50 concerts

50 best concerts- makes me realize how much i still need to see.......
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1) Porno for Pyros- 93, SF warfield backstage because a friend knew rock med. Flaming Lips opened.
2. elvis costello-04-just him and steve nieve
3)james first american concert ever-sf outside, then later warfield b.stage
4)rancid/ offspring-91 berkeley coop bought 7inch off of tim a.
5)green day-92? the phoenix in nor cal right when they got signed so the punkers were picketing. Nuisance opened up the show.
6) Primal Scream- 92 i think, Warfield backstage, interviewed them for school paper. Not Bobby though- he wanted to stare at the ground instead. Screamadelica tour.
7) Fishbone-92-backstage, met angelo.
8) midnight oil - Sf 93- bill graham civic. earth and sun and moon tour.
9) Bob Dylan- traded my beany +ten bucks for a ticket @ the sonoma county fairgrounds, 92.
10) nirvana, L7, disposable heroes, breeders. 93 cow palace sf, no words.
11) spritualized @ the palace 97
12) Janes addiction 97 univ. amp. w/ flea goldie opened
13) janes addiction 08 w/ e. avery on bass el cid best show eva remember christine? Ben Levine waited with me in line how many hours?
14) janes addiction 08 echoplex
15) grant lee buffalo @ bimbos sf 98
16) u2 zootv tour oakland coliseum 92 w/ public enemy, sugarcubes
17) bb king concord pavilion 92?
18) bluchunks crazy band from sf 92? phoenix theater
20) eric johnson. hey i was like fourteen. santa rosa. luther burbank center
21) patti smith 96 same place as above.
22) beck, pavement 97 univ. amp.
23) rem, wilco @shoreline 03?
24) the pogues three times the wiltern 07 08 oh my lord.
25) david bowie, macy gray 03? san jose
26) rancid afi the greek, 98
27) Grateful dead 92? oakland coliseum
28) bill graham tribute 91 or 2? csny, dead, robin williams, etc. golden gate
26)free tibet @ golden gate beasties, sm pumpkins. cibo matto
27) Pearljam / sonic youth both shows forum 06 summer
28) rhcp/ flaming lips 03 oakland
29) Joshua Path- 92- the roxy come on alonimers, this one was truly exciting.
30) Devendra Banhart-05-bimbos sf
31) grant lee phillips- several solo shows in 99-00 @ largos
32) 7 seconds- trocadero 98
33) charlatans/ dandy warhols @palace 97
34) supechunk/cornershop chapel hill nc 95
35) commodores @ disneyland i was like 4
36) temptations @ sonoma county fairgrounds i was like ten
37) banyan @ the mint 09
38) hellride ac lounge 09
39) Damien rice great american music hall 04
40) jj72 the olympia dublin ireland fantastically underrated band
41) ozomatli house of blues, 08
42)X house of blues, 99
43)pato banton, house of blues, 09
44) beck, mazzy star, failure, cake, republica, etc. 96 cow palace sf
45)sinead o'connor, 02 vicar st. w/ damien dempsey holy moly intensified
46)u2 pop mart 97 missed rage against the machine cuz i went with yuppies that wanted to hang out first.
47)spaceship martini @ kibitz room 09
48) ric veda @ unknown theater 09
49)killing casanova @ obriens
50) mather louth @ taix

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always thought it would be cool to be an actor but didn't like the idea of lugging pictures of myself from audition to audition.

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think the modern music industry is funny. i imagine that many of my favorite artists weren't 'tech savvy.' Can you imagine Tom Waits trying to figure out how to best 'promote' himself? Probably a lot of great artists out there who don't use a computer- my next song i write will be for them. a lot of great music came out of irresponsibility. I think a lot of that great abstractness gets lost with efficiency.

Emerson

It is only as a man puts off from himself all external support, and stands alone, that I see him to be strong and to prevail.
- -- Emerson