This Week in Concert History - Celebrating Your Golden Years

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grr, your comment is making me more bitter....

in case it's any consolation: i saw EitS a few years after this, and while they were great they didn't hit a peak like the 2007 show.  it was a case of an otherwise excellent show not meeting my (probably unrealistic) expectations.  i haven't seen them since, and i'm kinda OK with that... no use chasing a past moment.

i think peak for me was the 02-04 shows.. went to a dozen of those.  everything was a lot smaller.  working through material and such.  attendance for those was anywhere from about 25 (in venues with no PA system) to 3k, but mostly probably sub-500.
haven't seen them since 2016 mostly because i just haven't felt the urge to go to shows like i used to and the farther i get from it, the harder it is to go back.  maybe another aphex twin 1130pm doors show could do it.

[rich_WDC]

MARCH 10-16:
Mar 10: [So so so curious to me: It's not deep winter and shows are around but there's some weird multi-decade coincidence: 10th of March is the only non-XMas-week calendar day I've never seen a concert.   Not even a remote clue why.]
Mar 11:  PRIESTS - Black Cat - 2017
Mar 12:  The Ramones - Bayou - 1990
Mar 12: James Brown - Const Hall - 1993
Mar 13:  Lou Reed - The Warner - 1989
Mar 13: Grateful Dead - Nassau Col - 1992
Mar 13:  Primus - Const Hall - 2004
Mar 13: Green Day (opener: Against Me!) - Verizon (DC) - 2017
Mar 14: Grateful Dead - Cap Centre - 1990
Mar 14: Rush - New Haven Col - 1992
Mar 15: U2 (opener: The Pixies) - Providence CC - 1992
Mar 15: Prince - Patr Ctr - 1993
Mar 15: Jet - 930 - 2004
Mar 16: Thievery Corp - 930 - 2024
Mar 16: Rev HH & Nashville Pussy - 930 - 2002
Mar 16: Widespread Panic - MGM - 2018

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2003/03/24 - queens of the stone age / turbonegro - the norva, norfolk va
2003/03/27 - godspeed you! black emperor / black dice / polmo polpo - palais royale, toronto on
2003/03/29 - godspeed you! black emperor / black dice / polmo polpo - tivoli theatre, hamilton on
2005/03/20 - queens of the stone age / throw rag - the norva, norfolk va
2005/03/22 - slint / (2 others) - 9:30 club, washington dc
2005/03/24 - interpol / blonde redhead - sonar lounge, baltimore md
2005/03/26 - interpol / blonde redhead - 9:30 club, washington dc
2005/03/27 - queens of the stone age / throw rag - 9:30 club, washington dc

[grateful]

It’s like qotsa week

[grateful]

Darkside 3/23/2025 9:30
LaMP 3/21/2025 Atlantis
Van Halen 3/28/2012 Verizon
Mountain Goats 3/25/2011 9:30
Gomez 3/29/2009 9:30
Mountain Goats 3/22/2008 October
Grateful Dead 3/21/1991 Capital Centre
Kansas 3/25/87 Constitution Hall

[sweetcell]

Darkside 3/23/2025 9:30
LaMP 3/21/2025 Atlantis
Van Halen 3/28/2012 Verizon
Mountain Goats 3/25/2011 9:30
Gomez 3/29/2009 9:30
Mountain Goats 3/22/2008 October
Grateful Dead 3/21/1991 Capital Centre
Kansas 3/25/87 Constitution Hall

no QOTSA = get the fuck outta here

[grateful]

Darkside 3/23/2025 9:30
LaMP 3/21/2025 Atlantis
Van Halen 3/28/2012 Verizon
Mountain Goats 3/25/2011 9:30
Gomez 3/29/2009 9:30
Mountain Goats 3/22/2008 October
Grateful Dead 3/21/1991 Capital Centre
Kansas 3/25/87 Constitution Hall

Won tickets to that Kansas show from DC↯101. Seats were on the stage, behind the band. We were each given a branded flashlight (from their "Power" tour) and a lighting cue. Cheesey, but fun times for the moment. Then the moment's gone...

[hutch]

Kansas hold the distinction of having not one but two songs that make me want to grab my (apocryphal ) shotgun and blow my brains out.

Some college friends used to play them…

I of course am referring to Carry on my wayward son and Dust in the wind

[sweetcell]

I of course am referring to Carry on my wayward son and Dust in the wind

you do realize that hating america so blatantly will get you deported nowadays, right?

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2008/04/10 - explosions in the sky / lichens - trocadero, philadelphia pa
2005/04/11 - mono / eluvium / - nanci raygun, richmond va
2008/04/11 - explosions in the sky / lichens - the norva, norfolk va
1998/04/12 - radiohead / spiritualized - maple leaf gardens, toronto on
2008/04/12 - explosions in the sky / lichens - music farm, charleston sc
2008/04/13 - explosions in the sky / lichens - variety playhouse, atlanta ga (early show)
2008/04/13 - explosions in the sky / lichens - variety playhouse, atlanta ga (late show)
2001/04/16 - billy idol - 9:30 club, washington dc
1998/04/17 - radiohead / spiritualized - radio city music hall, new york ny
2001/04/18 - the orb - 9:30 club, washington dc

missed last week:
2006/04/01 - the flaming lips / pink mountaintops - webster hall, new york ny
2002/04/02 - explosions in the sky / coheed & cambria - hole in the wall, richmond va
2003/04/03 - henry rollins - 9:30 club, washington dc
2002/04/04 - the mercury program / explosions in the sky / gregor samsa - go! room 4, carrboro nc
2011/04/04 - explosions in the sky / the octopus project - the national, richmond va

[hutch]

Ooooh the Orb!