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concert memoirs pt. 29 – cheap trick, cheap trick & cheap trick

Cheap Trick 11/5/98 First Avenue w/Dave Ticket Price: Unknown This was the first night of three night concert event. Cheap Trick had rereleased their first three albums: “Cheap Trick”, “In Color” & “Heaven Tonight”. To promote the rereleases the band did this three night concert event with each night focusing on each album. They wouldContinue reading “concert memoirs pt. 29 – cheap trick, cheap trick & cheap trick”

concert memoirs pt. 28 – semisonic, bauhaus & the church

Semisonic 6/6/98 First Avenue Alone Ticket Price: Unknown I must admit feeling strangely smitten by this band. At least, at the time. It must have been the catchy tunes that were reminding me of Trip Shakespeare, the previous band of Dan Wilson and John Munson. When I bought Great Divide I wasn’t aware of theContinue reading “concert memoirs pt. 28 – semisonic, bauhaus & the church”

concert memoirs pt. 26 – the jayhawks, frank black & cheap trick

The Jayhawks 7/9/95 First Avenue w/Paytee Ticket Price: Comp. Tickets It should be well noted here that this was not a date. Paytee and I were just friends. Paytee was a woman I had worked with in 1993-94. We were both laid off from that job and went our separate ways. It would have stayedContinue reading “concert memoirs pt. 26 – the jayhawks, frank black & cheap trick”

concert memoirs pt. 25 – burning spear, the fall & elastica

Burning Spear 8/29/94 First Avenue w/Mike Ticket Price: Comp. Tickets Well, well. The second comp. ticket concert in a row. And it’s also a show attended without John. John wasn’t interested or was otherwise busy. You will notice that from here on there won’t be many shows that I saw with John. I would beContinue reading “concert memoirs pt. 25 – burning spear, the fall & elastica”

concert memoirs pt. 24 – buzzcocks & paul weller

The Buzzcocks 11/20/93 First Avenue w/John Ticket Price: Unknown Geez! Of the last five shows I attended at First Avenue (or anywhere else, I’m sure) three were is see The Buzzcocks. I guess I really liked these guys. You will also notice that the numbers of shows I went to per year had greatly reduced.Continue reading “concert memoirs pt. 24 – buzzcocks & paul weller”