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I forgot!

Iggy Pop
and the Go-Go's
both were at a small venue and fuckin rocked!

Seen a hell of alot of local band shows........as far as teh bigger acts go:

Megadeth (quite surprisingly it really didn't rock)
Aerosmith (it was free)
Dinosaur Jr. (Amazing show)
Sebadoh with Man or Astroman (another great show)
Sonvolt (saw them three times....great tunes)
J Mascis
Jay Farrar
They Might Be Giants (Good show....I wish I could remember more of it..I was pretty drunk)
Bob Dylan (I fucking got arrested at this show for drinking under age...can you believe that shit! With that hippy mother fucker probably stoned on staged I GET THROWN IN THE TANK!!)
Smashing Pumpkins
Lalapalooza 94' (Breeders, George Clinton, Tribe Called Quest, Smashing Pumpkins, L7, Green Day, and the ever lovin' BEASTIE BOYS)

Seen alot of other stuff but thats all I can remember right now.

Bummer man, the Dude said bummer....

Chalk up one more gig.

Just saw blur's last-minute concert at the Wiltern in L.A. so last minute that tickets had only gone on sale the day before.

They had just played the annual KROQ Weenie roast on Saturday to predictable results. Seeing as how KROQ's demographic nowadays is a bunch of metal kids who swear they're punkers.

After their less than enthusiastic greeting at that festival, I guess they were expecting more of the same at the Wiltern. Seeing as how KROQ was sponsoring it and all. 1st off they commented on the Wiltern, a beautiful large Art Deco styled theatre with balconies and a tiered standing room floor. I think they were expecting some dinky hall. Second, they looked absolutely humbled by the enthusiasm the audience showed for them. Arms raised, cheers and whistles and participation. Something that was totally missing from the Weenie Roast. They mentioned after they played "Out of Time" that the recption was a lot different than the other night at the KROQ thing. laughter and applause followed. All in all, one of the Best Blur gigs i've been to. They said they'll be back. Which judging from the past severl Blur L.A. appearances (mostly in festivals) was seriously in doubt due to them catering to KROQ and their listeners. I think they're starting to see that KROQ isn't really their fan base.

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/allukmusic/

The first Club MTV Tour
Bob Dylan/The Jets/Chicago/The Rascals (in one week)
New Kids On The Block
New Edition (Bobby Brown showed!)
The Replacements
Paul Westerberg
Dixie Chicks
Tim McGraw
Diamond Rio
Matchbox 20
Metallica
Foo Fighters (two weeks ago)
ZZ Top
The Monkees
Led Zepplin (first concert ever)
The Police
Van Halen (with Diamond Dave)
Alex Chilton
And about 300 more shows....

Well, THE BOOTY OLYMPICS are coming to Philadelphia this Saturday...!!!!!

http://bootyolympics.com/

And I'm going up to Nearfest this weekend: Prog heaven. Camel, Magma, Glass Hammer, Miriodor, Sleepytime Gorilla Museum, and some obscure bands, too.

I can now add Bruce Springsteen to my list. God can that man rock.

Since thr last time I posted I've been to Placebo's concert, I've been to the Raveonettes, and I went to Supergrass.

Morrissey was in attendance at the last 2.

Sex Pistols last week @ The Greek Theatre.

INLAND INVASION TODAY!!!!!!!

http://www.kroq.com

BUD LIGHT SIDE STAGE
1:00- Jet
1:50- Dramarama
2:40- Kings Of Leon
3:30- Berlin

MAIN STAGE
2:15- General Public
2:45- Dashboard Confessional
3:15- Bow Wow Wow
3:45- Fountains Of Wayne
4:15- Mark Almond of Soft Cell
4:45- Interpol
5:20- Psychedelic Furs
6:00- Violent Femmes
6:40- Echo and the Bunnymen
7:20- Hot Hot Heat
8:00- Duran Duran
9:35- The Cure

and I have impossibly good seats!

Daft Punk, Metallica, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Björk, Rage Against The Machine and some others

Went to go see Interpol at the Holywood palladium on Wednesday. GREAT GREAT show. The funny thing about the Palladium is that it's the one venue that has asshole security who think an Interpol gig and audience is the same thing as a gangsta rap gig and audience and both get the obligotory near-cavity search and the opresssive "NOTHING can be brought in" rule. Not even the loose change you have in your pocket! The place is poorly ventilated so it gets HOT really quick. In spite of this, Palladium shows somehow are always memorable in a GOOD way. I guess all that negative inspires everyone to try for positive and you get such an energy in there, especially when a great band is playing.

I saw Kevin Haskins of Bauhaus/Love and Rockets again. He's becoming quite the regular. Plus the place looked like the set of Underworld what with all the beautiful goth women about (all drunkedly staggering down the flight of stairs that lead to the ladies room :lol: ).

The Inland Invasion was EXCELLENT. At least EXCELLENT once the opressively HOT sun went down and you wearn't being baked alive. The sun went down as Interpol were coming on for their set. Good show but Echo and The Bunnymen were absolutely incindeary. they were there to prove they wearn't no nostalgia band but a still vital but overlooked force. "Mac the Mouth" from the 80's was back and was being even more boastful than Liam Ghallager. He however had an amazing texture and weight to his boasts in the form of the great old and new songs delivered with a tenderness as the songs warrant and also the arrogance of someone who knows they're great. At one point he even boasted "we're the greatest band in the world!" Wathcing him , no one challenged him on that. Finally they stormed off the stage challlenging Duran and The Cure who followed to top that! I already have my tickets for their gig at the Sunset Strip House of Blues next month. :)

The Psychedelic Furs were good as per usual. The only foul up was when Richard Butler tripped on himself and landed flat on his back. As he lay there for a good few minutes he remarked "i'm such a suave bastard". :lol: He received a standing ovation once he got up and resumed the set. Self deprecation is cool.

Duran Duran were all about the hits and they had the place alive and singing along. It was total spectacle when they were on. I'll definately see them again if they return on their own.

The Cure sucked. They were out to bore and they succeeded admirably. They used that formula from their recent DVD of playing blocks of songs from one particular album and then moving on to the next one. All it served was to kill any momentum they may have gained from the stronger songs they chose to play.

Marc Almond was there to prove that he was a succesful solo act despite the fact that he was billed as being Marc Almond of SOFT CELL. After an endless set rife with his solo songs and the dreaded "new stuff", he finally threw the audience a bone and actually sang a couple of Soft Cell tunes. No "sex dwarf" though, even though he was introduced on stage as it being one of his hits.

I also happened to be sitting right behind the entire lineup of No Doubt (minus Gwen) and the singer from that ridiculous band Linkin Park was seated right behind me. He looked pissed that we regognized him but wouldn't want to talk to him. The guys in No Doubt came and went from backstage to the seating section. They did come out for the full Bow Wow Wow set to lend moral support to their drummer who was drumming for Bow Wow Wow. General Public surprisingly sang mostly English Beat songs which I wsn't expecting them to do but was happy they did. A great way to start the day IMO dancing along to all those old ska-ish pop songs.

Just came back from the Strokes sold out gig @ the Hollywood Palladium. I got to meet the singers from Queens of the Stone Age and The Distillers (who were there together), i saw Drew Barrymore dancing her ass of on the balcony and I saw that Sugar Ray singer as I was getting a drink. The Strokes kicked major ass and the Palladium felt like a sauna.

Just sobered up from the Dr. Chud's X-Ward show. Chud is the former drummer for The Misfits and Graves. The band played a surprising number of Misfits songs from American Psycho and Famous Monsters. They also played a lot of stuff from Chud's old band Sacred Trash and some new stuff on their soon to be released album.

Also suprisingly, I really dug all the opening bands. They were all local, so I was hesitant. Most bands here in the Dayton area are high school kids that love grindcore metal. But these were just good straight-up post-punk rock bands. The Stoics were first up and not bad. Followed by Legbone (originally Liquid Legbone), who are almost minor legends in the area. I saw them once before years ago, and they were good, but this time they were 200% tighter, better and full of energy. The last band before Chud was The Story Changes, a very tight emo band.

Unfortunately, most of the crowd was there to see Legbone, and afterward the audience dwindled. By the time Chud played, there were only 8 people in the audience. But they still played like there were 800, and kicked ass and had fun.

After the show, Chud and the band hung out with the crowd and talked to the fans. I got him to sign my Sacred Trash CD and the entire band to sign a poster for my girlfriend.

I ran into a friend of mine whom I hadn't seen in 7 years or so, we were in a band together. That's when I started drinking, and stopped by the time another friend of mine from work showed up to see Chud, and I ran out of cash.

Luckily I live only about a block away from the venue and didn't have to drive too far. If it hadn't been so cold, I would have walked.

I love beer.

Echo & The Bunnymen tonight at the House of Blues: Sunset Strip.

Boston (Third Stage era)
Def Leppard
Robert Plant
Jimmy Page
Heart
Van Halen (Sammy - a couple of times - one with the Monsters of Rock, who were Kingdom Come, Metallica, Dokken and the Scorpians; one with what's his name that came after)
David Lee Roth (soon after leaving Van Halen...)
Eric Clapton
Meat Loaf
Pink Floyd
Beach Boys
Chicago
Bad Company
Jethro Tull
Bad English
Aerosmith
Weird Al Yankovic
Yes (the COMPLETE Yes, no less!)
Don Henley
the Who (two different fairwell tours...)
Scorpians (I've seen them a few times...)
Joan Jett (never as a headliner...opened for Robert Plant once, Aerosmith the other time...)
Whitesnake
Pat Benetar
Steve Miller Band
Alice Cooper (with Judas Priest, Motorhead and a couple of others, which screwed up the Cooper performance thanks to a "quit early" clause...)
Damn Yankees
Ted Nugent


...and Spinal Tap! (Yes, they had toured once...and they pull some of the funny stuff on stage you see in the movies...as well as actually performing their songs! One of THE best times I had ever had at a concert....)

But, haven't been in over a decade (the folks I want to see just cost to blasted much!)


Folks I regret not seeing...

...Kiss.

Folks I wasn't really able to see:
Creedence Clearwater Revival. The Doors. Van Halen (with DLR). Jimi Hendrix. Deep Purple.

I went to The Sounds/Rooney at the Henry Fonda Theatre on Hollywood Blvd. on Tuesday.

On Wednesday I saw Placebo at the Wiltern Theatre in L.A.

Placebo's show was incindeary by he way. The best one yet. Brian molko was genuienly surprised by the enthusiasm and responded accordingly with more energy than I've seen from them in a long long time.

Good times.

I've only seen Live & The Cure. The Cure rawks!

Well, this year alone I attended the local stop for Summer Santiarium (Ohio State University) and a little shindig a local radio station puts on called X-Fest, where I caught Cold, Powerman 5000, Seether, Sloth, Shinedown, Three Days Grace, Mudvayne, Smile Empty Soul, and a few others....

Weezer and Tenacious D....good show.

Static X at Bogart's a few weeks ago..

I'll be offline this weekend as i'm going to my yearly 2 day attednace of the Coachella Festival. I actually start my weekend tommorow when I drive over to Palm Springs and get myself situated in my hotel.

http://www.coachella.com

Bands playing this year:

Saturday May 1.

Radiohead

Pixies

Kraftwerk

The (International) Noise Conspiracy

Sparta

Desert Sessions
Laurent Garnier

Hieroglyphics

The Rapture

Stereolab

...And You will Know Us by the Trail of Dead

Peretz

Death Cab for Cutie

Kinky

LCD Soundsystem

Living Legends

Seb Fontaine

Sander Kleinenberg

The Black Keys

The Sounds

Howie Day

Junior Senior

The Evens

Danny Howells

Mark Farina

Moving Units

Sahara Hotnights

Electric Six

The Stills

Boozoo Bajou

Da Lata

Juana Molina

Phantom Planet

Mindless Self Indulgence

Dios

Q and not U

stellastarr*

Savath & Savalas

Eyedea & Abilities
Erase Errata

The Section Quartet

DJ Icon

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Sunday May 2:

The Cure

The Flaming Lips

Air

Belle & Sebastian

Basement Jaxx

Paul Van Dyk

Bright Eyes

Atmosphere

Thursday

BRMC (Black Rebel Motorcycle Club)

Cursive

Le Tigre

The Crystal Method

Dizzee Rascal
Ferry Corsten

Adam Freeland

Mogwai

Ash

2manydjs

Muse

Sidestepper

Danger Mouse

Donald Glaude

Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra

The Thrills

Elefant

Broken Social Scene

Thelonious Monster

The Sleepy Jackson

Prefuse 73

!!!

Pretty Girls Make Graves

The Cooper Temple Clause

Sage Francis

Supernatural

T. Raumschmiere

The Killers

Whitestarr
Home Town Hero

The Section Quartet

Highlighted bands are ones that i'll definately be seeing. It's gonna be fun as usual!!

Well done, whomod.

My gigs:

Duran Duran
Metallica
The Ramones
Ben Folds Five
Stabbing Westward
God Lives Underwater
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Tool
UberZone
Blue Man Group
Lords of Acid
BT
Paul Van Dyk
KMFDM
The Crystal Method

Here, one time only

UK and Indie Music comes to Rob's Damn Boards

Here's the entire sets by both bands in mp3 format. Just right click and "save target as" in whatever folder you want to keep them in.

Pixies Live @ Coachella 5/01/04

Radiohead @ Coachella 05/01/04

Great sets by the way. Although the Flaming Lips were the most meemorable simply going on presentation and visual style. Entering in a giant ball rolling over the audience is kinda hard to top!

my sisters just flew cross country for the weekend to see that coachella pixies stuff.

...

freaks!

Pixies own it.

The pixies are playing a couple dates here in Eugene. I would love to go but I'm poor.