This Week in Concert History - Celebrating Your Golden Years

jrpa

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Re: This Week in Concert History - Celebrating Your Golden Years March 11, 2025 at 05:50 PM UTC #

grateful wrote:
March 16-18 1993 - Grateful Dead
March 8-9 1992 - Grateful Dead
March 17-18 1991 - Grateful Dead
March 14-15 1990 - Grateful Dead

Lies – you're right here communicating with us.

skeeter

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Re: This Week in Concert History - Celebrating Your Golden Years March 12, 2025 at 12:50 PM UTC #

grateful wrote:
March 16-18 1993 - Grateful Dead
March 8-9 1992 - Grateful Dead
March 17-18 1991 - Grateful Dead
March 14-15 1990 - Grateful Dead

I was at all of these (and a few more).

distance

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Re: This Week in Concert History - Celebrating Your Golden Years March 12, 2025 at 04:25 PM UTC #

2002/03/11 - dismemberment plan / death cab for cutie / cex - cat's cradle, carrboro nc
2003/03/19 - sigur ros / the album leaf - 9:30 club, washington dc
2004/03/12 - primus - chrysler hall, norfolk va
2004/03/13 - primus - constitution hall, washington dc
2004/03/13 - george clinton - 9:30 club, washington dc
2006/03/11 - mogwai / growing / torche - whirlyball, roswell ga
2006/03/12 - mogwai / torche - whirlyball, roswell ga
2007/03/15 - explosions in the sky / the paper chase / eluvium - cat's cradle, carrboro nc
2007/03/16 - explosions in the sky / the paper chase / eluvium - starr hill, charlottesville va
2007/03/17 - explosions in the sky / the paper chase / eluvium - 9:30 club, washington dc
2011/03/19 - godspeed you! black emperor / ? - 9:30 club, washington dc

some months definitely have had a lot more shows than others.

jrpa

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Re: This Week in Concert History - Celebrating Your Golden Years March 12, 2025 at 04:51 PM UTC #

distance wrote:
2002/03/11 - dismemberment plan / death cab for cutie / cex - cat's cradle, carrboro nc
2004/03/12 - primus - chrysler hall, norfolk va

I was at both of these. I think I saw you taping the Primus show, IIRC.

distance

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Re: This Week in Concert History - Celebrating Your Golden Years March 12, 2025 at 04:59 PM UTC #

Julian, wrote:
distance wrote:
2002/03/11 - dismemberment plan / death cab for cutie / cex - cat's cradle, carrboro nc
2004/03/12 - primus - chrysler hall, norfolk va
I was at both of these. I think I saw you taping the Primus show, IIRC.

it's possible, but i think there were a lot of people set up at that primus show. i honestly don't remember all that much about the show, though. i could be wrong.

Sidehatch

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Re: This Week in Concert History - Celebrating Your Golden Years March 12, 2025 at 05:00 PM UTC #

I'm still bitter about missing that explosions in the sky that happened 2023 at the club
they are still touring…but have been steering clear of the DMV

sweetcell

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Re: This Week in Concert History - Celebrating Your Golden Years March 12, 2025 at 05:09 PM UTC #

distance wrote:
2002/03/11 - dismemberment plan / death cab for cutie / cex - cat's cradle, carrboro nc

the Death & Dismemberment tour!

distance wrote:
2007/03/17 - explosions in the sky / the paper chase / eluvium - 9:30 club, washington dc

i was at this, and it was <insert cliche here: epic, mind-blowing, transcendental, etc>. crowd was insane, when the show ended the punters refused to leave & demanded more for what seemed like forever. Munaf had to come out and confirm that the show was over, and that there was a late show that night so everyone really needed to leave. i recall the late show being one of those Bob Mould DJ thingies, which he encouraged us to come back and check out (after we got the hell out). possibly the most intense we-demand-more vibe i've ever experienced after a show. both openers were solid. one of my all-time top-10 shows.

Sidehatch

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Re: This Week in Concert History - Celebrating Your Golden Years March 12, 2025 at 05:14 PM UTC #

grr, your comment is making me more bitter….

sweetcell

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Re: This Week in Concert History - Celebrating Your Golden Years March 12, 2025 at 05:19 PM UTC #

hAtchsIde wrote:
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.

distance

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Re: This Week in Concert History - Celebrating Your Golden Years March 12, 2025 at 07:07 PM UTC #

sweetcell wrote:
i was at this, and it was <insert cliche here: epic, mind-blowing, transcendental, etc>.  crowd was insane, when the show ended the punters refused to leave & demanded more for what seemed like forever.  Munaf had to come out and confirm that the show was over, and that there was a late show that night so everyone really needed to leave.  i recall the late show being one of those Bob Mould DJ thingies, which he encouraged us to come back and check out (after we got the hell out).  possibly the most intense we-demand-more vibe i've ever experienced after a show.  both openers were solid.  one of my all-time top-10 shows.

i've seen them a few dozen times and there's never been an encore (i'm aware as of my last real awareness, they'd done maybe half a dozen? saw one watching a webcast from the netherlands in 2002, but never seen one in person). at this point i'd never expect one.

distance

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Re: This Week in Concert History - Celebrating Your Golden Years March 12, 2025 at 07:13 PM UTC #

sweetcell wrote:
hAtchsIde wrote:
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

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Re: This Week in Concert History - Celebrating Your Golden Years March 16, 2025 at 05:23 PM UTC #

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

distance

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Re: This Week in Concert History - Celebrating Your Golden Years March 21, 2025 at 05:43 PM UTC #

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

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Re: This Week in Concert History - Celebrating Your Golden Years March 21, 2025 at 05:56 PM UTC #

It’s like qotsa week

grateful

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Re: This Week in Concert History - Celebrating Your Golden Years March 21, 2025 at 06:11 PM UTC #

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

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Re: This Week in Concert History - Celebrating Your Golden Years March 21, 2025 at 07:04 PM UTC #

grateful wrote:
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

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Re: This Week in Concert History - Celebrating Your Golden Years March 21, 2025 at 07:27 PM UTC #

grateful wrote:
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

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Re: This Week in Concert History - Celebrating Your Golden Years March 21, 2025 at 07:55 PM UTC #

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

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Re: This Week in Concert History - Celebrating Your Golden Years March 22, 2025 at 05:14 AM UTC #

hutch wrote:
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?

distance

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Re: This Week in Concert History - Celebrating Your Golden Years April 10, 2025 at 11:42 PM UTC #

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