Concert lemming
Apr. 4th, 2003 11:05 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
featherynscaleNote to self. You haven't been to a show since last Halloween. Get out more. A lot more.
First concert: I got dragged along with my parents to see the Marshall Tucker Band when I was 5 or 6. I only remember this because we had stopped on the way to the show for fast food, from which I got my first case of food poisoning. Needless to say, the show was not so much fun.
Last: Last Halloween, I won tickets to the Freaker's Ball with Alice Cooper, Sevendust, and some other bands that I don't remember. Fun, but I had gone in costume, which proved to be not nearly substantial enough to keep me comfortable in a Kansas City October. I have learned much of the weather of this place since then. (bleh)
Next: Jacki and I are going to see the Dave Matthews Band sometime in July. But having noted that it's been a year and a half, I'm going to try to go see something before then.
Best: They Might Be Giants, at Club 5 in Jacksonville, FL. I try to make it a point to see them as often as possible, because it's always interesting and usually inexpensive. This particular show featured confetti cannons, a full-audience conga line, wierd puppet-heads on sticks, and an opening act called Double Dong, which consisted of two guys and a girl with no instruments, lamentable beat-boxing skills, and utterly surreal and pornographic lyrical skills. When they came on, the entire crowd stood and stared for about two silent minutes, before finally deciding as a single mind that yes, it was funny.
Worst: I saw A Flock of Seagulls in a small club a few years ago. Since the 80's, they have tried to re-invent themselves as a heavy-metal band, however, apparently in order to sell show tickets, they have to also play the 80's stuff. There is perhaps nothing in the world more painful to witness than a group of men who realize that no one is interested in anything they have done in the past 15 years, and are therefore doomed to repeat the same three songs for the rest of their professional lives.
Sadly missed: Tool. I've managed to miss them twice in the two years I've been here. The first show of theirs that I missed here was on the same weekend as an Orbital show, which I also sadly missed.
Always a pleasure: They Might Be Giants, the Flaming Lips, Seven Nations, and damn near any ska band.
Best venue: Don't know - as a rule I prefer small clubs with good space for dancing, should dancing become necessary.
Worst venue: Stadiums in general.
Like to see: Don't know - having realized how long it's been, I'm off to check the Pollstar listings and see who's touring. :)
First concert: I got dragged along with my parents to see the Marshall Tucker Band when I was 5 or 6. I only remember this because we had stopped on the way to the show for fast food, from which I got my first case of food poisoning. Needless to say, the show was not so much fun.
Last: Last Halloween, I won tickets to the Freaker's Ball with Alice Cooper, Sevendust, and some other bands that I don't remember. Fun, but I had gone in costume, which proved to be not nearly substantial enough to keep me comfortable in a Kansas City October. I have learned much of the weather of this place since then. (bleh)
Next: Jacki and I are going to see the Dave Matthews Band sometime in July. But having noted that it's been a year and a half, I'm going to try to go see something before then.
Best: They Might Be Giants, at Club 5 in Jacksonville, FL. I try to make it a point to see them as often as possible, because it's always interesting and usually inexpensive. This particular show featured confetti cannons, a full-audience conga line, wierd puppet-heads on sticks, and an opening act called Double Dong, which consisted of two guys and a girl with no instruments, lamentable beat-boxing skills, and utterly surreal and pornographic lyrical skills. When they came on, the entire crowd stood and stared for about two silent minutes, before finally deciding as a single mind that yes, it was funny.
Worst: I saw A Flock of Seagulls in a small club a few years ago. Since the 80's, they have tried to re-invent themselves as a heavy-metal band, however, apparently in order to sell show tickets, they have to also play the 80's stuff. There is perhaps nothing in the world more painful to witness than a group of men who realize that no one is interested in anything they have done in the past 15 years, and are therefore doomed to repeat the same three songs for the rest of their professional lives.
Sadly missed: Tool. I've managed to miss them twice in the two years I've been here. The first show of theirs that I missed here was on the same weekend as an Orbital show, which I also sadly missed.
Always a pleasure: They Might Be Giants, the Flaming Lips, Seven Nations, and damn near any ska band.
Best venue: Don't know - as a rule I prefer small clubs with good space for dancing, should dancing become necessary.
Worst venue: Stadiums in general.
Like to see: Don't know - having realized how long it's been, I'm off to check the Pollstar listings and see who's touring. :)