This Week in Concert History - Celebrating Your Golden Years

Yada wrote:
So these old farts kept notes back in the 70's and 80's and transferred this data over to Excel in the golden age of technology? Impressive.

I can't speak for everyone…

Yada wrote:
Can one tell me how they remember what they did in February over a decade ago?

I was just hanging out getting high with my friend Jay.

Yada wrote:
Can one tell me how they remember what they did in February over a decade ago?

On this day 10 years ago I hosted a Super Bowl Party.  Super Bowl XXXIX (Pats v Eagles) was the last Super Bowl I ever watched in 480p on a CRT.

vansmack wrote:

Yada wrote:
Can one tell me how they remember what they did in February over a decade ago?

On this day 10 years ago I hosted a Super Bowl Party.  Super Bowl XXXIX (Pats v Eagles) was the last Super Bowl I ever watched in 480p on a CRT.

I actually remember now what I did that day as well, thanks smackie.

vansmack wrote:
On this day 10 years ago I hosted a Super Bowl Party.  Super Bowl XXXIX (Pats v Eagles) was the last Super Bowl I ever watched in 480p on a CRT.

Whoa, I adopted HD a year before Smackie did. This is a massive source of, unexpected, pride for me.

Julian, wrote:

Yada wrote:
Can one tell me how they remember what they did in February over a decade ago?

Some of us have spreadsheets.

And curse ourselves for not having made it a database when we started it years ago.

With the appropriate ODBC hooks one can easily import Excel into most DBs with a few simple clicks.

some people have spreadsheets going back to the  80s….like rich_wdc

This week in History:

1989 Feb 8 Tesla, Captal Centre
1989 Feb 8 Poison, Poison, Captal Centre
1993 Feb 8 Every Mothers Nightmare, The Bayou
1993 Feb 8 Tora Tora, The Bayou
1975 Feb 8 Hall & Oates, Civic Center, Happening 75
1975 Feb 10 Led Zeppelin, Captal Centre
1991 Feb 10 Tommy Conwell & The Young Rumblers, The Bayou
2002 Feb 10 Judas Priest, Nation
1990 Feb 10 The Cult, Patriot Center
1990 Feb 10 Bonham, Patriot Center
1990 Feb 10 Dangerous Toys, Patriot Center
1986 Feb 12 Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes, The Bayou
2011 Feb 12 HELLYEAH, Ram's Head Live!
2011 Feb 12 Others May Fall, Ram's Head Live!
2011 Feb 12 Buckcherry, Ram's Head Live!
2011 Feb 12 All That Remains, Ram's Head Live!
2011 Feb 12 The Damned Things, Ram's Head Live!
1974 Feb 13 Yes, Civic Center
1996 Feb 14 Red Hot Chili Peppers, Captal Centre

Also, ShowlistDC links:

<a href="http://www.showlistdc.com/archive_2014.php#20140208">2014</a>;
<a href="http://www.showlistdc.com/archive_2013.php#20130208">2013</a>;
<a href="http://www.showlistdc.com/archive_2012.php#20120208">2012</a>;
<a href="http://www.showlistdc.com/archive_2011.php#20110208">2011</a>;

Some of what I saw:

1995 Feb 11  Spectrum w/Air Miami and the Ropers @ the Black Cat
1996 Feb 12  Blur w/ Emmet Swimming @ the Capitol Ballroom
1997 Feb 8    The Cardigans w/ Papas Fritas @ 9:30 Club
1997 Feb 10  Sneaker Pimps @ Black Cat
1997 Feb 11  Social Distortion w/ Supersuckers and Swingin' Utters @ Capitol Ballroom
2001 Feb 8    Face to Face w/Snapcase, H20 and Dashboard Confessional @ 9:30 Club
2004 Feb 10&11  The Shins w/Cass McCombs and Sam Jayne @ Black Cat
2007 Feb 9  Yo La Tengo w/the Rosebuds @ Sonar

(To be extra crystal clear - I didn't necessarily attend the shows I'm posting)

2004 Feb 11 - Super Furry Animals @ 9:30
2004 Feb 14 - South, Metric @ 9:30
2005 Feb 11 - Wrens @ Black Cat
2006 Feb 9 - Deadboy & The Elephantmen @ iota
2006 Feb 12 - Supergrass @ 9:30

ggw wrote:

Yada wrote:
Can one tell me how they remember what they did in February over a decade ago?

I was just hanging out getting high with my friend Jay.

Jay was not your friend, he was someone with whom you sometimes smoked weed…

Josh Ritter on 2/14/11 @ 9:30 Club

I really hate quora for the inane questions, but here:

http://www.quora.com/What-is-the-best-concert-or-live-musical-performance-that-you-have-attended

This thread just makes me sad. I used to go to shows. Like the Wrens at the Black Cat in 2005. Was that the backstage one? Because that was the best one.

K8teebug wrote:
This thread just makes me sad. I used to go to shows. Like the Wrens at the Black Cat in 2005. Was that the backstage one? Because that was the best one.

I was at a Wrens show in early 05' as well. I saw Bill Frisell earlier in the evening and then went to the Black Cat (this show was on the main stage and not too good). I think actually the last time I ever listened to the Wrens. Do they still exist?

Yada wrote:

K8teebug wrote:
This thread just makes me sad. I used to go to shows. Like the Wrens at the Black Cat in 2005. Was that the backstage one? Because that was the best one.

I was at a Wrens show in early 05&#039; as well. I saw Bill Frisell earlier in the evening and then went to the Black Cat (this show was on the main stage and not too good). I think actually the last time I ever listened to the Wrens. Do they still exist?

what happened Kettebug? as of a year or two ago you were still going to shows…

did you have a kid or something? that's a showstopper! 

BOOM! I'm here all night…

Old 97s         Feb 8 2000 930
Creed (Tatric opening) Feb 8 2002 MCI Center
Dust Galaxy         Feb 8 2007 930
moe                  Feb 8 2007 Warner
The Cult         Feb 8 1990 Baltimore Arena
Widespread Panic Feb 8 1990 8 X 10
Anastasio, Trey Feb 9 2010 930
Tool                 Feb 9 1994 Radio Music Hall
Zebra                 Feb 10 1989 Saratoga Winners (NY)
The Cult         Feb 10 1990 Patriot Center
Keith Richards Feb 10 1993 Constitution Hall
Lenny Kravitz Feb 11 1996 Capitol Ballroom
Kasey Chambers Feb 12 2002 930
Zebra        Feb 12 1989 Briarpatch (NY)
The Toll         Feb 12 1990 Grog/Tankard Balto
Concrete Blonde Feb 12 1994 Lisner Auditorium
Cracker         Feb 12 1999 930
Meat Puppets Feb 14 1990 930
Red Hot Chili Peppers (Silverchair opening) Feb 14 1996 USAir Arena
Sheryl Crow (The Wallflowers opening)         Feb 14 1997 930

The Wrens have a new album that's apparently done and being readied for release.  They got some teasing on Twitter when they announced Harper Lee was putting out her follow-up before them.

hutch wrote:

Yada wrote:

K8teebug wrote:
This thread just makes me sad. I used to go to shows. Like the Wrens at the Black Cat in 2005. Was that the backstage one? Because that was the best one.

I was at a Wrens show in early 05&#039; as well. I saw Bill Frisell earlier in the evening and then went to the Black Cat (this show was on the main stage and not too good). I think actually the last time I ever listened to the Wrens. Do they still exist?

what happened Kettebug? as of a year or two ago you were still going to shows…

did you have a kid or something? that&#039;s a showstopper!&nbsp;

BOOM! I&#039;m here all night…

No kids for me. Yes, I still go to shows, just not all the ones I want to go to!

Yeah, that Wrens show on the mainstage was not as good. It was the backstage one before that one that was the best! They are still around. One of these days their new album will appear. They're almost as bad as George RR Martin!