Concerts list
I am going to attempt to list/ figure out every concert I’ve been to ever:
1988?
- Czech Radio Symphony, public square, Philadelphia, PA
1989-1999
- 50-60 classical concerts, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Pittsburgh PA
1996
- 8/2 “Weird” Al Yankovic @ IC Light Amphitheater, Pittsburgh, PA
1997
- 6/24 Squirrel Nut Zippers w/ Bio Ritmo @ the Metropol, Pittsburgh, PA
- 7/29 “Weird” Al Yankovic @ IC Light Amphitheater, Pittsburgh, PA
1998
- 5/7 Ween @ Graffiti, Pittsburgh, PA
- 6/8 Moxy Fruvous @ Borders, Bethel Park, PA
- 7/15 Lynard Skynard @ Starlake Amphitheater, Burgettstown, PA
1999
- 2/4 Moxy Fruvous @ Graffiti, Pittsburgh, PA
- 6/4 Peter Noone (Herman’s Hermits) @ South Park, Bethel Park, PA
- 8/23? Superchunk w/ Warren Commission @ the Middle East (downstairs), Cambridge, MA
- 9/17 The Rachel’s @ the Brattle Theatre, Cambridge, MA
- 10/10 Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra @ Sanders Theatre, Cambridge, MA
- 10/29 Olivia Tremor Control w/ the Minders, Bablicon @ the Middle East (downstairs), Cambridge, MA
2000
- 1/7 Voodoo Party w/ Children in Heat, Jim’s Big Ego @ La Sala de Puerto Rico, MIT, Cambridge, MA
- 4/30 Apples in Stereo @ Middle East (downstairs), Cambridge, MA
- 6/24 Moxy Fruvous @ Warhol Museum (outside), Pittsburgh, PA
- 8/25 Weezer @ Axis, Boston, MA
- 9/16 Jump, Little Children @ Bill’s Bar, Boston, MA
- 11/18 Elf Power w/ the Gland @ Middle East (upstairs), Cambridge, MA
- 11/18 Man…Or Astroman @ Middle East (downstairs), Cambridge, MA
2001
- 1/22 A Silver Mt. Zion w/ Frank Sparo @ Union Chapel, London, England
- 2/3 Lunasa @ Somerville Theatre, Somerville, MA
- 2/14 Low w/ Pedro the Lion @ Somerville Theatre, Somerville, MA
- 3/4 Ladysmith Black Mambazo @ Sanders Theater, Cambridge, MA
- 4/5 Elf Power (opening for J Mascis, Mike Watt) @ Middle East (downstairs), Cambridge, MA
- 4/27 the Roots and Blues Traveler (archive) @ Johnson Athletic Center, MIT, Cambridge, MA
- 5/5 Neptunes w/ Minibosses, School of the Americas @ Senior House, MIT, Cambridge, MA
- 6/25 Bonnie “Prince” Billy @ Club Laga, Pittsburgh, PA
- 7/14 the Monkees @ Hatch Shell, Esplanade, Boston, MA
- 8/18 Pinback @ Middle East (Upstairs), Boston, MA
- 9/3 Galway Bay Oyster Festival w/ Ashley MacIsaac, Mary Black @ Fish Pier, Boston, MA
- 9/16 Pedro the Lion w/ Seldom, TW Walsh @ Middle East (downstairs), Cambridge, MA
- 10/7 Mates of State and Beulah @ Middle East (upstairs), Cambridge, MA
- 10/28 Thalia Zedek w/ Elf Power & Masters of the Hemisphere @ TT the Bear’s, Cambridge, MA [12 people]
- 11/1 Jump, Little Children @ Paradise, Boston, MA
- 11/7 Paddy Keenan @ Burren, Somerville, MA
- 11/10 Circulatory System @ Middle East (upstairs), Cambridge, MA
- 11/10 Tony Cuffe Benefit Concert w/ Seamus Connolly, Brian Conway, Jimmy Noonan, Paddy Keenan @ Gasson Hall, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA
2002
- 2/2 Down from the Mountain Tour w/ with Emmylou Harris, Alison Krauss, Chris Thomas King, Norman Blake, Ralph Stanley, and the Peasall Sisters @ Wang Theater, Boston, MA
- 2/10 Ladysmith Black Mambazo @ Sanders Theater, Cambridge, MA
- 2/23 Mates of State @ MassArt, Boston, MA
- 3/2 Wayne Shorter @ Berklee Performance Center, Boston, MA
- 3/3 Celtic Fiddle Festival w/ Kevin Burke, Johnny Cunningham & Christian LeMaitre @ Sanders Theatre, Cambridge, MA
- 3/8 Pinback @ Middle East (downstairs), Cambridge, MA
- 3/9 Great Big Sea w/ Carbon Leaf @ Avalon, Boston, MA
- 3/18 Seldom (opening for Sharah Shannon) @ Middle East (upstairs), Cambridge, MA
- 4/2 Jerry Holland @ Johnny D’s, Somerville, MA
- 4/4 Cat Power w/ M Ward @ Middle East (downstairs), Boston, MA [walked out after 20 minutes]
- ?4/17 Beulah @ Middle East (downstairs), Boston, MA
- 4/20 The Slip @ Paradise, Boston, MA
- 5/3 Jump, Little Children @ Paradise, Boston, MA (archive)
- 5/4 Pedro the Lion @ Middle East (downstairs), Cambridge, MA
- 5/4 Belle & Sebastian @ Orpheum Theater, Cambridge, MA
- 7/5 Jazz a Vienne w/ Roy Haynes, Kenny Garret, Christian McBride, Nicholas Payton; John Scofield, Dave Holland @ Theatre Antique, Vienne, France
- 7/6 Jazz a Vienne w/ Bugge Wesseltoft, DJ Logic, Vernon Reid, Nils Petter Molvaer, Eric Truffaz @ Theatre Antique, Vienne, France
- 8/16 Bugge Wesseltoft w/ Sidsel Endresen @ Christuskirche, Cologne, Germany
- 9/4 Paddy Keenan & Tommy O’Sullivan @ the Burren, Somerville, MA
- 10/3 Lunasa @ the Burren, Somerville, MA
- 10/5 Mates of State @ TT the Bear’s, Cambridge, MA
- 10/8 Low w/ Mark Eitzel @ Coolidge Corner, Brookline, MA
- 10/17 Apples in Stereo & Clinic @ the Roxy, Boston, MA
- 10/22 Damien Jurado w/ Songs: Ohia (Jason Molina solo), TW Walsh @ Middle East (upstairs), Cambridge, MA
- 11/3 Pedro the Lion w/ Seldom @ TT the Bear’s, Cambridge, MA
- 11/5 Mountain Goats @ TT the Bear’s, Cambridge, MA
- 11/7 Jump Little Children @ Paradise, Boston, MA (archive)
- 11/8 Lali Puna w/ Styrofoam @ Middle East (dowbstairs)
2003
- 1/31 Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy @ Middle East (downstairs), Cambridge, MA
- 2/1 Mates of State and Rainer Maria @ Middle East (downstairs), Cambridge, MA
- 2/28 the One AM Radio w/ the Wind Up Bird @ Boston University, Boston, MA
- 3/5 Patrick Street @ the Burren, Somerville, MA
- 3/19 Matt Pond PA @ Middle East (upstairs), Cambridge, MA
- 3/20 Matt Pond PA @ WMBR, Cambridge, MA
- 3/21 Night Rally w/ Badman & The Nitlings @ Warehouse 23, Boston, MA
- 3/26 Pinback @ Middle East (downstairs), Cambridge, MA
- 4/13 Damien Jurado w/ Adam Voith @ TT the Bear’s, Cambridge, MA
- 4/20 Postal Service w/ Cex, Certainly Sir @ Middle East, Cambridge, MA
- 4/24 Mendoza Line @ TT the Bear’s, Cambridge, MA
- 4/29 the Slip and Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey @ Harper’s Ferry, Allston, MA
- 5/5 Pedro the Lion w/ Stratford 4, Alan Sparhawk @ Middle East (downstairs), Cambridge MA
- 6/3 Godspeed! You Black Emperor @ Gararin 205, Athens, Greece
- 6/18 Robert Randolph @ Copley Square, Boston, MA
- 6/21 American Fleadh w/ Black 47, Flogging Molly, Eileen Ivers @ FleetBoston Pavillion, Boston, MA
- 6/24 Guster @ City Hall Plaza, Boston, MA (archive)
- 6/24 American Analog Set @ TT the Bears, Cambridge, MA
- 8/7 Matt Pond PA @ Middle East (upstairs), Cambridge, MA
- 8/13 Polyphoic Spree @ Paradise, Boston, MA
- 8/19 Jealous Sound @ Middle East (upstairs)
- 10/4 Hardly Strictly Bluegrass w/ Ricky Skaggs and Gillian Welch in Golden Gate Park, SF, CA
- 10/9 Mates of State w/ Rogue Wave @ Bottom of the Hill, SF, CA
- 10/22 Four Tet and Prefuse 73 @ Bimbo’s 365, SF, CA
- 11/15 The Anniversary w/ Velvet Teen, Apollo Sunshine @ the Edge, Palo Alto, CA
- 11/19 the Polyphonic Spree @ Slim’s, SF, CA
- 11/30 ms john soda w/ B Fleischmann @ Cafe du Nord, SF, CA
2004
- 2/6 Mates of State w/ Rogue Wave @ Los Gatos Outhouse, Los Gatos, CA
- 2/27 Pedro the Lion w/ John Vanderslice, The Advantage @ Great American, SF, CA
- 4/10 Nickel Creek @ Warfield, SF, CA
- 5/6 Leo Kottke @ Rio Theater, Santa Cruz, CA
- 6/2 Pedro the Lion w/ John Vanderslice @ Bottom of the Hill, SF, CA
- 7/18 Polyphonic Spree @ Slim’s, SF, CA
- 7/31 Sufjan Stevens w/ Joanna Newsome @ Great American, SF, CA
- 11/9 Damien Jurado @ Great American, SF, CA
- 11/13 Wilco @ Center for the Performing Arts, San Jose, CA
- 11/20 Zakir Hussain @ San Jose Civic Auditorium, San Joes, CA
- 12/7 Pedro the Lion w/ Half-Life Souvenir and Viva Voce @ Slim’s, SF, CA
- 12/8 Iron & Wine @ Great American, SF, CA
- 12/10 Not So Silent Night w/ Modest Mouse, Franz Ferdinand, Interpol @ Bill Graham Civic, SF, CA
2005
- 1/28 Tsunami Benefit w/ Ben Gibbard, Mark Kozelek, Jonathan Richman, Eric Bachmann @ Great American, SF, CA
- 2/15 the Evens @ Terman Middle School, Palo Alto, CA
- 2/23 Mates of State w/ Aqueduct, Smoosh @ Slim’s, SF, CA
- 2/24 Polyphonic Spree w/ Bubblegum to Sky @ Bimbo’s 365, SF, CA
- 2/26 Jens Lekman (opening for Kelley Stolz) @ Cafe du Nord, SF, CA
- 3/18 Paddy Keenan @ Plough and Stars, SF, CA
- 3/29 Low and Pedro the Lion @ Great American, SF, CA
- 4/16 Crooked Fingers @ Great American, SF, CA
- 4/19 Album Leaf @ the Independent, SF, CA
- 4/23 American Music Club, live accompaniment for Street Angel, Palace of Fine Art, SF, CA
- 5/30 Headphones @ Cafe du Nord, SF, CA
- 7/17 Sufjan Stevens w/ Liz Janes @ Great American, SF, CA
- 7/18 Sufjan Stevens @ Great American, SF, CA
- 8/20 Johnny Clegg @ Slim’s SF, CA
- 8/25 John Vanderslice @ KZSU, Stanford, CA
- 10/1 Hardly Strictly Bluegrass w/ Earl Scruggs, Gillian Welch in Golden Gate Park, SF, CA
- 10/8 Download Festival w/ Arcade Fire, Modest Mouse @ Shoreline Amphitheater, Mountain View, CA
- 10/19 Calexico and Iron & Wine, Warfield, SF, CA
- 10/29 Jens Lekman w/ Nedelle @ Rickshaw Stop, SF, CA
- 10/30 American Analog Set @ the Bottom of the Hill, SF, CA
- 11/5 John Vanderslice @ the Independent, SF, CA (mp3s)
- 12/4 David Bazan w/ Rosie Thomas @ Bottom of the Hill, SF, CA
- 12/18 Rogue Wave @ Great American, SF, CA
2006
- 1/18: Mark Kozelek @ Great American, SF, CA
- 1/21: Rogue Wave @ Amoeba, SF, CA (archive)
- 3/4 Low (archive) and Damien Jurado @ the Independent, SF, CA
- 3/18 Jose Gonzalez @ Swedish American Hall, SF, CA
- 3/21 Belle & Sebastian @ Concourse at the SF Design Center, SF, CA
- 4/2 Neal Halstead @ Great American, SF, CA
- 5/10 Nedelle @ KZSU, Stanford, CA
- 5/12 John Vanderslice w/ Laura Veirs @ the Independent, SF, CA
- 5/27 Mogwai @ Fillmore, SF, CA (archive)
- 6/2 Danielson @ Bottom of the Hill, SF, CA
- 6/9 the One AM Radio @ Fort Oregon, Berkeley, CA
- 6/12 Mountain Goats @ Bottom of the Hill, SF, CA
- 7/22 Zach Rogue @ Rickshaw Stop, SF, CA
- 8/2 Jens Lekman @ Soundfix, Brooklyn, NY, NY
- 8/13 Black Heart Procession @ Great American, SF, CA
- 8/22 Mountain Goats @ Amoeba, SF, CA (archive)
- 8/28: 826Valencia Benefit w/ Aimee Mann, Jonathan Richman, Mark Kozelek, Zach Rogue @ the Palace of Fine Arts, SF, CA
- 9/2 Bumbershoot (Kanye West, Great Big Sea, Jose Gonzalez, Mates of State,
Jeremy Enigk, Spoon) @ Seattle Center - 9/5 Eric Bachmann @ Swedish American Hall, SF, CA
- 9/13 Laura Veirs w/ Karl Blau @ Cafe du Nord, SF, CA
- 9/30: Rogue Wave Pat Sturgeon Benefit (w/ Ben Gibbard, John Vanderslice, Ryan Miller, Nada Surf) @ the Independent, SF, CA
- 10/6 Jose Gonzalez @ Enchanted Broccoli Forest, Stanford, CA
- 10/7 Hardly Strictly Bluegrass @ Golden Gate Park, SF, CA
- 10/11 Sufjan Stevens @ Zellerbach Hall, Berkeley, CA
- 10/12 John Vanderslice @ the 750 Pub, Stanford, CA
- 10/13 Long Winters w/ What Made Milwaukee Famous @ Cafe du Nord, SF, CA
- 10/17 the Hold Steady @ the Great American, SF, CA
- 10/20 Damien Jurado @ the Swedish American Hall, SF, CA
- 10/20 Beirut @ the Great American, SF, CA (archive)
- 10/27 David Bazan @ Swedish American Hall, SF, CA
- 10/ 31 Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy @ the Great American, SF, CA
- 11/9 Bishop Allen @ the Bar of Contemporary Arts, SF, CA
- 12/13: Light Footwork @ KZSU, Stanford, CA
- 12/31: Light Footwork @ Hotel Utah, SF, CA
2007
- 2/24 Ralph Stanley w/ Laurie Lewis, St. John’s Presbyterian, Berkeley, CA
- 2/28 Sebadoh @ Great American, SF, CA
- 3/1 Hella @ 750 Pub, Stanford, CA
- 3/2 Ted Leo and the Pharmacists @ Great American, SF, CA
- 3/4 Ted Leo and the Pharmacists @ Kresge Auditorium, Stanford, CA
- 3/8 Mountain Goats w/ Pony Up @ the Independend, SF, CA (archive)
- 3/9 Mountain Goats w/ Pony Up @ the Bottom of the Hill, SF, CA
- 3/10 Long Winters w/ Morning Benders @ the Independent, SF, CA
- 3/16 The One AM Radio w/ Golden Birds @ Fort Oregon, Berkeley, CA
- 3/22 The Light Footwork @ the Make Out Room, SF, CA
- 3/23 Badly Drawn Boy w/ Adem @ Great American, SF, CA
- 3/25 Elvis Perkins @ Cafe du Nord, SF, CA
- 3/29 Adem w/ the Dodos @ Cafe du Nord, SF, CA
- 4/5 Wovenhand w/ the Dodos @ 750 Pub, Stanford, CA
- 4/8 Mt. Eerie @ ATA (Artist’s Television Access), SF, CA
- 4/14 Beatbeat Whisper @ White Plaza, Stanford, CA
- 4/27 Jonathan Richman (live accompaniment to Phantom Carriage) @ Castro Theatre, SF, CA
- 4/27 Lifesavas @ Havana Room, GCC, Stanford, CA
- 4/28 the Finches w/ French Quarter @ the Hemlock, SF, CA
- 5/2 Andrew Bird @ the Fillmore, SF, CA
- 5/10 Michael Zapruder & the Harbours @ the Rickshaw Stop, SF, CA
- 5/11 the Light Footwork @ 750 Pub, Stanford, CA
- 5/13 Kelley Stoltz @ the Make Out Room, SF, CA
- 5/16 Blammos @ KZSU, Stanford, CA
- 5/18 Ben Gibbard & David Bazan @ the Fillmore, SF, CA
- 5/19 Girl Talk @ Chi Theta Chi, Stanford, CA
- 5/24 John Vanderslice @ Tiny Telephone, SF, CA
- 5/30 Hold Steady w/ Illinois @ Slim’s, SF, CA
- 6/2 the Arcade Fire @ Greek Theatre, Berkeley, CA
- 6/5 Laura Veirs @ Cafe du Nord, SF, CA
- 6/6 The Morning Benders @ KZSU, Stanford, CA
- 6/6 Beatbeat Whisper @ KZSU, Stanford, CA
- 6/7 Beatbeat Whisper @ Cantor Arts Center, Stanford, CA
- 6/11 Brian Wilson @ Mountain Winery, Saratoga, CA
- 6/12 The Morning Benders @ Great American, SF, CA
- 6/21 the New Year, David Bazan @ Bottom of the Hill, SF, CA
- 7/6 Benni Hemm Hemm, Casiotone for the Painfully Alone @ the Middle East (upstairs), Cambridge, MA
- 7/10 Ian Bjornstad @ Hotel Utah, SF, CA
- 7/11 the Dodos @ KZSU, Stanford, CA
- 7/15 Dr. Dog @ Amoeba, SF, CA
- 7/17 Polyphonic Spree @ Great American, SF, CA
- 7/25 John Vanderslice @ KZSU, Stanford, CA
- 8/1 Bishop Allen @ the Independent, SF, CA
- 8/2 the Botticellis @ the Bottom of the Hill, SF, CA
- 8/3 St. Vincent w/ Death Vessel, Ferraby Lionheart @ Cafe du Nord, SF, CA
- 8/11 John Vanderslice @ Amoeba, SF, CA
- 8/11 The New Trust, Twain Harte @ Jungle Digital, Palo Alto, CA
- 8/24 Oh No! Oh My!, the Morning Benders @ Bottom of the Hill, SF, CA
- 8/25 Or, the Whale; Birds and Batteries @ Great American, SF, CA
- 9/9 Gamelan Sekaa Gong Jaya Swara Ubud @ Ubud Palace, Ubud, Bali, Indonesia (I believe that’s the group’s name, accompaniment to Legong dance)
- 10/18 Twice a Week, Emily the Band @ Underworld, Taipei, Taiwan
- 10/30 Apples in Stereo @ the Wall, Taipei, Taiwan
- 11/30 Sugar Plum Ferry @ the Wall, Taipei, Taiwan
2008
- 1/27 the Special Goodbye @ the Makeout Room, SF, CA
- 2/7 Maus Haus, Battlehooch @ the Hemlock, SF, CA
- 2/9 Beatbeat Whisper; Or, the Whale; Emily Jane White @ the Starry Plough, Berkeley, CA
- 2/21 the Ian Fays, Rooftop Vigil (aka Geographer) @ Great American, SF, CA
- 2/22 Love is Chemicals, HIJK @ Bottom of the Hill, SF, CA
- 2/27 Or, the Whale @ KZSU, Stanford, CA
- 2/28 Dodos; Or, the Whale; Bodies of Water @ Cafe du Nord, SF, CA
- 2/29 Magnetic Fields @ Herbst Theatre, SF, CA
- 3/1 the Morning Benders @ Diesel Store, SF, CA
- 3/2 Mountain Goats, So Many Dynamos, Caves @ Bottom of the Hill. SF, CA (archive)
- 3/2 She & Him, Whispertown2000, Adam Stephens @ Great American, SF, CA
- 3/7 Liam Finn @ Bottom of the Hill, SF, CA
- 3/8 Mount Eerie @ Enola Maxwell High School Auditorium, SF, CA
- 3/12 Centro-matic @ Friends, Austin, TX
- 3/12 Kaki King, Jeffrey Lewis & the Jitters, Austin, TX
- 3/13 Two Sheds @ Cedar St. Courtyard, Austin, TX
- 3/13 Red Rocket @ the Beast Bar, Austin, TX
- 3/13 David Bazan @ Jovita’s, Austin, TX
- 3/13 Two Gallants, Film School, Von Iva, the Blacks, 60 Watt Kid @ Beauty Bar, Austin, TX
- 3/13 Jens Lekman, Bon Iver @ Mohawk (Patio), Austin, TX
- 3/13 J Tillman @ Habana Calle 6 (Patio), Austin, TX
- 3/14 Fanfarlo @ Emo’s Annex, Austin, TX
- 3/14 Deer Tick @ Cream Vintage, Austin, TX
- 3/14 the Morning Benders, Johnny Flynn & the Sussex Wit, Peggy Sue & the Pirates, the Trainwreck Riders, Jeremy Yocum & the Last Rounders @ Hank Sinatra’s house, Austin, TX
- 3/15 Throw Me the Statue @ the Palm Door, Austin TX
- 3/15 Noah & the Whale @ French Legation, Austin, TX
- 3/15 DeVotchKa, Grand Archives, Sea Wolf @ Cedar St. Courtyard, Austin, TX
- 3/15 Boubacar Diebate @ Copa, Austin, TX
- 3/15 Oh No! Oh My! @ Buffalo Billiards, Austin, TX
- 3/15 Dr. Dog, Spinto Band @ Emo’s Annex, Austin, TX
- 3/20 the Speakers, Ash Reiter @ Hemlock Tavern, SF, CA
- 3/21 Explosions in the Sky @ Great American, SF, CA (archive)
- 3/22 Nada Surf, Sea Wolf @ the Fillmore, SF, CA
- 3/23 Jens Lekman @ Bottom of the Hill, SF, CA
- 3/27 Here Here, Musee Mecanique, and Winterbirds @ the Rickshaw Stop, SF, CA
- 4/9 Love is Chemicals, Geographer @ 12 Galaxies, SF, CA
- 4/17 the Ian Fays, Catholic Comb @ Bottom of the Hill, SF, CA
- 4/18 Elf Power, Two Sheds @ Bottom of the Hill, SF, CA
- 4/24 Her Space Holiday, Lymbyc Systym @ Bottom of the Hill, SF, CA
- 4/26 Mark Kozelek, David Bazan @ Palace of Fine Arts, SF, CA
- 4/28 I’m from Barcelona @ the Independent, SF, CA
- 4/30 Geographer @ KZSU, Stanford, CA
- 5/2 The Atoms, The Vision of a Dying World, @ the Whistle Stop, San Diego, CA
- 5/3 Two Sheds, Ryan Ferguson @ Bar Pink Elephant, San Diego, CA
- 5/4 the Brombies @ the Adams Ave. Roots and Folk Festival, San Diego, CA
- 5/5 Laura Veirs, Liam Finn @ the Bottom of the Hill, SF, CA
- 5/6 the Morning Benders @ Virgin Megastore, SF, CA
- 5/14 the Botticellis @ KZSU, Stanford, CA
- 5/18 the Botticellis, Low Red Land @ undisclosed private function, SF, CA
- 5/18 El Perro del Mar, Lykke Li, Anna Ternheim @ Bimbo’s 365 Club, SF, CA
- 5/21 Two Sheds @ KZSU, Stanford, CA
- 5/28 the Ian Fays @ KZSU, Stanford, CA
- 5/30 Darondo, Nino Moschella @ the Independent, SF, CA
- 6/5 Or, the Whale; Pete & J @ the Independent, SF, CA
- 6/11 Geographer, Two Sheds, Friday Mile, Marabelle Phoenix @ Annie’s Social Club, SF, CA
- 6/16 Jonathan Richman @ the Makeout Room, SF, CA
- 6/17 Styrofoam @ Cafe du Nord, SF, CA
- 6/19 the Dodos, Thee Oh See @ the Independent, SF, CA
- 6/25 Rademacher, Tigers Can Bite You, Light FM @ the Knockout, SF, CA
- 6/27 the morning benders @ Puma store SF, CA
- 6/27 the Botticellis, Pickwick @ the Bottom of the Hill, SF, CA
Unknown dates
I know I saw these bands, but the dates are undetermined
1996-1997: Wynton Marsalis and the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra at Byham Theater, Pittsburgh, PA
Apples in stereo (2001 sept.)
Hot Water Music @ MassArt
Maynard Ferguson @ Manchester’s Craftsman Guild (1998, 1999?)
Flobots
for reasons unseen (theta chi, baker, tt the bear’s)
Lou Christie @ AJ Palumbo (1998, 99 or 2000)
March 4th, 2007 at 2:46 am
[…] So my ridiculous pursuit of the moment is my concert list […]
March 4th, 2007 at 6:26 am
This is a huge undertaking. I haven’t been to nearly as many shows as you and I would even find it difficult to recall every show I went to. I guess our lists would overlap some…
FYI: Somerville, MA is spelled with one “m”, not two.
March 6th, 2007 at 4:14 pm
How did you even start to do this? Do you save ticket stubs? Do you have a journal? I’ve seen a certain “jam-band” that shall go unnamed 30+ times and Dylan probably at least that many times — I wouldn’t know where to start just with those 2. Is there some internet concert database — like IMDB for tour dates?
March 7th, 2007 at 11:02 am
I started with 2006 a few weeks ago and made a complete (I believe) list based on the blog and my memory. When I decided to do it for all the concerts, it became a lot harder.
My blog was pretty useful for 2004-2007. Before that I just would remember seeing bands at certain venues and I could usually find an approximate time by figuring out what else was happening in my life at the time. I had the hardest time remember with bands I’d seen multiple times. To find the exact dates, in general I looked, in order, at 1) the band’s website. Some list past concert dates. 2) google “band name” and “venue name” and see what comes up. tape traders sites would often have this info. 3) the wayback machine first at the band’s site, then the venue’s, then the label, then the booking agent. 4) out-of-date fan sites were also quite often helpful. and lastly 5) message boards and guestbooks on band’s websites would sometime be useful.
There are some concert databases, but not one good one. The Bay Area has the List with a searchable archive. That catches a rediculous number of concerts in the area, but historically misses concerts at certain venues (like the Cafe du Nord).
I’m still remembering bands and concerts and trying to fit them in the the chronology. I expect there’ll be a dozen or two that I’ll never place because there just isn’t enough information about some bands so long ago.
March 8th, 2007 at 9:53 am
I shuold start doing this, too.
March 12th, 2007 at 8:00 pm
Awesome… concert lists are quite fun to read…
e-mail me at gopearljam@yahoo.com if anyone wants…
here is my list… crazy!!
http://www.freewebs.com/ryanpulliam/concerts.html
March 31st, 2007 at 11:51 pm
[…] I’ve added links on the right to my upcoming concerts list and my concerts [I’ve been to] list. […]
April 25th, 2007 at 12:53 pm
[…] Things have been a bit slow on the concert front in April, just the Dodos/ Wovenhand, Mt. Eerie and Beatbeat Whisper so far. I don’t know what it is, because I went to 11 concerts in March. Maybe it’s cyclical. […]
May 6th, 2007 at 9:26 pm
[…] I also updated my concerts-I’ve-seen list. I hit a breakthrough today when I found ticket stubs to a number of my hardest-to-pin down shows, like the Rachel’s show at the Brattle on Sept 17, 1999. I’d looked extensively through old webpages trying to find the date of that and, it turns out, the only way I could is the ticket stub. Now I only have a handful that I haven’t (and probably won’t ever) be able to place to a specific date and location. […]
May 15th, 2007 at 8:50 pm
[…] They’ll be stopping in SF on July 17 at the Great American. The Great American reports that it’ll be an 8pm show, $22 and tickets go on sale this Sunday. That’s a little steep but the PS probably have multiple spots in my top 5 best shows ever list, so I’ll probably go to this one as well. 06-23 Dallas, TX - Granada Theatre 06-24 Austin, TX - Stubbs BBQ 06-25 Houston, TX - Warehouse Live 06-26 New Orleans, LA - House of Blues 06-27 Atlanta, GA - Roxy Theatre 06-29 Philadelphia, PA - Theatre of Living Arts 06-30 Washington, DC - 9:30 Club 07-01 Brooklyn, NY - Warsaw 07-02 Boston, MA - Avalon 07-03 Montreal, Quebec - Metropolis 07-05 Toronto Ontario - Phoenix Concert Theatre 07-06 Detroit, MI - The Majestic 07-07 Cleveland, OH - House Of Blues 07-08 Indianapolis, IN - The Vogue 07-09 Milwaukee, WI - The Rave II 07-10 Minneapolis, MN - Fine Line Music Cafe 07-13 Vancouver, British Columbia - Commodore Ballroom 07-14 Portland, OR - Aladdin Theatre 07-15 Seattle, WA - The Showbox 07-17 San Francisco CA - Great American Music Hall 07-18 Los Angeles CA - El Rey Theatre 07-20 San Diego CA - Canes Bar & Grill 07-22 Denver CO - Gothic Theatre 07-23 Aspen CO - The Belly Up 08-04 Chicago, IL - Grant Park (Lollapalooza) […]
May 19th, 2007 at 11:34 am
[…] I arrived just before David Bazan (myspace), who just signed to Barsuk went on. Now I’ve seen DB a few times in Pedro the Lion, the Headphones, and solo—embarrassingly, I think it now numbers thirteen. That’s unlucky. I’d better see him June 21 at the Bottom of the Hill. […]
May 22nd, 2007 at 11:50 am
[…] The results so far: I’ve seen […]
May 31st, 2007 at 9:09 pm
[…] Given JV’s recent recommendation, I was a bit sad when I showed up and realized I’d missed all of Blitzentrapper; I came in opener-2nd band change over lull. I realized I hadn’t been to Slim’s in a long time. (According to my records it’s been almost two years.) It’s an odd venue: a big box with poles in odd places, including right at the stage (part of the band is to the right of the pole, part is to the left). […]
June 20th, 2007 at 11:06 am
[…] [1] As I mentioned in my festival summary earlier, festivals tend to be expensive and far away, they involve camping with a bunch of people I don’t know and seeing acts in spaces with way too many people. I could fly across the country and go to Bonnaroo, sure. I could see the Flaming Lips and maybe eight more bands I want to see with 60,000 people and camp out. On the other hand, I went to 11 concerts this March for the grand sum of $98. None of the venues had more than about 600 people (and in fact, some had as few as 50) and fully seven of them were in the great-to-amazing range. […]
July 19th, 2007 at 10:52 pm
[…] There was a surge forward after her set and people seemed to know, at least by reputation, that this was something you wanted to be in the front for. Having seen the Spree, oh, a few times (the first being almost four years ago—it’s hard to believe), I knew I wanted to be up front. […]
August 6th, 2007 at 11:19 am
[…] concerts I've been to […]
October 30th, 2007 at 4:00 pm
[…] night I saw Apples in Stereo (myspace) at the Wall in Taipei. I hadn’t seen them in a little over 5 years a fact that I was much more embarrassed to admit after the show than before (more on that […]
December 3rd, 2007 at 4:22 am
[…] personal. This is not universal; I don’t think that if someone else attended the same fifty-four concerts I went to this year they wouldn’t have the same list whatsoever. Sometimes a concert is great because it […]
February 10th, 2008 at 12:37 pm
[…] to get over missing my chance to see the band, but I’ve gotten past that. I have, however, seen all the “members” of Neutral Milk Hotel in other Elephant 6 bands. Jeff Mangum played […]
February 22nd, 2008 at 10:13 am
[…] less money and with fewer other people in clubs, simple as that. (Case in point: last March I saw 11 bands for a total of $98. Three incredible shows, four great shows and four good shows. I don’t see […]
April 14th, 2008 at 5:37 pm
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April 22nd, 2008 at 6:30 am
[…] Friday was my second night in a row at the Bottom of the Hill. This time I was there to see Two Sheds (myspace) and I stayed to see Elf Power (myspace), an E6 band that I used to be a big fan of but hadn’t seen in 6.5 years. […]
April 28th, 2008 at 7:59 am
[…] that may be me. I may have a problem. But at least I don’t go to 187 shows a […]
May 20th, 2008 at 10:33 pm
[…] had been quite a while since I had been to a show at Bimbo’s. I remember the attendant in the bathroom and the mass […]
May 23rd, 2008 at 10:41 pm
Have you seen any Saddle Creek bands besides Two Gallants? Neva Dinova? M. Ward? Neko Case? Coconut Records?
May 26th, 2008 at 6:44 pm
You can my concerts list. You can see who I’ve seen. I have seen M. Ward but he’s not Saddle Creek (he’s on Merge). Coconut Records isn’t on Saddle Creek. Eric Bachmann is on Saddle Creek and I’ve seen him a few times.
June 16th, 2008 at 10:54 am
[…] Sheds played next. I don’t know what to say about a band that I’ve seen five times in six months (did I mention there’s a problem with liking local bands). They […]