Jim "Dr. Dim" Fitzsimons

concert memoirs pt. 17 – guadalcanal diary, naked raygun & rem

Guadalcanal Diary w/Timbuk 3 9/17/86 First Avenue w/John Ticket Price: Unknown The opening act is, mainly, remembered for their one hit, ‘The Future So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades’. However, they were still an interesting band to watch play live. Just a guy and a gal and a boombox. Their hit song might not haveContinue reading “concert memoirs pt. 17 – guadalcanal diary, naked raygun & rem”

concert memoirs pt. 16 – ramones & pete shelley

Ramones w/Funseekers7/27/86 First Avenue w/John Ticket Price: $8.00 This is one of my feather-in-my-cap shows. True, it wasn’t very early on, it wasn’t at CBGB’s, but it was before Dee Dee left the band. And well before they all died, most of them anyway. I hope that doesn’t seem to mean, because I do feelContinue reading “concert memoirs pt. 16 – ramones & pete shelley”

concert memoirs pt. 15 – souxsie & the banshees, let’s active, the church, the cramps & the screaming blue messiahs

Souxsie & the Banshees 5/25/86 Orpheum Theatre w/John Ticket Price: $13.75 Here was one of the rare shows not taken in at First Avenue. John and I had come to prefer shows at First Avenue or, to a lesser extent, the Cabooze. It was easier to get a good view of the act and notContinue reading “concert memoirs pt. 15 – souxsie & the banshees, let’s active, the church, the cramps & the screaming blue messiahs”

concert memoirs pt. 14 – husker du & red lorry yellow lorry

Husker Du w/Man-sized Action 3/31/86 First Avenue w/John Ticket Price: $6.00 Here is the fourth time that John and I had seen Husker Du. With the exception of the first time and the last time seeing the band, the shows are all a blur of sonic assault, slam dancing & sweat. I’ve already talked aboutContinue reading “concert memoirs pt. 14 – husker du & red lorry yellow lorry”

concert memoirs pt. 13 – benefit for todd & robyn hitchcock & the egyptians

Benefit For Todd featuring Giants Of Science, The Tusslers, Good Joe, Heathen, The Magnolias & Soul Asylum3/24/86 First Avenue w/John Ticket Price: $5.00 Todd was a local scenester. He was a rail thin punk rocker who was at just about every show in those days. At least most of the ones I was at, anyway.Continue reading “concert memoirs pt. 13 – benefit for todd & robyn hitchcock & the egyptians”