RE: My Gig Year (well... the latter half)
December 9, 2014 at 5:24 am
(This post was last modified: December 9, 2014 at 5:31 am by ManMachine.)
(December 8, 2014 at 4:34 pm)Parkers Tan Wrote: I've only seen local artists this year, none y'all would recognize -- Jon Napier, Tessy Lou, Gary P. Nunn, Mike Beck, and so on. Little roadhouses, fifty people in a crowd, good music, good times.
When I was at Uni I spent most of my free evenings (and a few that weren't free... anyhoo...) in my local pub which had bands most nights, like your roadhouses 40-50 punters, beer and good music.
It's just the best way to spend and evening.
MM
(December 8, 2014 at 1:20 pm)rexbeccarox Wrote: Ben Folds with the LA Philharmonic at the Hollywood Bowl
Billy Joel at the Hollywood Bowl
Weezer at Del Mar
Cake at Del Mar
The Cult at Del Mar
Young the Giant at the Cosmopolitan Boulevard Pool
Phoenix at the Cosmopolitan Boulevard Pool (I think that was this year)
Lucinda Williams at the Belly Up
ZZ Top in Laughlin NV
Arctic Monkeys at SDSU Open Air Theater
... Plus lots of local gigs. I had a pretty light year, too.
That's a good year. Your post made me think what my best year was and I traced it back to the 12 months from the summer of 1984 - 1985. In those 12 months I saw...
Depeche Mode
Joe Cocker
Lloyd Cole and the Commotions
Paul young
REM
Ramones
The Style Council
U2
Elton John
Kool and the Gang
big Country
Nick Kershaw
Tears for Fears
Howard Jones
Wang Chung
Twisted Sister
Tank
Iron Maiden
and
The Police
... late addition, I also saw Ian Dury and Madness at Wembley arena in London.
MM
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"I think I use the term “radical” rather loosely, just for emphasis. If you describe yourself as “atheist,” some people will say, “Don’t you mean ‘agnostic’?” I have to reply that I really do mean atheist, I really do not believe that there is a god; in fact, I am convinced that there is not a god (a subtle difference). I see not a shred of evidence to suggest that there is one ... etc., etc. It’s easier to say that I am a radical atheist, just to signal that I really mean it, have thought about it a great deal, and that it’s an opinion I hold seriously." - Douglas Adams (and I echo the sentiment)
