(http://imgs.inkfrog.com/pix/tammyjewels/DSC04936.JPG)
Bit of a hiatus there, great mate - banged up, were you?
Quote from: Tonker on February 21, 2012, 11:21:38 AM
Quote from: PenPho on February 21, 2012, 11:18:48 AM
1. 1986 - Peter Gabriel "So" at Madison Square Garden.
2. 1991 - Van Halen "For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge" at Meadowlands. Opening Act - Alice in Chains.
3. 1992 - Santana @ Saratoga Performing Arts Center. Opening Act - Phish.
And I bought this shirt for $35.
(http://imgs.inkfrog.com/pix/tammyjewels/DSC04936.JPG)
Bit of a hiatus there, great mate - banged up, were you?
Between '86 and '91?
Well, I was 10 years old, to be fair (in '86.)
After '92, there was a string of Dead/JGB/Further and Phish shows that I tripped my way through until I became this old guy.
Quote from: Slaky on February 21, 2012, 11:02:48 AM
My first concert was MC Hammer supported by Boyz II Men at Rosemont and I went backstage and got my picture taken with MC Hammer. He was not yet Hammer, I don't think. I was definitely 12 so I think I get a pass.
You mean you didn't get to meet The Funky Headhunter?
Edit: Upon further review, he was already just "Hammer" by the time "Too Legit to Quit"* was released in 1991.
*My first CD
David Bowie. 2004? Maybe 2005. The Mark of the Quad Cities. He didn't do Space Oddity and focused mostly on his newest stuff. Man Who Sold the World was good. Had his bald female guitarist cover Freddie Mercury's part in Under Pressure. Overall, I was pretty underwhelmed, but the chick next to us had huge hogans and everyone got an eyefull at some point, so that's what I remember most.
I was sixteen, 1975, Halloween night.
Frank Zappa, at the Uptown Theater.
A 4500 seat monster built in 1925. Like so many of the old theaters it is shuttered now.
It's a local thing.
FZ used to play every year in Chicago on Mother's Day and on Halloween night, usually at the Uptown. He played for over 3 hard working hours at all his shows.
After that first time I made sure skinny teenage flannj saw him every show.
Fastest guitarist I have ever seen live. A great way to start off a concert going youth.
For all you youngsters that never made it inside the Uptown, the lobby...
(http://webapps.cityofchicago.org/landmarksweb/static/images/photos/5368.jpeg)
Don't let the old photo throw you, that place was a hole.
Quote from: flannj on February 22, 2012, 09:29:38 AM
I was sixteen, 1975, Halloween night.
Frank Zappa, at the Uptown Theater.
A 4500 seat monster built in 1925. Like so many of the old theaters it is shuttered now.
It's a local thing.
FZ used to play every year in Chicago on Mother's Day and on Halloween night, usually at the Uptown. He played for over 3 hard working hours at all his shows.
After that first time I made sure skinny teenage flannj saw him every show.
Fastest guitarist I have ever seen live. A great way to start off a concert going youth.
For all you youngsters that never made it inside the Uptown, the lobby...
(http://webapps.cityofchicago.org/landmarksweb/static/images/photos/5368.jpeg)
Don't let the old photo throw you, that place was a hole.
Double features every Saturday night. Keep your feet up to avoid the rats.
Rush, Palmer Auditorium, Davenport IA on February 22, 1981. I was sixteen years old and I don't remember anything except the concert aroma and what a dump Palmer Auditorium was. Of course, neither stopped me from seeing quite a few more shows there over the next few years.
Bruce Springsteen, September 1985, the Orange Bowl (Born in the USA Tour). Never really had that great taste in music (although they were also the first tickets I had bought online). Ironically, I did marry a Jersey girl who used to hang out at a Mexican Restaurant in Rumsen NJ (as Bruuuce was known to hang out there).
Quote from: thehawk on February 22, 2012, 09:27:35 PM
Bruce Springsteen, September 1985, the Orange Bowl (Born in the USA Tour). Never really had that great taste in music (although they were also the first tickets I had bought online). Ironically, I did marry a Jersey girl who used to hang out at a Mexican Restaurant in Rumsen NJ (as Bruuuce was known to hang out there).
I'm pretty sure that's not ironic. CT?
Also, you bought tickets online in 1985? Really? Jesus, I didn't get the interwebs until about eight years after that. God Bless America.
Quote from: Tonker on February 23, 2012, 02:21:54 AM
Quote from: thehawk on February 22, 2012, 09:27:35 PM
Bruce Springsteen, September 1985, the Orange Bowl (Born in the USA Tour). Never really had that great taste in music (although they were also the first tickets I had bought online). Ironically, I did marry a Jersey girl who used to hang out at a Mexican Restaurant in Rumsen NJ (as Bruuuce was known to hang out there).
I'm pretty sure that's not ironic. CT?
Also, you bought tickets online in 1985? Really? Jesus, I didn't get the interwebs until about eight years after that. God Bless America.
Seriously - how the hell?
Quote from: Tonker on February 23, 2012, 02:21:54 AM
Quote from: thehawk on February 22, 2012, 09:27:35 PM
Bruce Springsteen, September 1985, the Orange Bowl (Born in the USA Tour). Never really had that great taste in music (although they were also the first tickets I had bought online). Ironically, I did marry a Jersey girl who used to hang out at a Mexican Restaurant in Rumsen NJ (as Bruuuce was known to hang out there).
I'm pretty sure that's not ironic. CT?
Also, you bought tickets online in 1985? Really? Jesus, I didn't get the interwebs until about eight years after that. God Bless America.
I'm gonna go with no on the irony.
And as long as I'm in this thread - first concert was AC/DC at the Rosemont Horizon in 1991.
Quote from: Slaky on February 21, 2012, 11:02:48 AM
Quote from: Tonker on February 21, 2012, 10:34:10 AM
Quote from: Oleg on February 21, 2012, 09:30:02 AM
Quote from: Tonker on February 21, 2012, 05:11:40 AM
I'm pretty sure REM were still cool in 1989. Nowadays, if they played in my back garden, I'd close the curtains. My first gig is something that I'm very proud of - indeed, each of my first three were, even with the benefit of hindsight, pretty fucking cool:
First: Jellyfish, supported by Katydids (who?) at the Town and Country, Kentish Town, London, 1991.
Second: Blur (http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/blur/1991/kilburn-national-ballroom-london-england-bd46d06.html), supported by Family Cat (who?) at the Kilburn National, Kilburn, London, 1991.
Third: Carter USM, supported by The Inspiral Carpets at the Brixton Academy, Brixton, London, 1991.
Jellyfish is still one of my top three gigs ever - up there with Weller (in Munich) and Damien Rice (also in Munich). Those boys had more fucking talent than a hundred Biebers or Rihannas, and it was a crying shame when they split up after just two albums: albums which I have absolutely worn out, and yet still sound as fresh and interesting as they did the day they were released.
Best band I've seen recently was "Buster Shuffle", at the Bitterzoet in Amsterdam. Top ska band and destined for (relatively) great things, I think. Check them out on Spotify. Go ahead, I'll wait.
Quote from: Tonker on February 21, 2012, 05:15:43 AM
DPD. Hah, I've just realised that I'd actually forgotten my very, very first gig, which was a year earlier:
Iron Maiden, supported by Anthrax, at the NEC, Birmingham, 1990.
That's nothing to be ashamed of, either. Maiden rocked, and Anthrax might even have been better. Still the first and only arena concert that I've ever been to, though - I figured out pretty quickly that I preferred more intimate settings.
Nothing wrong with any of this. Just goes to prove, Tonker is way fucking cooler than I will ever hope to be.
My saving grace of my wasted youth in the late 80s (musically speaking) was my discovery of Jellyfish. I have no idea how i found them among the garbage to which I was listening. I remember liking them a lot, along with a band called Gene & Jezebel.
I then discovered Music for the Masses and Grateful Dead and the skies cleared...the 90s were all full of Jane's Addiction and Nine Inch Nails and REM and good shit. Thank athiesmo.
Mate, you're the coolest dude I know. Apart from Slak, clearly. Slak is the coolest dude any of us knows.
Well, at least I've got you fooled.
My first concert was MC Hammer supported by Boyz II Men at Rosemont and I went backstage and got my picture taken with MC Hammer. He was not yet Hammer, I don't think. I was definitely 12 so I think I get a pass.
How did Apex get Slak's login info?
Mine was Genesis, August 1982 as I recall it.
Quote from: morpheus on February 23, 2012, 09:44:25 AM
Quote from: Slaky on February 21, 2012, 11:02:48 AM
Quote from: Tonker on February 21, 2012, 10:34:10 AM
Quote from: Oleg on February 21, 2012, 09:30:02 AM
Quote from: Tonker on February 21, 2012, 05:11:40 AM
I'm pretty sure REM were still cool in 1989. Nowadays, if they played in my back garden, I'd close the curtains. My first gig is something that I'm very proud of - indeed, each of my first three were, even with the benefit of hindsight, pretty fucking cool:
First: Jellyfish, supported by Katydids (who?) at the Town and Country, Kentish Town, London, 1991.
Second: Blur (http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/blur/1991/kilburn-national-ballroom-london-england-bd46d06.html), supported by Family Cat (who?) at the Kilburn National, Kilburn, London, 1991.
Third: Carter USM, supported by The Inspiral Carpets at the Brixton Academy, Brixton, London, 1991.
Jellyfish is still one of my top three gigs ever - up there with Weller (in Munich) and Damien Rice (also in Munich). Those boys had more fucking talent than a hundred Biebers or Rihannas, and it was a crying shame when they split up after just two albums: albums which I have absolutely worn out, and yet still sound as fresh and interesting as they did the day they were released.
Best band I've seen recently was "Buster Shuffle", at the Bitterzoet in Amsterdam. Top ska band and destined for (relatively) great things, I think. Check them out on Spotify. Go ahead, I'll wait.
Quote from: Tonker on February 21, 2012, 05:15:43 AM
DPD. Hah, I've just realised that I'd actually forgotten my very, very first gig, which was a year earlier:
Iron Maiden, supported by Anthrax, at the NEC, Birmingham, 1990.
That's nothing to be ashamed of, either. Maiden rocked, and Anthrax might even have been better. Still the first and only arena concert that I've ever been to, though - I figured out pretty quickly that I preferred more intimate settings.
Nothing wrong with any of this. Just goes to prove, Tonker is way fucking cooler than I will ever hope to be.
My saving grace of my wasted youth in the late 80s (musically speaking) was my discovery of Jellyfish. I have no idea how i found them among the garbage to which I was listening. I remember liking them a lot, along with a band called Gene & Jezebel.
I then discovered Music for the Masses and Grateful Dead and the skies cleared...the 90s were all full of Jane's Addiction and Nine Inch Nails and REM and good shit. Thank athiesmo.
Mate, you're the coolest dude I know. Apart from Slak, clearly. Slak is the coolest dude any of us knows.
Well, at least I've got you fooled.
My first concert was MC Hammer supported by Boyz II Men at Rosemont and I went backstage and got my picture taken with MC Hammer. He was not yet Hammer, I don't think. I was definitely 12 so I think I get a pass.
How did Apex get Slak's login info?
Mine was Genesis, August 1982 as I recall it.
Abacab?
Who drove you?
Quote from: morpheus on February 23, 2012, 09:44:25 AM
Quote from: Slaky on February 21, 2012, 11:02:48 AM
Quote from: Tonker on February 21, 2012, 10:34:10 AM
Quote from: Oleg on February 21, 2012, 09:30:02 AM
Quote from: Tonker on February 21, 2012, 05:11:40 AM
I'm pretty sure REM were still cool in 1989. Nowadays, if they played in my back garden, I'd close the curtains. My first gig is something that I'm very proud of - indeed, each of my first three were, even with the benefit of hindsight, pretty fucking cool:
First: Jellyfish, supported by Katydids (who?) at the Town and Country, Kentish Town, London, 1991.
Second: Blur (http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/blur/1991/kilburn-national-ballroom-london-england-bd46d06.html), supported by Family Cat (who?) at the Kilburn National, Kilburn, London, 1991.
Third: Carter USM, supported by The Inspiral Carpets at the Brixton Academy, Brixton, London, 1991.
Jellyfish is still one of my top three gigs ever - up there with Weller (in Munich) and Damien Rice (also in Munich). Those boys had more fucking talent than a hundred Biebers or Rihannas, and it was a crying shame when they split up after just two albums: albums which I have absolutely worn out, and yet still sound as fresh and interesting as they did the day they were released.
Best band I've seen recently was "Buster Shuffle", at the Bitterzoet in Amsterdam. Top ska band and destined for (relatively) great things, I think. Check them out on Spotify. Go ahead, I'll wait.
Quote from: Tonker on February 21, 2012, 05:15:43 AM
DPD. Hah, I've just realised that I'd actually forgotten my very, very first gig, which was a year earlier:
Iron Maiden, supported by Anthrax, at the NEC, Birmingham, 1990.
That's nothing to be ashamed of, either. Maiden rocked, and Anthrax might even have been better. Still the first and only arena concert that I've ever been to, though - I figured out pretty quickly that I preferred more intimate settings.
Nothing wrong with any of this. Just goes to prove, Tonker is way fucking cooler than I will ever hope to be.
My saving grace of my wasted youth in the late 80s (musically speaking) was my discovery of Jellyfish. I have no idea how i found them among the garbage to which I was listening. I remember liking them a lot, along with a band called Gene & Jezebel.
I then discovered Music for the Masses and Grateful Dead and the skies cleared...the 90s were all full of Jane's Addiction and Nine Inch Nails and REM and good shit. Thank athiesmo.
Mate, you're the coolest dude I know. Apart from Slak, clearly. Slak is the coolest dude any of us knows.
Well, at least I've got you fooled.
My first concert was MC Hammer supported by Boyz II Men at Rosemont and I went backstage and got my picture taken with MC Hammer. He was not yet Hammer, I don't think. I was definitely 12 so I think I get a pass.
How did Apex get Slak's login info?
Mine was Genesis, August 1982 as I recall it.
Ahem.
Cypress Hill with Tha Pharcyde and 311, Indianapolis Convention Center 1995. I figured 311 had to be first, because, who the fuck were they? So we showed up halfway through Tha Pharcyde's set. (doh!) But I did get to meet them afterward as they were just roaming around in the audience during 311's lame set.
1994. Fight, Candlebox, Suicidal Tendencies, and Metallica at UNM Football Stadium.
Quote from: PANK! on February 23, 2012, 09:46:44 AM
Quote from: morpheus on February 23, 2012, 09:44:25 AM
Quote from: Slaky on February 21, 2012, 11:02:48 AM
Quote from: Tonker on February 21, 2012, 10:34:10 AM
Quote from: Oleg on February 21, 2012, 09:30:02 AM
Quote from: Tonker on February 21, 2012, 05:11:40 AM
I'm pretty sure REM were still cool in 1989. Nowadays, if they played in my back garden, I'd close the curtains. My first gig is something that I'm very proud of - indeed, each of my first three were, even with the benefit of hindsight, pretty fucking cool:
First: Jellyfish, supported by Katydids (who?) at the Town and Country, Kentish Town, London, 1991.
Second: Blur (http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/blur/1991/kilburn-national-ballroom-london-england-bd46d06.html), supported by Family Cat (who?) at the Kilburn National, Kilburn, London, 1991.
Third: Carter USM, supported by The Inspiral Carpets at the Brixton Academy, Brixton, London, 1991.
Jellyfish is still one of my top three gigs ever - up there with Weller (in Munich) and Damien Rice (also in Munich). Those boys had more fucking talent than a hundred Biebers or Rihannas, and it was a crying shame when they split up after just two albums: albums which I have absolutely worn out, and yet still sound as fresh and interesting as they did the day they were released.
Best band I've seen recently was "Buster Shuffle", at the Bitterzoet in Amsterdam. Top ska band and destined for (relatively) great things, I think. Check them out on Spotify. Go ahead, I'll wait.
Quote from: Tonker on February 21, 2012, 05:15:43 AM
DPD. Hah, I've just realised that I'd actually forgotten my very, very first gig, which was a year earlier:
Iron Maiden, supported by Anthrax, at the NEC, Birmingham, 1990.
That's nothing to be ashamed of, either. Maiden rocked, and Anthrax might even have been better. Still the first and only arena concert that I've ever been to, though - I figured out pretty quickly that I preferred more intimate settings.
Nothing wrong with any of this. Just goes to prove, Tonker is way fucking cooler than I will ever hope to be.
My saving grace of my wasted youth in the late 80s (musically speaking) was my discovery of Jellyfish. I have no idea how i found them among the garbage to which I was listening. I remember liking them a lot, along with a band called Gene & Jezebel.
I then discovered Music for the Masses and Grateful Dead and the skies cleared...the 90s were all full of Jane's Addiction and Nine Inch Nails and REM and good shit. Thank athiesmo.
Mate, you're the coolest dude I know. Apart from Slak, clearly. Slak is the coolest dude any of us knows.
Well, at least I've got you fooled.
My first concert was MC Hammer supported by Boyz II Men at Rosemont and I went backstage and got my picture taken with MC Hammer. He was not yet Hammer, I don't think. I was definitely 12 so I think I get a pass.
How did Apex get Slak's login info?
Mine was Genesis, August 1982 as I recall it.
Abacab?
Who drove you?
Your mom.
Quote from: morpheus on February 23, 2012, 10:20:44 AM
Quote from: PANK! on February 23, 2012, 09:46:44 AM
Quote from: morpheus on February 23, 2012, 09:44:25 AM
Quote from: Slaky on February 21, 2012, 11:02:48 AM
Quote from: Tonker on February 21, 2012, 10:34:10 AM
Quote from: Oleg on February 21, 2012, 09:30:02 AM
Quote from: Tonker on February 21, 2012, 05:11:40 AM
I'm pretty sure REM were still cool in 1989. Nowadays, if they played in my back garden, I'd close the curtains. My first gig is something that I'm very proud of - indeed, each of my first three were, even with the benefit of hindsight, pretty fucking cool:
First: Jellyfish, supported by Katydids (who?) at the Town and Country, Kentish Town, London, 1991.
Second: Blur (http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/blur/1991/kilburn-national-ballroom-london-england-bd46d06.html), supported by Family Cat (who?) at the Kilburn National, Kilburn, London, 1991.
Third: Carter USM, supported by The Inspiral Carpets at the Brixton Academy, Brixton, London, 1991.
Jellyfish is still one of my top three gigs ever - up there with Weller (in Munich) and Damien Rice (also in Munich). Those boys had more fucking talent than a hundred Biebers or Rihannas, and it was a crying shame when they split up after just two albums: albums which I have absolutely worn out, and yet still sound as fresh and interesting as they did the day they were released.
Best band I've seen recently was "Buster Shuffle", at the Bitterzoet in Amsterdam. Top ska band and destined for (relatively) great things, I think. Check them out on Spotify. Go ahead, I'll wait.
Quote from: Tonker on February 21, 2012, 05:15:43 AM
DPD. Hah, I've just realised that I'd actually forgotten my very, very first gig, which was a year earlier:
Iron Maiden, supported by Anthrax, at the NEC, Birmingham, 1990.
That's nothing to be ashamed of, either. Maiden rocked, and Anthrax might even have been better. Still the first and only arena concert that I've ever been to, though - I figured out pretty quickly that I preferred more intimate settings.
Nothing wrong with any of this. Just goes to prove, Tonker is way fucking cooler than I will ever hope to be.
My saving grace of my wasted youth in the late 80s (musically speaking) was my discovery of Jellyfish. I have no idea how i found them among the garbage to which I was listening. I remember liking them a lot, along with a band called Gene & Jezebel.
I then discovered Music for the Masses and Grateful Dead and the skies cleared...the 90s were all full of Jane's Addiction and Nine Inch Nails and REM and good shit. Thank athiesmo.
Mate, you're the coolest dude I know. Apart from Slak, clearly. Slak is the coolest dude any of us knows.
Well, at least I've got you fooled.
My first concert was MC Hammer supported by Boyz II Men at Rosemont and I went backstage and got my picture taken with MC Hammer. He was not yet Hammer, I don't think. I was definitely 12 so I think I get a pass.
How did Apex get Slak's login info?
Mine was Genesis, August 1982 as I recall it.
Abacab?
Who drove you?
Your mom.
I laughed.
My first two concerts were Van Hagar in '91 and then Aerosmith in '93 (with Jackyl as the opener), both at the World Music Theater sitting in the lawn. We missed most of Jackyl because halfway there my buddy realized he left the tickets at home so we had to go all the way back to get them.
I also saw some kind of concert sponsored by the Loop around that time with Johnny B and Kevin Mathews. A pre-Conan era Brian McCann did stand up too.
(http://www.thebestpageintheuniverse.net/images/dmb_deep1.jpg)
This thread is driving me batshit because I can't remember my first concert. I'm pretty sure it was either Dave Matthews Band, G Love & the Special Sauce, or Jack Johnson. In any case I probably snuck a couple of Keystones in my carpenter jean pockets. I have way more in common with Grand Wizard Tdubbs than I care to admit.
Quote from: Slaky on February 23, 2012, 08:55:44 AM
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Quote from: thehawk on February 22, 2012, 09:27:35 PM
Bruce Springsteen, September 1985, the Orange Bowl (Born in the USA Tour). Never really had that great taste in music (although they were also the first tickets I had bought online). Ironically, I did marry a Jersey girl who used to hang out at a Mexican Restaurant in Rumsen NJ (as Bruuuce was known to hang out there).
I'm pretty sure that's not ironic. CT?
Also, you bought tickets online in 1985? Really? Jesus, I didn't get the interwebs until about eight years after that. God Bless America.
Seriously - how the hell?
An Apple IIe, a 300 Baud modem, and Viewtron software (which was a teletext service which I recall became Prodigy, but I may be wrong). Ticketmaster reserved some tickets for users of the service, which worked about as well as you would think it would. The good news was, since they had no users, I was able to get a few tickets.
Quote from: thehawk on February 23, 2012, 01:55:32 PM
Quote from: Slaky on February 23, 2012, 08:55:44 AM
Quote from: Tonker on February 23, 2012, 02:21:54 AM
Quote from: thehawk on February 22, 2012, 09:27:35 PM
Bruce Springsteen, September 1985, the Orange Bowl (Born in the USA Tour). Never really had that great taste in music (although they were also the first tickets I had bought online). Ironically, I did marry a Jersey girl who used to hang out at a Mexican Restaurant in Rumsen NJ (as Bruuuce was known to hang out there).
I'm pretty sure that's not ironic. CT?
Also, you bought tickets online in 1985? Really? Jesus, I didn't get the interwebs until about eight years after that. God Bless America.
Seriously - how the hell?
An Apple IIe, a 300 Baud modem, and Viewtron software (which was a teletext service which I recall became Prodigy, but I may be wrong). Ticketmaster reserved some tickets for users of the service, which worked about as well as you would think it would. The good news was, since they had no users, I was able to get a few tickets.
Hawk was ahead of the technological curve in 1985.
And, if everything I've heard about his Walkman is true, I guess he was more than happy to stay there.
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on February 23, 2012, 02:09:08 PM
Quote from: thehawk on February 23, 2012, 01:55:32 PM
Quote from: Slaky on February 23, 2012, 08:55:44 AM
Quote from: Tonker on February 23, 2012, 02:21:54 AM
Quote from: thehawk on February 22, 2012, 09:27:35 PM
Bruce Springsteen, September 1985, the Orange Bowl (Born in the USA Tour). Never really had that great taste in music (although they were also the first tickets I had bought online). Ironically, I did marry a Jersey girl who used to hang out at a Mexican Restaurant in Rumsen NJ (as Bruuuce was known to hang out there).
I'm pretty sure that's not ironic. CT?
Also, you bought tickets online in 1985? Really? Jesus, I didn't get the interwebs until about eight years after that. God Bless America.
Seriously - how the hell?
An Apple IIe, a 300 Baud modem, and Viewtron software (which was a teletext service which I recall became Prodigy, but I may be wrong). Ticketmaster reserved some tickets for users of the service, which worked about as well as you would think it would. The good news was, since they had no users, I was able to get a few tickets.
Hawk was ahead of the technological curve in 1985.
And, if everything I've heard about his Walkman is true, I guess he was more than happy to stay there.
Hawk buying things online in the Reagan Era, but walking around with a Walkman in the Obama era. Tell me
that's not ironic.
Quote from: PANK! on February 23, 2012, 02:14:02 PM
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on February 23, 2012, 02:09:08 PM
Quote from: thehawk on February 23, 2012, 01:55:32 PM
Quote from: Slaky on February 23, 2012, 08:55:44 AM
Quote from: Tonker on February 23, 2012, 02:21:54 AM
Quote from: thehawk on February 22, 2012, 09:27:35 PM
Bruce Springsteen, September 1985, the Orange Bowl (Born in the USA Tour). Never really had that great taste in music (although they were also the first tickets I had bought online). Ironically, I did marry a Jersey girl who used to hang out at a Mexican Restaurant in Rumsen NJ (as Bruuuce was known to hang out there).
I'm pretty sure that's not ironic. CT?
Also, you bought tickets online in 1985? Really? Jesus, I didn't get the interwebs until about eight years after that. God Bless America.
Seriously - how the hell?
An Apple IIe, a 300 Baud modem, and Viewtron software (which was a teletext service which I recall became Prodigy, but I may be wrong). Ticketmaster reserved some tickets for users of the service, which worked about as well as you would think it would. The good news was, since they had no users, I was able to get a few tickets.
Hawk was ahead of the technological curve in 1985.
And, if everything I've heard about his Walkman is true, I guess he was more than happy to stay there.
Hawk buying things online in the Reagan Era, but walking around with a Walkman in the Obama era. Tell me that's not ironic.
A Walkman, like with tapes? I saw a dude with a discman today and thought that was crazy.
Quote from: PANK! on February 23, 2012, 02:14:02 PM
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on February 23, 2012, 02:09:08 PM
Quote from: thehawk on February 23, 2012, 01:55:32 PM
Quote from: Slaky on February 23, 2012, 08:55:44 AM
Quote from: Tonker on February 23, 2012, 02:21:54 AM
Quote from: thehawk on February 22, 2012, 09:27:35 PM
Bruce Springsteen, September 1985, the Orange Bowl (Born in the USA Tour). Never really had that great taste in music (although they were also the first tickets I had bought online). Ironically, I did marry a Jersey girl who used to hang out at a Mexican Restaurant in Rumsen NJ (as Bruuuce was known to hang out there).
I'm pretty sure that's not ironic. CT?
Also, you bought tickets online in 1985? Really? Jesus, I didn't get the interwebs until about eight years after that. God Bless America.
Seriously - how the hell?
An Apple IIe, a 300 Baud modem, and Viewtron software (which was a teletext service which I recall became Prodigy, but I may be wrong). Ticketmaster reserved some tickets for users of the service, which worked about as well as you would think it would. The good news was, since they had no users, I was able to get a few tickets.
Hawk was ahead of the technological curve in 1985.
And, if everything I've heard about his Walkman is true, I guess he was more than happy to stay there.
Hawk buying things online in the Reagan Era, but walking around with a Walkman in the Obama era. Tell me that's not ironic.
More or less my point.
Early adopter, late discarder. The whole Walkman thing was basically a way to carry an OK AM radio that could get WGN in the Loop. It still is a more stable way to get a cubs game than streaming audio using 3G coverage downtown (although I've moved to an Iphone)
I do remember that my best friend back in 1985 had the OG Walkman. The thing felt like it was made from a solid block of aluminum.
Quote from: thehawk on February 23, 2012, 07:50:25 PM
Early adopter, late discarder. The whole Walkman thing was basically a way to carry an OK AM radio that could get WGN in the Loop. It still is a more stable way to get a cubs game than streaming audio using 3G coverage downtown (although I've moved to an Iphone)
I do remember that my best friend back in 1985 had the OG Walkman. The thing felt like it was made from a solid block of aluminum.
ALL OF THI
I'd do that in a heartbeat. Plus I have hundreds of cassettes I'd cram into that joker too. (||) And every Discman I ever owned was a piece of shit. Nice thread hijack.
Quote from: Tony on February 23, 2012, 12:18:32 PM
My first two concerts were Van Hagar in '91 and then Aerosmith in '93 (with Jackyl as the opener), both at the World Music Theater sitting in the lawn. We missed most of Jackyl because halfway there my buddy realized he left the tickets at home so we had to go all the way back to get them.
I also saw some kind of concert sponsored by the Loop around that time with Johnny B and Kevin Mathews. A pre-Conan era Brian McCann did stand up too.
Good news for you. I know someone who has an extra ticket to Van Halen tomorrow (tonight, I guess)
Quote from: Tony on February 23, 2012, 03:55:40 PM
Quote from: PANK! on February 23, 2012, 02:14:02 PM
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on February 23, 2012, 02:09:08 PM
Quote from: thehawk on February 23, 2012, 01:55:32 PM
Quote from: Slaky on February 23, 2012, 08:55:44 AM
Quote from: Tonker on February 23, 2012, 02:21:54 AM
Quote from: thehawk on February 22, 2012, 09:27:35 PM
Bruce Springsteen, September 1985, the Orange Bowl (Born in the USA Tour). Never really had that great taste in music (although they were also the first tickets I had bought online). Ironically, I did marry a Jersey girl who used to hang out at a Mexican Restaurant in Rumsen NJ (as Bruuuce was known to hang out there).
I'm pretty sure that's not ironic. CT?
Also, you bought tickets online in 1985? Really? Jesus, I didn't get the interwebs until about eight years after that. God Bless America.
Seriously - how the hell?
An Apple IIe, a 300 Baud modem, and Viewtron software (which was a teletext service which I recall became Prodigy, but I may be wrong). Ticketmaster reserved some tickets for users of the service, which worked about as well as you would think it would. The good news was, since they had no users, I was able to get a few tickets.
Hawk was ahead of the technological curve in 1985.
And, if everything I've heard about his Walkman is true, I guess he was more than happy to stay there.
Hawk buying things online in the Reagan Era, but walking around with a Walkman in the Obama era. Tell me that's not ironic.
A Walkman, like with tapes? I saw a dude with a discman today and thought that was crazy.
Seriously, Tony. You should have seen him carry the thing into Perry's. It looked like one of those bag phones.
(http://mwtraveler.files.wordpress.com/2010/01/bag-phone.jpg)
I think my first concert with a band that wasn't one of my friends' shitty punk or metal bands was They Might Be Giants.
Quote from: Bort on February 24, 2012, 09:15:30 AM
I think my first concert with a band that wasn't one of my friends' shitty punk or metal bands was They Might Be Giants.
I went through a brief TMBG spell wherein I once came in from DeKalb to see them play at the Metro in '92.
That's the
Cabaret Metro to you, punk. *adjust onion on belt*
Quote from: Bort on February 24, 2012, 09:15:30 AM
I think my first concert with a band that wasn't one of my friends' shitty punk or metal bands was They Might Be Giants.
Those weren't concerts.
Those were "shows".
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on February 24, 2012, 10:03:25 AM
Quote from: Bort on February 24, 2012, 09:15:30 AM
I think my first concert with a band that wasn't one of my friends' shitty punk or metal bands was They Might Be Giants.
Those weren't concerts.
Those were "shows".
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh
Quote from: Slaky on February 24, 2012, 10:13:44 AM
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on February 24, 2012, 10:03:25 AM
Quote from: Bort on February 24, 2012, 09:15:30 AM
I think my first concert with a band that wasn't one of my friends' shitty punk or metal bands was They Might Be Giants.
Those weren't concerts.
Those were "shows".
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh
Thanks, Tank.
[slinks into even darker corner of the Internet to lick wounds]
Quote from: Tollbooth Yeti on February 24, 2012, 12:28:58 AM
Quote from: Tony on February 23, 2012, 12:18:32 PM
My first two concerts were Van Hagar in '91 and then Aerosmith in '93 (with Jackyl as the opener), both at the World Music Theater sitting in the lawn. We missed most of Jackyl because halfway there my buddy realized he left the tickets at home so we had to go all the way back to get them.
I also saw some kind of concert sponsored by the Loop around that time with Johnny B and Kevin Mathews. A pre-Conan era Brian McCann did stand up too.
Good news for you. I know someone who has an extra ticket to Van Halen tomorrow (tonight, I guess)
With Kool and the Gang opening? Sweet.
Quote from: morpheus on February 24, 2012, 08:22:55 AM
Quote from: Tony on February 23, 2012, 03:55:40 PM
Quote from: PANK! on February 23, 2012, 02:14:02 PM
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on February 23, 2012, 02:09:08 PM
Quote from: thehawk on February 23, 2012, 01:55:32 PM
Quote from: Slaky on February 23, 2012, 08:55:44 AM
Quote from: Tonker on February 23, 2012, 02:21:54 AM
Quote from: thehawk on February 22, 2012, 09:27:35 PM
Bruce Springsteen, September 1985, the Orange Bowl (Born in the USA Tour). Never really had that great taste in music (although they were also the first tickets I had bought online). Ironically, I did marry a Jersey girl who used to hang out at a Mexican Restaurant in Rumsen NJ (as Bruuuce was known to hang out there).
I'm pretty sure that's not ironic. CT?
Also, you bought tickets online in 1985? Really? Jesus, I didn't get the interwebs until about eight years after that. God Bless America.
Seriously - how the hell?
An Apple IIe, a 300 Baud modem, and Viewtron software (which was a teletext service which I recall became Prodigy, but I may be wrong). Ticketmaster reserved some tickets for users of the service, which worked about as well as you would think it would. The good news was, since they had no users, I was able to get a few tickets.
Hawk was ahead of the technological curve in 1985.
And, if everything I've heard about his Walkman is true, I guess he was more than happy to stay there.
Hawk buying things online in the Reagan Era, but walking around with a Walkman in the Obama era. Tell me that's not ironic.
A Walkman, like with tapes? I saw a dude with a discman today and thought that was crazy.
Seriously, Tony. You should have seen him carry the thing into Perry's. It looked like one of those bag phones.
(http://mwtraveler.files.wordpress.com/2010/01/bag-phone.jpg)
It's only a matter of time before hipsters start in with the bag phones and walkmans. Hawk is starting a new retro trend.
So anyway, I'm going to be in London for two nights in a couple of weeks' time, and I suggested to my mate that we might want to take in a gig while I'm there. He's far more switched on than I am these days so I left the choice in his capable hands. Turns out I'm going back to (almost) the beginning - we're going to see the Inspiral Carpets.
Teh. Dog's. Bollocks.
Quote from: Tony on February 28, 2012, 02:44:34 PM
Quote from: morpheus on February 24, 2012, 08:22:55 AM
Quote from: Tony on February 23, 2012, 03:55:40 PM
Quote from: PANK! on February 23, 2012, 02:14:02 PM
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on February 23, 2012, 02:09:08 PM
Quote from: thehawk on February 23, 2012, 01:55:32 PM
Quote from: Slaky on February 23, 2012, 08:55:44 AM
Quote from: Tonker on February 23, 2012, 02:21:54 AM
Quote from: thehawk on February 22, 2012, 09:27:35 PM
Bruce Springsteen, September 1985, the Orange Bowl (Born in the USA Tour). Never really had that great taste in music (although they were also the first tickets I had bought online). Ironically, I did marry a Jersey girl who used to hang out at a Mexican Restaurant in Rumsen NJ (as Bruuuce was known to hang out there).
I'm pretty sure that's not ironic. CT?
Also, you bought tickets online in 1985? Really? Jesus, I didn't get the interwebs until about eight years after that. God Bless America.
Seriously - how the hell?
An Apple IIe, a 300 Baud modem, and Viewtron software (which was a teletext service which I recall became Prodigy, but I may be wrong). Ticketmaster reserved some tickets for users of the service, which worked about as well as you would think it would. The good news was, since they had no users, I was able to get a few tickets.
Hawk was ahead of the technological curve in 1985.
And, if everything I've heard about his Walkman is true, I guess he was more than happy to stay there.
Hawk buying things online in the Reagan Era, but walking around with a Walkman in the Obama era. Tell me that's not ironic.
A Walkman, like with tapes? I saw a dude with a discman today and thought that was crazy.
Seriously, Tony. You should have seen him carry the thing into Perry's. It looked like one of those bag phones.
(http://mwtraveler.files.wordpress.com/2010/01/bag-phone.jpg)
It's only a matter of time before hipsters start in with the bag phones and walkmans. Hawk is starting a new retro trend.
Great, once the hipsters start using Walkmen again, I'm going to have to go back to crystal sets.
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on February 21, 2012, 11:46:16 AM
Quote from: Slaky on February 21, 2012, 11:02:48 AM
My first concert was MC Hammer supported by Boyz II Men at Rosemont and I went backstage and got my picture taken with MC Hammer. He was not yet Hammer, I don't think. I was definitely 12 so I think I get a pass.
You mean you didn't get to meet The Funky Headhunter?
Edit: Upon further review, he was already just "Hammer" by the time "Too Legit to Quit"* was released in 1991.
*My first CD
Oh, dear, my first CD purchase was
Band on the Run paired with
Sonatas for Viola da Gamba and Harpsichord by Yo-Yo Ma. I have no idea what I could have been thinking.
Quote from: Wheezer on March 04, 2012, 01:20:15 PM
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on February 21, 2012, 11:46:16 AM
Quote from: Slaky on February 21, 2012, 11:02:48 AM
My first concert was MC Hammer supported by Boyz II Men at Rosemont and I went backstage and got my picture taken with MC Hammer. He was not yet Hammer, I don't think. I was definitely 12 so I think I get a pass.
You mean you didn't get to meet The Funky Headhunter?
Edit: Upon further review, he was already just "Hammer" by the time "Too Legit to Quit"* was released in 1991.
*My first CD
Oh, dear, my first CD purchase was Band on the Run paired with Sonatas for Viola da Gamba and Harpsichord by Yo-Yo Ma. I have no idea what I could have been thinking.
The Pharcyde -
A Bizarre Ride II The Pharcyde *keeps winning this thread*
My first CD was Kid Rock-Bawitdaba
Shit, I bought my first CD player at the end of 1983, and Crazy Eddie's was clearing them out, thinking they had a dud on their hands. They even threw in 5 CDs...
Bruce Springsteen - Born to Run
Prince - Purple Rain
Some god-awful Who "Best-of", including the single version of "Won't Get Fooled Again"
Bryan Adams - Cuts Like A Knife
Rolling Stones - Out Of Our Heads
Yep, Bryan Adams.
Bryan. Fucking. Adams.
Quote from: Fork on March 05, 2012, 12:48:53 PM
Shit, I bought my first CD player at the end of 1983, and Crazy Eddie's was clearing them out, thinking they had a dud on their hands. They even threw in 5 CDs...
Bruce Springsteen - Born to Run
Prince - Purple Rain
Some god-awful Who "Best-of", including the single version of "Won't Get Fooled Again"
Bryan Adams - Cuts Like A Knife
Rolling Stones - Out Of Our Heads
Yep, Bryan Adams.
Bryan. Fucking. Adams.
Now I'm wondering if I can reconstruct the 13 albums that I got the first time I joined Columbia House.
Quote from: Wheezer on March 05, 2012, 01:08:38 PM
Quote from: Fork on March 05, 2012, 12:48:53 PM
Shit, I bought my first CD player at the end of 1983, and Crazy Eddie's was clearing them out, thinking they had a dud on their hands. They even threw in 5 CDs...
Bruce Springsteen - Born to Run
Prince - Purple Rain
Some god-awful Who "Best-of", including the single version of "Won't Get Fooled Again"
Bryan Adams - Cuts Like A Knife
Rolling Stones - Out Of Our Heads
Yep, Bryan Adams.
Bryan. Fucking. Adams.
Now I'm wondering if I can reconstruct the 13 albums that I got the first time I joined Columbia House.
13? You obviously left a couple of those little boxes unfilled.
Oh, we've moved on to CDs? My first CD purchase was REM's Dead Letter Office - the extended version that included Chronic Town.
Also, Apex... I don't think you know what "winning" means.
And Columbia House... oy, what a scam. Of course, that didn't stop me from signing up to get my x free CDs.
Quote from: morpheus on March 05, 2012, 02:27:33 PM
Oh, we've moved on to CDs? My first CD purchase was REM's Dead Letter Office - the extended version that included Chronic Town.
Also, Apex... I don't think you know what "winning" means.
And Columbia House... oy, what a scam. Of course, that didn't stop me from signing up to get my x free CDs.
Columbia House was awesome because, at one point, they'd let you buy their deeply discounted box sets and count them towards your membership fulfillment requirements.
I got a Coltrane box set for like 20 bucks that way.
Quote from: Oleg on March 05, 2012, 02:41:43 PM
Quote from: morpheus on March 05, 2012, 02:27:33 PM
Oh, we've moved on to CDs? My first CD purchase was REM's Dead Letter Office - the extended version that included Chronic Town.
Also, Apex... I don't think you know what "winning" means.
And Columbia House... oy, what a scam. Of course, that didn't stop me from signing up to get my x free CDs.
Columbia House was awesome because, at one point, they'd let you buy their deeply discounted box sets and count them towards your membership fulfillment requirements.
I got a Coltrane box set for like 20 bucks that way.
Columbia House was also awesome because if you were under 18 and defaulted on the eventual monthly membership, they couldn't legally go after you. Or so I was told.
My first CD was Houses of the Holy which I bought second-hand in 1992.
Oh yeah...first CD.
Sisters Of Mercy ... I forget which one. Sometime in the early 90s.
Quote from: morpheus on March 05, 2012, 02:27:33 PM
Oh, we've moved on to CDs? My first CD purchase was REM's Dead Letter Office - the extended version that included Chronic Town.
Also, Apex... I don't think you know what "winning" means.
And Columbia House... oy, what a scam. Of course, that didn't stop me from signing up to get my x free CDs.
It means I had better music taste from the get-go than any Bruce-chugging cracker in this thread. And I stand by it until Stew gets here and raves about the Mozart concert he took in.
Quote from: Oleg on March 05, 2012, 02:41:43 PM
Quote from: morpheus on March 05, 2012, 02:27:33 PM
Oh, we've moved on to CDs? My first CD purchase was REM's Dead Letter Office - the extended version that included Chronic Town.
Also, Apex... I don't think you know what "winning" means.
And Columbia House... oy, what a scam. Of course, that didn't stop me from signing up to get my x free CDs.
Columbia House was awesome because, at one point, they'd let you buy their deeply discounted box sets and count them towards your membership fulfillment requirements.
I got a Coltrane box set for like 20 bucks that way.
BMG always had cheaper box sets and required less for the obligation.
Quote from: Fork on March 05, 2012, 01:39:08 PM
Quote from: Wheezer on March 05, 2012, 01:08:38 PM
Quote from: Fork on March 05, 2012, 12:48:53 PM
Shit, I bought my first CD player at the end of 1983, and Crazy Eddie's was clearing them out, thinking they had a dud on their hands. They even threw in 5 CDs...
Bruce Springsteen - Born to Run
Prince - Purple Rain
Some god-awful Who "Best-of", including the single version of "Won't Get Fooled Again"
Bryan Adams - Cuts Like A Knife
Rolling Stones - Out Of Our Heads
Yep, Bryan Adams.
Bryan. Fucking. Adams.
Now I'm wondering if I can reconstruct the 13 albums that I got the first time I joined Columbia House.
13? You obviously left a couple of those little boxes unfilled.
No, I think in 1977 it was 12 plus one offered half-price toward what you had to buy.
Quote from: Fork on March 05, 2012, 12:48:53 PM
Shit, I bought my first CD player at the end of 1983, and Crazy Eddie's was clearing them out, thinking they had a dud on their hands. They even threw in 5 CDs...
Bruce Springsteen - Born to Run
Prince - Purple Rain
Some god-awful Who "Best-of", including the single version of "Won't Get Fooled Again"
Bryan Adams - Cuts Like A Knife
Rolling Stones - Out Of Our Heads
Yep, Bryan Adams.
Bryan. Fucking. Adams.
I once bought "The Best of Gary Numan", only to get it home and discover that it didn't have "Cars" or "Are Friends Electric?". It should have been called "The Rest of Gary Numan".
First concert was Death Cab for Cutie with Youth Group.
#ghey #notwinningthisthreadlikeapex #hashtags
Quote from: Sterling Archer on March 05, 2012, 05:08:23 PM
First concert was Death Cab for Cutie with Youth Group.
#ghey #notwinningthisthreadlikeapex #hashtags
Are you old enough to be posting here?
Oh, and the first concert was the Police at the Rosemont Horizon. Can't remember whether Joan Jett or the Go-Go's opened that one. The entire town should be razed on general principles.
First concert with a head full of mushrooms, on the other hand, was Corky Siegel at the Woodstock Opera House. Fantastic.
Hmmm. Like most people who were 7 in 1983, my first lp was Thriller.
First cassette I bought with my own money was R.E.M.'s Document.
First CD was the Clash On Broadway box set.
Quote from: Wheezer on March 05, 2012, 06:15:32 PM
Oh, and the first concert was the Police at the Rosemont Horizon. Can't remember whether Joan Jett or the Go-Go's opened that one. The entire town should be razed on general principles.
It was the Go-Go's.
The things I did in order to get laid.
Quote from: Wheezer on March 05, 2012, 06:15:32 PM
First concert with a head full of mushrooms, on the other hand, was Corky Siegel at the Woodstock Opera House. Fantastic.
DPD.
I used to see Siegel-Schwall regularly at The Quiet Knight (next to the Belmont El stop) and at Harry Hopes in Cary.
Fucking incredible shows but God what horrible weed we smoked back then.
First show on mushrooms? Screamin' J. Hawkins at Biddy Mulligan's.
Heh.
Quote from: flannj on March 05, 2012, 07:42:42 PM
It was the Go-Go's.
The things I did in order to get laid.
How long after that trauma did you change your name, David? (http://everything2.com/title/The+Go-Go%2527s+party+video)
Quote from: Oleg on March 05, 2012, 05:23:21 PM
Quote from: Sterling Archer on March 05, 2012, 05:08:23 PM
First concert was Death Cab for Cutie with Youth Group.
#ghey #notwinningthisthreadlikeapex #hashtags
Are you old enough to be posting here?
Are you tall enough to be posting here?
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on March 05, 2012, 09:26:49 PM
Quote from: flannj on March 05, 2012, 07:42:42 PM
It was the Go-Go's.
The things I did in order to get laid.
How long after that trauma did you change your name, David? (http://everything2.com/title/The+Go-Go%2527s+party+video)
Well that was an unpleasant visual.
Susanna Hoffs though...
My first three CDs were Ride the Lightning, Master of Puppets and Joe Satriani's The Extremist.
Quote from: Slaky on March 06, 2012, 08:57:33 AM
My first three CDs were Ride the Lightning, Master of Puppets and Joe Satriani's The Extremist.
My second two were
Buhloone Mindstate and
Midnight Marauders.
(dogpiles like the fake Cubs on the video game commercial as the whole world celebrates the victory of this thread again)
Quote from: Internet Apex on March 06, 2012, 09:56:56 AM
Quote from: Slaky on March 06, 2012, 08:57:33 AM
My first three CDs were Ride the Lightning, Master of Puppets and Joe Satriani's The Extremist.
My second two were Buhloone Mindstate and Midnight Marauders.
(dogpiles like the fake Cubs on the video game commercial as the whole world celebrates the victory of this thread again)
"The whole world" = "Harlem and parts of Buttpuddle, IN"
Quote from: morpheus on March 06, 2012, 03:44:30 PM
Quote from: Internet Apex on March 06, 2012, 09:56:56 AM
Quote from: Slaky on March 06, 2012, 08:57:33 AM
My first three CDs were Ride the Lightning, Master of Puppets and Joe Satriani's The Extremist.
My second two were Buhloone Mindstate and Midnight Marauders.
(dogpiles like the fake Cubs on the video game commercial as the whole world celebrates the victory of this thread again)
"The whole world" = "Harlem and parts of Buttpuddle, IN"
Harlem has no idea Apex even exists.
Quote from: Oleg on March 06, 2012, 04:08:51 PM
Quote from: morpheus on March 06, 2012, 03:44:30 PM
Quote from: Internet Apex on March 06, 2012, 09:56:56 AM
Quote from: Slaky on March 06, 2012, 08:57:33 AM
My first three CDs were Ride the Lightning, Master of Puppets and Joe Satriani's The Extremist.
My second two were Buhloone Mindstate and Midnight Marauders.
(dogpiles like the fake Cubs on the video game commercial as the whole world celebrates the victory of this thread again)
"The whole world" = "Harlem and parts of Buttpuddle, IN"
Harlem has no idea Apex even exists.
Yet.
Quote from: Internet Apex on March 06, 2012, 04:15:39 PM
Quote from: Oleg on March 06, 2012, 04:08:51 PM
Quote from: morpheus on March 06, 2012, 03:44:30 PM
Quote from: Internet Apex on March 06, 2012, 09:56:56 AM
Quote from: Slaky on March 06, 2012, 08:57:33 AM
My first three CDs were Ride the Lightning, Master of Puppets and Joe Satriani's The Extremist.
My second two were Buhloone Mindstate and Midnight Marauders.
(dogpiles like the fake Cubs on the video game commercial as the whole world celebrates the victory of this thread again)
"The whole world" = "Harlem and parts of Buttpuddle, IN"
Harlem has no idea Apex even exists.
Yet.
Has Harold's? (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HkVOAWw9yfc)
Quote from: flannj on March 06, 2012, 07:53:08 AM
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on March 05, 2012, 09:26:49 PM
Quote from: flannj on March 05, 2012, 07:42:42 PM
It was the Go-Go's.
The things I did in order to get laid.
How long after that trauma did you change your name, David? (http://everything2.com/title/The+Go-Go%2527s+party+video)
Well that was an unpleasant visual.
Susanna Hoffs though...
Susanna Hoffs was never in the Germs, though.
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on March 07, 2012, 01:40:33 AM
Quote from: flannj on March 06, 2012, 07:53:08 AM
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on March 05, 2012, 09:26:49 PM
Quote from: flannj on March 05, 2012, 07:42:42 PM
It was the Go-Go's.
The things I did in order to get laid.
How long after that trauma did you change your name, David? (http://everything2.com/title/The+Go-Go%2527s+party+video)
Well that was an unpleasant visual.
Susanna Hoffs though...
Susanna Hoffs was never in the Germs, though.
Bortbaiting again?
Quote from: Bort on March 07, 2012, 02:29:55 AM
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on March 07, 2012, 01:40:33 AM
Quote from: flannj on March 06, 2012, 07:53:08 AM
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on March 05, 2012, 09:26:49 PM
Quote from: flannj on March 05, 2012, 07:42:42 PM
It was the Go-Go's.
The things I did in order to get laid.
How long after that trauma did you change your name, David? (http://everything2.com/title/The+Go-Go%2527s+party+video)
Well that was an unpleasant visual.
Susanna Hoffs though...
Susanna Hoffs was never in the Germs, though.
Bortbaiting again?
`
Did Carlisle ever actually play in the Germs?
Quote from: flannj on March 07, 2012, 08:17:22 AM
Quote from: Bort on March 07, 2012, 02:29:55 AM
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on March 07, 2012, 01:40:33 AM
Quote from: flannj on March 06, 2012, 07:53:08 AM
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on March 05, 2012, 09:26:49 PM
Quote from: flannj on March 05, 2012, 07:42:42 PM
It was the Go-Go's.
The things I did in order to get laid.
How long after that trauma did you change your name, David? (http://everything2.com/title/The+Go-Go%2527s+party+video)
Well that was an unpleasant visual.
Susanna Hoffs though...
Susanna Hoffs was never in the Germs, though.
Bortbaiting again?
Did Carlisle ever actually play in the Germs?
Apparently not.
Which probably makes her that much more legit.
She was in the Germs
before they played music, man.
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on March 07, 2012, 08:25:54 AM
Quote from: flannj on March 07, 2012, 08:17:22 AM
Quote from: Bort on March 07, 2012, 02:29:55 AM
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on March 07, 2012, 01:40:33 AM
Quote from: flannj on March 06, 2012, 07:53:08 AM
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on March 05, 2012, 09:26:49 PM
Quote from: flannj on March 05, 2012, 07:42:42 PM
It was the Go-Go's.
The things I did in order to get laid.
How long after that trauma did you change your name, David? (http://everything2.com/title/The+Go-Go%2527s+party+video)
Well that was an unpleasant visual.
Susanna Hoffs though...
Susanna Hoffs was never in the Germs, though.
Bortbaiting again?
Did Carlisle ever actually play in the Germs?
they played music
That's a bit of a stretch.
Quote from: flannj on March 07, 2012, 08:30:39 AM
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on March 07, 2012, 08:25:54 AM
they played music
That's a bit of a stretch.
Eh, Bobby Pyn had long hair
But you spit on Darby Crash
He had a fucking
mohawk, man
Quote from: flannj on March 05, 2012, 07:42:42 PM
Quote from: Wheezer on March 05, 2012, 06:15:32 PM
Oh, and the first concert was the Police at the Rosemont Horizon. Can't remember whether Joan Jett or the Go-Go's opened that one. The entire town should be razed on general principles.
It was the Go-Go's.
The things I did in order to get laid.
Everyone's got a couple of those...I've taken dates to the Bangles and Kenny Rogers for only carnal reasons.
Quote from: Fork on March 09, 2012, 12:39:59 PM
Quote from: flannj on March 05, 2012, 07:42:42 PM
Quote from: Wheezer on March 05, 2012, 06:15:32 PM
Oh, and the first concert was the Police at the Rosemont Horizon. Can't remember whether Joan Jett or the Go-Go's opened that one. The entire town should be razed on general principles.
It was the Go-Go's.
The things I did in order to get laid.
Everyone's got a couple of those...I've taken dates to the Bangles and Kenny Rogers for only carnal reasons.
That didn't actually work, did it? Kenny Rogers?
Quote from: PenPho on March 09, 2012, 01:59:17 PM
Quote from: Fork on March 09, 2012, 12:39:59 PM
Quote from: flannj on March 05, 2012, 07:42:42 PM
Quote from: Wheezer on March 05, 2012, 06:15:32 PM
Oh, and the first concert was the Police at the Rosemont Horizon. Can't remember whether Joan Jett or the Go-Go's opened that one. The entire town should be razed on general principles.
It was the Go-Go's.
The things I did in order to get laid.
Everyone's got a couple of those...I've taken dates to the Bangles and Kenny Rogers for only carnal reasons.
That didn't actually work, did it? Kenny Rogers?
At the end of the night she saw what condition his condition was in.
Quote from: PenPho on March 09, 2012, 01:59:17 PM
Quote from: Fork on March 09, 2012, 12:39:59 PM
Quote from: flannj on March 05, 2012, 07:42:42 PM
Quote from: Wheezer on March 05, 2012, 06:15:32 PM
Oh, and the first concert was the Police at the Rosemont Horizon. Can't remember whether Joan Jett or the Go-Go's opened that one. The entire town should be razed on general principles.
It was the Go-Go's.
The things I did in order to get laid.
Everyone's got a couple of those...I've taken dates to the Bangles and Kenny Rogers for only carnal reasons.
That didn't actually work, did it? Kenny Rogers?
Helped me land my first wife. Which in retrospect is probably a big reason I now have a second wife.
Quote from: Fork on March 09, 2012, 03:00:48 PM
Quote from: PenPho on March 09, 2012, 01:59:17 PM
Quote from: Fork on March 09, 2012, 12:39:59 PM
Quote from: flannj on March 05, 2012, 07:42:42 PM
Quote from: Wheezer on March 05, 2012, 06:15:32 PM
Oh, and the first concert was the Police at the Rosemont Horizon. Can't remember whether Joan Jett or the Go-Go's opened that one. The entire town should be razed on general principles.
It was the Go-Go's.
The things I did in order to get laid.
Everyone's got a couple of those...I've taken dates to the Bangles and Kenny Rogers for only carnal reasons.
That didn't actually work, did it? Kenny Rogers?
Helped me land my first wife. Which in retrospect is probably a big reason I now have a second wife.
TWO WIVES!
America.
Quote from: Fork on March 09, 2012, 12:39:59 PM
Quote from: flannj on March 05, 2012, 07:42:42 PM
Quote from: Wheezer on March 05, 2012, 06:15:32 PM
Oh, and the first concert was the Police at the Rosemont Horizon. Can't remember whether Joan Jett or the Go-Go's opened that one. The entire town should be razed on general principles.
It was the Go-Go's.
The things I did in order to get laid.
Everyone's got a couple of those...I've taken dates to the Bangles and Kenny Rogers for only carnal reasons.
The Moody Blues.
It was worth it.
Quote from: flannj on March 09, 2012, 05:07:07 PM
Quote from: Fork on March 09, 2012, 12:39:59 PM
Quote from: flannj on March 05, 2012, 07:42:42 PM
Quote from: Wheezer on March 05, 2012, 06:15:32 PM
Oh, and the first concert was the Police at the Rosemont Horizon. Can't remember whether Joan Jett or the Go-Go's opened that one. The entire town should be razed on general principles.
It was the Go-Go's.
The things I did in order to get laid.
Everyone's got a couple of those...I've taken dates to the Bangles and Kenny Rogers for only carnal reasons.
The Moody Blues.
It was worth it.
This is my favorite unintended "Yeti's Mom" joke to date.
Quote from: flannj on March 09, 2012, 05:07:07 PM
Quote from: Fork on March 09, 2012, 12:39:59 PM
Quote from: flannj on March 05, 2012, 07:42:42 PM
Quote from: Wheezer on March 05, 2012, 06:15:32 PM
Oh, and the first concert was the Police at the Rosemont Horizon. Can't remember whether Joan Jett or the Go-Go's opened that one. The entire town should be razed on general principles.
It was the Go-Go's.
The things I did in order to get laid.
Everyone's got a couple of those...I've taken dates to the Bangles and Kenny Rogers for only carnal reasons.
The Moody Blues.
It was worth it.
"Something something something in a basement in Buffalo Grove with my finger something something."
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on March 09, 2012, 05:14:53 PM
Quote from: flannj on March 09, 2012, 05:07:07 PM
Quote from: Fork on March 09, 2012, 12:39:59 PM
Quote from: flannj on March 05, 2012, 07:42:42 PM
Quote from: Wheezer on March 05, 2012, 06:15:32 PM
Oh, and the first concert was the Police at the Rosemont Horizon. Can't remember whether Joan Jett or the Go-Go's opened that one. The entire town should be razed on general principles.
It was the Go-Go's.
The things I did in order to get laid.
Everyone's got a couple of those...I've taken dates to the Bangles and Kenny Rogers for only carnal reasons.
The Moody Blues.
It was worth it.
"Something something something in a basement in Buffalo Grove with my finger something something."
Nice pull.
BG was high school parties with Boston and Rush and Foreigner and Styx and Kansas and Heart and BTO and the Nuge and...
The Moody Blues was several years later... and it really was worth it.
Quote from: flannj on March 09, 2012, 05:24:50 PM
Nice pull.
I mostly recall it because the "I can't believe I just typed that" follow-on to that managed to remain front-paged in the shoutbox for an entire weekend.
And a good laugh was had.
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on March 09, 2012, 05:42:46 PM
Quote from: flannj on March 09, 2012, 05:24:50 PM
Nice pull.
I mostly recall it because the "I can't believe I just typed that" follow-on to that managed to remain front-paged in the shoutbox for an entire weekend.
And a good laugh was had.
So, does RJGHS becomes the next DRLP?
Quote from: flannj on March 09, 2012, 06:50:33 PM
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on March 09, 2012, 05:42:46 PM
Quote from: flannj on March 09, 2012, 05:24:50 PM
Nice pull.
I mostly recall it because the "I can't believe I just typed that" follow-on to that managed to remain front-paged in the shoutbox for an entire weekend.
And a good laugh was had.
So, does RJGHS becomes the next DRLP?
RJGHS = "But, then, perhaps I've said too much..."
Quote from: flannj on March 09, 2012, 05:24:50 PM
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on March 09, 2012, 05:14:53 PM
Quote from: flannj on March 09, 2012, 05:07:07 PM
Quote from: Fork on March 09, 2012, 12:39:59 PM
Quote from: flannj on March 05, 2012, 07:42:42 PM
Quote from: Wheezer on March 05, 2012, 06:15:32 PM
Oh, and the first concert was the Police at the Rosemont Horizon. Can't remember whether Joan Jett or the Go-Go's opened that one. The entire town should be razed on general principles.
It was the Go-Go's.
The things I did in order to get laid.
Everyone's got a couple of those...I've taken dates to the Bangles and Kenny Rogers for only carnal reasons.
The Moody Blues.
It was worth it.
"Something something something in a basement in Buffalo Grove with my finger something something."
Nice pull.
BG was high school parties with Boston and Rush and Foreigner and Styx and Kansas and Heart and BTO and the Nuge and...
The Moody Blues was several years later... and it really was worth it.
Were you a Bison flannj? I went to Longfellow before we moved to Long Grove.
Quote from: Slaky on March 10, 2012, 06:19:13 PM
Quote from: flannj on March 09, 2012, 05:24:50 PM
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on March 09, 2012, 05:14:53 PM
Quote from: flannj on March 09, 2012, 05:07:07 PM
Quote from: Fork on March 09, 2012, 12:39:59 PM
Quote from: flannj on March 05, 2012, 07:42:42 PM
Quote from: Wheezer on March 05, 2012, 06:15:32 PM
Oh, and the first concert was the Police at the Rosemont Horizon. Can't remember whether Joan Jett or the Go-Go's opened that one. The entire town should be razed on general principles.
It was the Go-Go's.
The things I did in order to get laid.
Everyone's got a couple of those...I've taken dates to the Bangles and Kenny Rogers for only carnal reasons.
The Moody Blues.
It was worth it.
"Something something something in a basement in Buffalo Grove with my finger something something."
Nice pull.
BG was high school parties with Boston and Rush and Foreigner and Styx and Kansas and Heart and BTO and the Nuge and...
The Moody Blues was several years later... and it really was worth it.
Were you a Bison flannj? I went to Longfellow before we moved to Long Grove.
Barrington Bronco and later a St. Viator Lion.
BG parties were Viator.
It was quite the northwest suburban melange.
Quote from: flannj on March 11, 2012, 11:39:47 AM
BG parties were Viator.
Seeing how the other half lived, then?
You guys all look alike to me.
Though I now gather Viator didn't go co-ed until '87, so I guess it stands to reason.
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on March 11, 2012, 05:16:33 PM
Though I now gather Viator didn't go co-ed until '87, so I guess it stands to reason.
Homo High.
I'm surprised that more of us didn't end up at Concordia.
Quote from: flannj on March 11, 2012, 07:04:27 PM
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on March 11, 2012, 05:16:33 PM
Though I now gather Viator didn't go co-ed until '87, so I guess it stands to reason.
Homo High.
I'm surprised that more of us didn't end up at Concordia.
You probably weren't the kind of athlete the coaches were looking for.
Quote from: Richard Chuggar on March 11, 2012, 07:24:51 PM
Quote from: flannj on March 11, 2012, 07:04:27 PM
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on March 11, 2012, 05:16:33 PM
Though I now gather Viator didn't go co-ed until '87, so I guess it stands to reason.
Homo High.
I'm surprised that more of us didn't end up at Concordia.
You probably weren't the kind of athlete the coaches were looking for.
Didn't realize that frosted tips determined what kind of "athlete" you were.
Quote from: flannj on March 11, 2012, 08:35:20 PM
Quote from: Richard Chuggar on March 11, 2012, 07:24:51 PM
Quote from: flannj on March 11, 2012, 07:04:27 PM
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on March 11, 2012, 05:16:33 PM
Though I now gather Viator didn't go co-ed until '87, so I guess it stands to reason.
Homo High.
I'm surprised that more of us didn't end up at Concordia.
You probably weren't the kind of athlete the coaches were looking for.
Didn't realize that frosted tips determined what kind of "athlete" you were.
Frosted tips and a willingness to masturbate on camera.
In any event, Viator doesn't seem to lack for impressive athlete alums...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Viator_High_School#Notable_alumni
Quote
- Brett Basanez (class of 2001) — record breaking quarterback for Northwestern University; formerly of the Carolina Panthers and Chicago Bears [10][11]
- Rob Eiter (class of 1985) — 1996 Olympic wrestler[12]
- Ted Nugent — rock star of The Amboy Dukes and Damn Yankees as well as an accomplished solo career. Best known for conservative and pro-hunting views[13]
- Jarrett Payton (class of 1999) — CFL running back for the Montreal Alouettes and son of Walter Payton[14]
- Jonathan Spector (class of 2004) soccer player, defender for West Ham United (Premier League) & U. S. national team[15][16]
- Brian Stack (class of 1982) — performer and writer on Late Night with Conan O'Brien[17]
- Jim Dowd (class of 1999) Fanny Picker Professional Long Grove Fanny Pickers (Premier League) & United States men's national Fanny Picker team
Fanny pickers? Really? Good God.
Something something separated by a common language something something.
Quote from: flannj on March 11, 2012, 08:35:20 PM
Quote from: Richard Chuggar on March 11, 2012, 07:24:51 PM
Quote from: flannj on March 11, 2012, 07:04:27 PM
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on March 11, 2012, 05:16:33 PM
Though I now gather Viator didn't go co-ed until '87, so I guess it stands to reason.
Homo High.
I'm surprised that more of us didn't end up at Concordia.
You probably weren't the kind of athlete the coaches were looking for.
Didn't realize that frosted tips determined what kind of "athlete" you were.
They don't, but being bald at the age of 13 does
Quote from: flannj on March 11, 2012, 07:04:27 PM
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on March 11, 2012, 05:16:33 PM
Though I now gather Viator didn't go co-ed until '87, so I guess it stands to reason.
Homo High.
I'm surprised that more of us didn't end up at Concordia.
Bumped for St. Viator vs. St. Rita in tonight's state hockey championship.
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on March 23, 2012, 06:10:35 PM
Quote from: flannj on March 11, 2012, 07:04:27 PM
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on March 11, 2012, 05:16:33 PM
Though I now gather Viator didn't go co-ed until '87, so I guess it stands to reason.
Homo High.
I'm surprised that more of us didn't end up at Concordia.
Bumped for St. Viator vs. St. Rita in tonight's state hockey championship.
South Side vs. Homo High.
Quote from: flannj on March 24, 2012, 12:12:28 AM
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on March 23, 2012, 06:10:35 PM
Quote from: flannj on March 11, 2012, 07:04:27 PM
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on March 11, 2012, 05:16:33 PM
Though I now gather Viator didn't go co-ed until '87, so I guess it stands to reason.
Homo High.
I'm surprised that more of us didn't end up at Concordia.
Bumped for St. Viator vs. St. Rita in tonight's state hockey championship.
South Side vs. Homo High.
And remember... Death is not an option. /Rosendouche