From: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org (fegmaniax-digest) To: fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Subject: fegmaniax-digest V16 #178 Reply-To: fegmaniax@smoe.org Sender: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk fegmaniax-digest Monday, April 23 2007 Volume 16 : Number 178 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: First concert [JBJ ] Re: First concert [Jeff Dwarf ] Re: First concert [Jeff Dwarf ] Re: First concert [2fs ] RE: First concert ["Bachman, Michael" ] Re: First concert [JBJ ] Re: First concert [2fs ] Re: First concert ["Lauren Elizabeth" ] for stewart ["Lauren Elizabeth" ] Re: First Concert ["Mark P" ] RE: First concert [kevin ] Re: First concerts [kevin ] Reap [Jeff Dwarf ] Reap [Jeff Dwarf ] Re: First concerts (was: Re: ancient RH anecdote) [Tom Clark ] Re: First Concert [Tom Clark ] RE: Reap ["michael wells" ] Re: First concert [2fs ] Re: First concerts [Christopher Gross ] RE: First concerts (was: Re: ancient RH anecdote) ["Michael Sweeney" ] Re: for stewart ["Stewart C. Russell" ] Re: First concerts [2and2makes5@comcast.net] Re: First concerts [2and2makes5@comcast.net] Re: First concert ["Michael Sweeney" ] Re: First concerts [Rex ] Re: First concert ["Michael Sweeney" ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2007 12:11:39 -0700 (PDT) From: JBJ Subject: Re: First concert Really? I thought The Quake morphed into Live 105. But what do I know?? I left the Bay Area in 1985. I do go back a few times a year (mostly for work), but don't really listen to the radio anymore. =jbj= On Mon, 23 Apr 2007, Carrie Galbraith wrote: > -----Original Message----- >> From: JBJ > > "Will The Wolf Survive" hadn't yet taken off on The Quake (the "Rock of >> the 80's" radio station) > > The Quake - now Air America profressive talk radio. > I'm a rabid Thom Hartman listener. > - c ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2007 12:19:39 -0700 (PDT) From: Jeff Dwarf Subject: Re: First concert Carrie Galbraith wrote: > -----Original Message----- > >From: JBJ > > > "Will The Wolf Survive" hadn't yet taken off on The Quake (the > > "Rock of the 80's" radio station) > > The Quake - now Air America profressive talk radio. > I'm a rabid Thom Hartman listener. Completely different Quake. The old music Quake is now KSOL. I would imagine that when ClearChannel turned KABL into the new talk Quake, they were hoping some people would mentally connect them. (Rachel Maddow's about the only Air America show I bother with but Hartmann's okay....) "Children have always enjoyed my movies. They are just not allowed to watch many of them." -- John Waters . Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2007 12:21:41 -0700 (PDT) From: Jeff Dwarf Subject: Re: First concert JBJ wrote: > Really? I thought The Quake morphed into Live 105. A lot of The Quake personnel ended up at Live 105, but that was more a matter of someone else picking up an abandoned format than the Quake being turned into Live. > But what do I know?? I left the Bay Area in 1985. I do go back a > few times a year (mostly for work), but don't really listen to the > radio anymore. "Children have always enjoyed my movies. They are just not allowed to watch many of them." -- John Waters . Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2007 14:42:49 -0500 From: 2fs Subject: Re: First concert On 4/23/07, JBJ wrote: > > Really? I thought The Quake morphed into Live 105. Not that I know much or care particularly about Bay Area radio...but it's interesting to me that people now often use "morph" (as you did above) nearly more often than the old-school "change" - even when there's not really much "morphing" going on. (Or maybe there was: was this a gradual transition, with the stages audible on-air, from one format to the next? Or was it the more typical, one day we're one thing the next day we're another?) Curious... - -- ...Jeff Norman The Architectural Dance Society http://spanghew.blogspot.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2007 15:46:13 -0400 From: "Bachman, Michael" Subject: RE: First concert I used to listen to KSAN and KUOP when I lived in Stockton 7/71-7/73. - -----Original Message----- From: owner-fegmaniax@smoe.org [mailto:owner-fegmaniax@smoe.org] On Behalf Of Jeff Dwarf Sent: Monday, April 23, 2007 3:22 PM To: And Rex Hamilton as Abraham Lincoln Subject: Re: First concert JBJ wrote: > Really? I thought The Quake morphed into Live 105. A lot of The Quake personnel ended up at Live 105, but that was more a matter of someone else picking up an abandoned format than the Quake being turned into Live. > But what do I know?? I left the Bay Area in 1985. I do go back a few > times a year (mostly for work), but don't really listen to the radio > anymore. "Children have always enjoyed my movies. They are just not allowed to watch many of them." -- John Waters . Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2007 13:47:04 -0700 (PDT) From: JBJ Subject: Re: First concert On Mon, 23 Apr 2007, 2fs wrote: > Not that I know much or care particularly about Bay Area radio...but it's > interesting to me that people now often use "morph" (as you did above) > nearly more often than the old-school "change" - even when there's not Well, "change" is probably more apropos if the radio station changed hands and call letters (KQAK --> KITS), but as someone mentioned earlier in this thread, that's not really what happened. KITS appeared at some point to claim the audience left in the vacuum of The Quake's demise (which I think happened in 1985). And this new station coincided with the shift from "New Wave" or "Rock of the 80's" to the term "Alternative". Thus, "morph". =jbj= ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2007 15:58:24 -0500 From: 2fs Subject: Re: First concert On 4/23/07, JBJ wrote: > > On Mon, 23 Apr 2007, 2fs wrote: > > > Not that I know much or care particularly about Bay Area radio...but > it's > > interesting to me that people now often use "morph" (as you did above) > > nearly more often than the old-school "change" - even when there's not > > Well, "change" is probably more apropos if the radio station changed hands > and call letters (KQAK --> KITS), but as someone mentioned earlier in this > thread, that's not really what happened. KITS appeared at some point to > claim the audience left in the vacuum of The Quake's demise (which I think > happened in 1985). And this new station coincided with the shift from > "New Wave" or "Rock of the 80's" to the term "Alternative". > > Thus, "morph". Yep - that makes sense here. But I do see the word pretty often, used unreflectively when "change" would be perfectly fine. Very much a vogue word... Out of no context at all, the Captain & Tennille, by the way. - -- ...Jeff Norman The Architectural Dance Society http://spanghew.blogspot.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2007 17:09:45 -0400 From: "Lauren Elizabeth" Subject: Re: First concert 2fs says: >...but it's > interesting to me that people now often use "morph" (as you did above) > nearly more often than the old-school "change" - even when there's not > really much "morphing" going on. personally i tend to use "morph" as a synonym for "change" whenever i can just because it's geekier. why miss an opportunity to sound like a dork. i also use "delta" as a synonym for "change" but in a different manner. i only use it as a noun and generally to denote a fairly straightforward quantitative change (e.g. "what's the delta for central time SNL?") - kind of as though it's a quantity in an equation (which is where it comes from anyway since in science/math, the greek symbol delta denotes change.) a morph would be for something more complex and can also be used as a verb. i use "morph" more than "delta" probably only because there's a larger audience for it. xo p.s. like jeff is dying to know my thoughts on word usage. - -- - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "People with opinions just go around bothering one another." - The Buddha ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2007 17:33:48 -0400 From: "Lauren Elizabeth" Subject: for stewart stewart posted the otters holding hands i think. well this is what happens when they get past* first base. http://www.reuters.com/news/video?videoId=49189 i'm not sure if i see any "learning" or "swimming" going on, but i'm sure otters have their own ideas on these matters. it's kind of strange how the pup just kind of, whoops, falls in the water. actually, i'm not quite convinced the pup is real. xo * passed? i have trouble with that one - past vs. passed because it seems like the same word with two different spellings. - -- - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "People with opinions just go around bothering one another." - The Buddha ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2007 17:52:11 -0400 From: "Mark P" Subject: Re: First Concert >>From: michael hooker Subject: first concert j geils band, with blue oyster cult opening. it was at the long island arena( or commack arena, it had a lot of names). it was GA, and i remember the line being so packed i was able to lift my feet of the ground and not fall. probably 1975 or 6, i was 15 or 16 i guess. actually was a very good show, they had some real good bands come thru that barn. saw some clunkers there too, like Styx. have fun, mike hooker<< Small world, mebbe not. I was at that show, Mike! It was October of 1976. King Biscuit Flower Hour released BOC's appearance (in part) from that night. If you tell me you were at the BOC/Strawbs/Brian Auger's Oblivian Express show the year before(was still in high school, that was May of 1975 I think, my junior year) ...well ...I won't *shit*, per se ...but anyway. That place in retrospect was pretty cool, wasn't it? Saw great Deep Purple/Bob Welch Fleetwood Mac/Silverhead show there ...that was the beginning of 9th grade for me ...late 72. Everybody played there, even when some of played the Nassau Coliseum too. For a little bit there was the lap-over. Chip Monk used to do the lights at Commack back in early to mid 70s. Early bills were tres Fillmore-ish. Temper of the times, I guess. Early sevnties. Before I did concerts there it was the roller derby, sub-par circuses, L.I. Ducks hockey and custom car shows. Many memories o'the "barn"! It's a bloody supermarket/shopping center now. Did you frequent the Academy on 14th St too? Pre-Palladium days? m ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2007 15:22:53 -0700 (GMT-07:00) From: kevin Subject: RE: First concert >Too bad Gene Clark and Michael Clarke have departed, as I would love to >see the original line-up of The Byrds. Did anyone see them in concert on >this list? Closest I ever came was catching McGuinn Clark & Hillman when they toured behind their first LP back in the late 70s somewhere. Not a bad night. Certainly the audience was very enthusiastic. Other than that, David Crosby sat in at a Manassass event we went to in Long Beach, Ca back in 73 or so. They came out with "So You Wanna Be a Rock'n'Roll Star" and the crowd went nuts. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2007 15:36:05 -0700 (GMT-07:00) From: kevin Subject: Re: First concerts >Subject: Re: First concerts > >Slade, Manchester Hardrock Club, March 1973 (Suzi Quatro was the support >act) > Now there's a show I wish I'd seen. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2007 16:30:14 -0700 (PDT) From: Jeff Dwarf Subject: Reap David Halberstam http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/04/23/BAGGPPE0TL3.DTL I drive through that intersection 2-3 times a week. "Children have always enjoyed my movies. They are just not allowed to watch many of them." -- John Waters . Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2007 16:29:38 -0700 (PDT) From: Jeff Dwarf Subject: Reap David Halberstam http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/04/23/BAGGPPE0TL3.DTL I drive through that intersection 2-3 times a week. "Children have always enjoyed my movies. They are just not allowed to watch many of them." -- John Waters . Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2007 17:09:57 -0700 From: Tom Clark Subject: Re: First concerts (was: Re: ancient RH anecdote) On Apr 22, 2007, at 5:04 PM, kevin wrote: >> What was your first concert? (and, yes, semi-embarassing state/ >> county fair >> appearances CAN count...if ya want them to (for comedic purposes >> or history >> or whatever...)) >> > > Jefferson Airplane, Seattle, Oct 1969. Opening act was the now- > forgotten Ace Of Cups. Paul Kantner opened the show by annoncing > the end of Operation Intercept, which drew a huge round of > applause. I was 15. Loads of fun. KISS, Calderon Concert Hall in Hempstead L.I. New York, August 1975. Opening act was Flock w/ Jerry Goodman. I was 12. Had a fun conversation afterward with the prog hippies lining up to see the late show with Gentle Giant. - -tc "The bass player spits up blood! It's so fuckin' cool!" ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2007 12:17:37 +1200 From: grutness@slingshot.co.nz Subject: Re: First concerts/eagle eye >Michael Sweeney wrote: > > > > What was your first concert? > >Tom Jones, sometime in the very late 1980s. > > Stewart >(I thought you might be surprised ...) I think I can trump your weird: Victor Borge, sometime in the mid '70s. Second was probably Split Enz on their "True Colours" tour in '79-'80. > > Is "eagle eye" also used in English as a frozen metaphor for 20/20 > > eyesight (mostly ironically)? > >Yep, absolutely. That phrase always reminds me of Mike Oldfield's "Five Miles Out" for some reason: "The eagle eye of the hurricane" James - -- James Dignan, Dunedin, New Zealand -.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.- =-.-=-.-=-.- You talk to me as if from a distance .-=-.-=-.-=-. -=-. And I reply with impressions chosen from another time .-=- .-=-.-=-.-=-.-=- (Brian Eno - "By this River") -.-=-.-=-.-=-.-= ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2007 17:46:34 -0700 From: Rex Subject: Re: First concert On 4/23/07, Lauren Elizabeth wrote: > > > i spent a not insignificant part of my teenager years waiting in line > at the local sears (i think it was a ticketmaster agent or something) > for concert tickets. Hey, I did that! Well, it wasn't really local (or even in my home state), and it took me forever to figure out where the hell to go in the store (turned out to be the place where you returned stuff and/or picked up your Craftsman, erm, tractor or whatever) and they didn't understand why I spelling out "Rem" for them, but hey. Just did it the once, though. Arena- or stadium-type shows, I think I've really only ever been to about three. Depending on how you defint the terms. - -Rex ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2007 17:49:08 -0700 From: Tom Clark Subject: Re: First Concert On Apr 23, 2007, at 2:52 PM, Mark P wrote: >>> From: michael hooker >> Subject: first concert >> >> j geils band, with blue oyster cult opening. it was at the long >> island >> arena( or commack arena, it had a lot of names). it was GA, and i >> remember >> the line being so packed i was able to lift my feet of the ground >> and not >> fall. probably 1975 or 6, i was 15 or 16 i guess. actually was a >> very good >> show, they had some real good bands come thru that barn. saw some >> clunkers >> there too, like Styx. > > I was at that show, Mike! It was October of 1976. King Biscuit > Flower Hour released BOC's appearance (in part) from that night. If > you tell me you were at the BOC/Strawbs/Brian Auger's Oblivian Express > show the year before(was still in high school, that was May of 1975 I > think, my junior year) ...well ...I won't *shit*, per se ...but > anyway. > That place in retrospect was pretty cool, wasn't it? Saw great Deep > Purple/Bob Welch Fleetwood Mac/Silverhead show there ...that was the > beginning of 9th grade for me ...late 72. Everybody played there, > even when some of played the Nassau Coliseum too. For a little bit > there was the lap-over. Chip Monk used to do the lights at Commack > back in early to mid 70s. Early bills were tres Fillmore-ish. Temper > of the times, I guess. Early sevnties. Before I did concerts there > it was the roller derby, sub-par circuses, L.I. Ducks hockey and > custom car shows. Many memories o'the "barn"! > Oh yes, me too. Skated there, went to the Clyde Beatty Circus every year, Ducks Games, you name it. Then when I was 13-14 (1976 - 77) I went to a lot of shows: Charlie Daniels w/ Mark Farner opening (the redneck audience chased Farner off the stage with a barrage of beer bottles); Robin Trower w/ Eddie Money; Utopia* w/ Cheap Trick. It was great with the floor being totally open - like a big party. I remember seeing a guy walking around with a four foot bong offering hits to everyone. Ah, the 70's... > It's a bloody supermarket/shopping center now. I thought they put a Home Depot there. - -tc *Utopia keyboardist Roger Powell works here at Apple now. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2007 19:43:59 -0700 From: "michael wells" Subject: RE: Reap Re: reap > David Halberstam Clearly someone needs to write an obit. Not just any obit mind you, but a towering, monumental biography of one the trade's greatest figures who, even at an early age, was recognized as a true visionary, a daring trailblazer who would go on to redefine success in his field. We're talking larger-than-life adjectives, exquisite detail here, easily running to 1000 soul-sucking and gloriously hardbound pages. I'd nominate Halberstam to do it...but he's dead now. Michael "death is no barrier to sarcasm" Wells ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2007 19:55:42 -0500 From: 2fs Subject: Re: First concert On 4/23/07, Rex wrote: > > On 4/23/07, Lauren Elizabeth wrote: > > > > > > i spent a not insignificant part of my teenager years waiting in line > > at the local sears (i think it was a ticketmaster agent or something) > > for concert tickets. > > > Hey, I did that! Well, it wasn't really local (or even in my home state), > and it took me forever to figure out where the hell to go in the store > (turned out to be the place where you returned stuff and/or picked up your > Craftsman, erm, tractor or whatever) and they didn't understand why I > spelling out "Rem" for them, but hey. Just did it the once, though. I think I did that a couple-few times. Mostly, though, I did the repeat-speed-dial thing (with parents' credit card at first--with permission, wow, thanks Mom and Dad! - then with my own) trying to get through. I haven't bothered trying to get tickets to any shows like that for so long I have no idea what the what is anymore: I think the last time I tried to, I was writing for a zine and pulled some strings to get tickets. The number of acts that fit into the intersection of the sets "I want to see them" and "Know how to play large arenas/stadia/etc." is pretty small. Although one such act--not in their prime though--was the Rolling Stones, whom I saw in 1981 or so, and totally lucked into seeing, at the Pontiac Silverdome: I was in school at U of M in Ann Arbor, and someone else in the dorm found out he couldn't go; I happened to be in the right place to buy his ticket (like the night before the show too). Opening acts: Santana and Iggy Pop. Iggy got booed and had things hurled at him (of course, that was probably part of it)--so much for hometown pride... Couldn't really hear his show; it's as if they gave him club-level amplification...because when the Stones came on, suddenly sound was about ten times louder and more clear. Saw Iggy again in the UWM Ballroom in the late '80s: much better, much closer, much sweatier. I think i totally destroyed the shirt I was wearing. - -- ...Jeff Norman The Architectural Dance Society http://spanghew.blogspot.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2007 21:00:10 -0400 (EDT) From: Christopher Gross Subject: Re: First concerts As far as I can remember, I didn't go to any rock/pop shows before I was in college. The closest I came was a slightly weird event where a cover band made up of US Air Force personnel came and performed at my high school, during school hours. I suppose it was partly a PR stunt for the Air Force, partly a "let's do something unusual this afternoon to keep the kids semi-entertained and let the teachers rest" event, like a school-wide version of showing a video in class. Can't remember exactly what they played, but it was all covers of unoffensive hits. (I remember one metal head sitting near me sarcastically yelling "Play 'Snowblind'!") I think the band was called Great Northern Express, or something like that. It was pretty unusual first concert experience, albeit unusual in a totally uninteresting way. This was ca. 1985. My first few real shows were all unknown and unremembered local acts during my first semester of college. In December of that year (1987) I finally saw a couple of bands that were nationally known (at least, among punk and college rock fans): Corrosion of Conformity and Dinosaur Jr. No, it was not at the same show. I think I was intrigued by Dinosaur Jr. (bought _You're Living All Over Me_ not long after), but downplayed it because my punk friends hated them. What a sniveling little conformist I was.... The first really big-name act I saw was Sting, at the New York State Fair, September 1988. Earlier that same day I also saw Don MacLean, playing on a side stage to a small crowd. And believe it or not, I *still* haven't seen Rush! - --Chris np: Black Sabbath, "Snowblind" ______________________________________________________________________ Christopher Gross On the Internet, nobody knows I'm a dog. chrisg@gwu.edu ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2007 01:08:06 +0000 From: "Michael Sweeney" Subject: RE: First concerts (was: Re: ancient RH anecdote) Wells: >Bachman: >>I like his country album Tumbleweed Connection. "Empty Gardens" is a >>very touching tribute to John Lennon. I never bought anything but EJ >>though > >Well, now's your chance: CostCo has a three-pack of ELTON JOHN, >TUMBLEWEED CONNECTION and MADMAN ACROSS THE WATER for $11.99, including >reprints of the liner notes which appear to be from the remasters (c. >1995? I got it on Saturday and haven't gone in-depth yet). I can't >remember the last time I bought physical media, but there's a ton of >good music on those three. "Madman" and "Tumbleweed" are must haves; "EJ" is lesser, but still some good tunes, like "Border Song" ("Holy Moses!"), "Sixty Years On," and "Take Me to the Pilot" (whereas just about everything on the other two is excellent, IMHO; "Come Down in Time" (on "TC") may well be Elton and Bernie's finest moment). (Oh yeah, "EJ"'s also got that little ditty we've all heard about 25,000 times the last 35+ years, "Your Song" -- still not as overplayed as the combined Marilyn / Princess Di songs, though...) Michael Sweeney "Bachman...to Wells...to Sweeney! A 'Michael' Triple Play!" _________________________________________________________________ Get a FREE Web site, company branded e-mail and more from Microsoft Office Live! http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/mcrssaub0050001411mrt/direct/01/ ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2007 18:16:31 -0700 From: Rex Subject: Re: First concerts On 4/23/07, Christopher Gross wrote: > > As far as I can remember, I didn't go to any rock/pop shows before I was > in college. The closest I came was a slightly weird event where a cover > band made up of US Air Force personnel came and performed at my high > school, during school hours. I suppose it was partly a PR stunt for the > Air Force, partly a "let's do something unusual this afternoon to keep the > kids semi-entertained and let the teachers rest" event, like a school-wide > version of showing a video in class. They did something like this once a year at my middle school and high school, only the band they trotted in was... my dad's band. Everyone in the band was either a teacher or principal at one school or the other, so it was an easy booking. A *lot* of "adult" material was removed from the set list. I was kind of embarrassed at the time, but four years later I was their bassist, so I guess I got over it. - -Rex ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2007 21:20:33 -0400 From: "Stewart C. Russell" Subject: Re: for stewart Lauren Elizabeth wrote: > > http://www.reuters.com/news/video?videoId=49189 Thanks, but it doesn't work on this mac, and if you click it you get a blackberry ad ;-( If it's the zoo I'm thinking of, I've been there. I thought the otters were the best thing ever, but then I discovered green tea ice cream. Stewart ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2007 01:17:34 +0000 From: 2and2makes5@comcast.net Subject: Re: First concerts Roger Waters, "Pros and Cons of Hitchiking" in Philly. Probably a third of the audience was there for Clapton. > > The first really big-name act I saw was Sting, at the New York State Fair, > September 1988. Earlier that same day I also saw Don MacLean, playing on > a side stage to a small crowd. > > And believe it or not, I *still* haven't seen Rush! I believe it--neither have I! I dread the day I read that Rush has retired before I see one of their shows. Maybe when they're 65 and playing Atlantic City... Jon ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2007 01:19:43 +0000 From: 2and2makes5@comcast.net Subject: Re: First concerts Roger Waters, "Pros and Cons of Hitchiking" in Philly. Probably a third of the audience was there for Clapton. > > The first really big-name act I saw was Sting, at the New York State Fair, > September 1988. Earlier that same day I also saw Don MacLean, playing on > a side stage to a small crowd. > > And believe it or not, I *still* haven't seen Rush! I believe it--neither have I! I dread the day I read that Rush has retired before I see one of their shows. Maybe when they're 65 and playing Atlantic City... Jon ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2007 01:31:52 +0000 From: "Michael Sweeney" Subject: Re: First concert Lauren said: >i spent a not insignificant part of my teenager years waiting in line >at the local sears (i think it was a ticketmaster agent or something) >for concert tickets. Yep - it was the Ticketron outlet at the Sears in Park Forest Plaza for me (pre-Ticketmaster uber alles; in fact, I think it might have morphed into some other agency between when it was the 'Tron and the 'Master, but can't quite recall). We would camp out in my buddy's mom's station wagon in the parking lot, waiting overnight to buy tix for Fleetwood Mac, Billy Joel, the Police, the living Elvis ("if your Elvis is dead, try ours!"), the Pretenders (back before they started dropping like flies...even though we already knew that Chrissie was the only one that really mattered), Linda Ronstadt (blown away by Joe Ely as her opening act), Lou, etc. ...Ah, back when I had more time than money (not that I'm all that flush with either most days, but...relatively, anyway). Michael Sweeney "Wish I could be / 23 / I could waste time..." _________________________________________________________________ Exercise your brain! Try Flexicon. http://games.msn.com/en/flexicon/default.htm?icid=flexicon_hmemailtaglineapril07 ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2007 18:48:41 -0700 From: Rex Subject: Re: First concerts On 4/23/07, 2and2makes5@comcast.net <2and2makes5@comcast.net> wrote: > > > > And believe it or not, I *still* haven't seen Rush! > > I believe it--neither have I! I dread the day I read that Rush has > retired before I see one of their shows. Maybe when they're 65 and playing > Atlantic City... I've never seen a single Beatle or Velvet in live performance. I'm damned well seeing Cale next time around, though. I missed him last time by getting my Sunset Junction Street Fair days confused, and wound up seeing the NY Dolls instead. And it took me way too long to get around to seeing Dylan, too. - -Rx ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2007 01:49:46 +0000 From: "Michael Sweeney" Subject: Re: First concert JBJ said: >The Clash, San Francisco Civic Auditorium, 1984. I'm so jealous...I never got to see them -- and this from the guy who wanted nothing more than to be Joe Strummer between the ages of about 20 and 23. I missed one (prob. that same tour) cuz it conflicted with an Elvis show back when my group of friends never missed an EC tour. Oh, there'll always be another chance, you always think... But then Joe takes a holiday (remember the "I May Take a Holiday" decorated guitar?), things fall apart...and you end up with the (still impressive) guitar line-up of the Boss, Elvis, Silvio Dante (lol), and Dave Grohl pounding out "London Calling" at the Rn'R HOF while the fact that Joe can't be there still makes me mad. Oh well...Read about a new doc coming out later this year about Joe. Ya takes what ya can gets these days... Michael Sweeney "Kick over the wall / Cause governments to fall / How can you refuse it?" " _________________________________________________________________ Mortgage rates near historic lows. 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