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Re: 3 Best Non-PJ Concerts
Posted: Tue March 25, 2014 8:59 pm
by Lament
I couldn't go to sleep for like 24 hours after that Primal Scream show. It was everything I could ever want from a concert. It was crazy thinking that they had (well, at the time former) members of MBV, The Stones Roses, and the Jesus & Mary Chain all on stage together.
I have a picture of a wide-eyed, innocent Lament with Kevin Shields from that night floating around somewhere. And another of me with Bobby Gillespie looking like he'd just swallowed Timothy Leary. It's pretty funny.
Re: 3 Best Non-PJ Concerts
Posted: Tue March 25, 2014 9:02 pm
by Birds in Hell
Sweet!
I ran into Kevin and Mani after the show too. Mani held me in a sweaty hug and ranted in my ear for an uncomfortably long time.
Re: 3 Best Non-PJ Concerts
Posted: Tue March 25, 2014 9:05 pm
by Lament
Hahaha, that's awesome!
Kevin was one of the sweetest musicians I've ever met. I remember everyone being kinda nervous around him at first cause he hadn't been out of "hiding" for very long, but he was so nice and willing to sit around and talk about anything. Which of course amounted to everyone talking to him about MBV for like a half hour...
Re: 3 Best Non-PJ Concerts
Posted: Tue March 25, 2014 9:07 pm
by epilogue
Wendy Carlos's Twin wrote:Radiohead (8-8-01 Cuyahoga Falls)
I was at that show. Absolutely on my list also.

Re: 3 Best Non-PJ Concerts
Posted: Tue March 25, 2014 9:15 pm
by Iholdthepain
I saw Radiohead once during the Kid A/Amnesiac era... I remember a lot of lights, great music, and Thom dedicating the last song to 'those who are currently in an alternate reality.' I promptly thanked him for my dedication, and lost the way back to my car... all thanks to the Lone Star Donuts I had eaten earlier in the day...
Re: 3 Best Non-PJ Concerts
Posted: Tue March 25, 2014 9:19 pm
by Jorge
Mingus Big Band- Jazz Standard, NYC, 2013
Brad Mehldau Trio- Teatro Gran Rex, Buenos Aires, 2013
Elvis Costello & The Roots- Brooklyn Bowl, Las Vegas, 2014
Re: 3 Best Non-PJ Concerts
Posted: Tue March 25, 2014 9:22 pm
by Birds in Hell
Oh, I'll add Sonic Youth playing Daydream Nation in 2008.
That was incredible.
Re: 3 Best Non-PJ Concerts
Posted: Tue March 25, 2014 9:25 pm
by Lament
I saw Radiohead on the OK Computer tour with Spiritualized (who were touring for Ladies & Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space). That was pretty amazing. Though Spiritualized might have been the better act that night (and that's not a knock against Radiohead at all).
Re: 3 Best Non-PJ Concerts
Posted: Tue March 25, 2014 9:27 pm
by Jorge
Oh yeah, Spiritualized put on a really great show.
Re: 3 Best Non-PJ Concerts
Posted: Tue March 25, 2014 9:31 pm
by Jorge
This won't mean anything to anyone here, but one of the most amazing shows I've ever been to was this little-known Argentine band named Ofuia playing at this tiny art gallery named Camalote here in Buenos Aires, maybe 5 years ago. There was a power outage in the middle of the show, but they kept on playing with no amplification-- two violins, a cello, a double bass, trumpet, acoustic guitar, an accordion, a glockenspiel and drums. It was awesome.
Re: 3 Best Non-PJ Concerts
Posted: Tue March 25, 2014 9:44 pm
by malice
theplatypus wrote:This won't mean anything to anyone here, but one of the most amazing shows I've ever been to was this little-known Argentine band named Ofuia playing at this tiny art gallery named Camalote here in Buenos Aires, maybe 5 years ago. There was a power outage in the middle of the show, but they kept on playing with no amplification-- two violins, a cello, a double bass, trumpet, acoustic guitar, an accordion, a glockenspiel and drums. It was awesome.
it means
everything to me, jorge
Re: 3 Best Non-PJ Concerts
Posted: Tue March 25, 2014 9:51 pm
by Wendy Carlos's Twin
Has anyone here ever tried to get bootlegs of all the shows they attended? I'm missing quite a few, most notably the Brian Wilson show I mentioned. Brian Wilson is on the "no trade" list or whatever it's called.
Re: 3 Best Non-PJ Concerts
Posted: Tue March 25, 2014 10:26 pm
by Malloy
super jealous of those Primal Scream stories
Re: 3 Best Non-PJ Concerts
Posted: Tue March 25, 2014 10:46 pm
by matt reeder
Wendy Carlos's Twin wrote:Has anyone here ever tried to get bootlegs of all the shows they attended? I'm missing quite a few, most notably the Brian Wilson show I mentioned. Brian Wilson is on the "no trade" list or whatever it's called.
Yes. I have like 1/3 of all the shows I attended, but some of the ones I want the most I don't have. I'd pay a substantial sum for a recording of the Radiohead set I saw in 1997.
Re: 3 Best Non-PJ Concerts
Posted: Tue March 25, 2014 10:54 pm
by dimejinky99
U2 on the zoo tv tour was awesome
Arcade fire have been awesome every time I've seen them
Scissor sisters were incredibly good live. Yes you read that right.
Rage against the machine in 94 was awesome
Beastie boys in 95 also awesome
The frames. Anywhere.
Neil young. Anytime I've seen him.
Richie havens Dublin 2003. Incredible
Bruce. Anywhere and everywhere.
Re: 3 Best Non-PJ Concerts
Posted: Tue March 25, 2014 11:30 pm
by nyquillyn
1. Fugazi - PHX - 1991 ($5 show at a warehouse in an industrial complex near downtown. Police helicopter shows up at one point and Guy and Ian both scream at them to "Fuck off!" Later, Ian falls through the stage, but keeps playing.)
2. The Cure - Dallas - 2000 (In a bar with about 500 people. I was like 30 feet from Robert the whole night. Part of a small "warm-up" club tour during the release of Bloodflowers.)
3. Mogwai - PHX - 2001 (Talked to Stuart at the bar before the show.)
Re: 3 Best Non-PJ Concerts
Posted: Tue March 25, 2014 11:31 pm
by zeb
matt reeder wrote:Wendy Carlos's Twin wrote:Has anyone here ever tried to get bootlegs of all the shows they attended? I'm missing quite a few, most notably the Brian Wilson show I mentioned. Brian Wilson is on the "no trade" list or whatever it's called.
Yes. I have like 1/3 of all the shows I attended, but some of the ones I want the most I don't have. I'd pay a substantial sum for a recording of the Radiohead set I saw in 1997.
Hell yeah. I'd love a copy of the 1998 RH show I saw (same tour, I guess?). I'd also love a copy of the Soundgarden show I saw in 1997.
I feel very fortunate to have found boots of Them Crooked Vultures and Queens of the Stone Age shows I've attended, but apparently there aren't many tapers in Brisbane.
Re: 3 Best Non-PJ Concerts
Posted: Tue March 25, 2014 11:36 pm
by Iholdthepain
turned2black wrote:1. Fugazi - PHX - 1991 ($5 show at a warehouse in an industrial complex near downtown. Police helicopter shows up at one point and Guy and Ian both scream at them to "Fuck off!" Later, Ian falls through the stage, but keeps playing.)
2. The Cure - Dallas - 2000 (In a bar with about 500 people. I was like 30 feet from Robert the whole night. Part of a small "warm-up" club tour during the release of Bloodflowers.)
3. Mogwai - PHX - 2001 (Talked to Stuart at the bar before the show.)
Do you remember which bar in Dallas? I saw them in Dallas on the Bloodflowers tour, but in a big amphitheater... I don't remember a warm up gig, and it sure wasn't announced. Bob Smith was always a bit partial to Deep Ellum... was it Trees? Trees is the first place PJ played in Dallas... maybe 50 people were there, but it could hold around 500.
Re: 3 Best Non-PJ Concerts
Posted: Tue March 25, 2014 11:53 pm
by swan
Radiohead - The Gorge - 6.23.2001 - First time seeing them. Hands down the best
Sleater-Kinney - Crystal Ballroom - 8.11&12.2006 - Last shows ever, also met Ed on the final night
Tool - Long Beach Arena - 11.24.2002 - First time seeing them. Final show of Lateralus tour. Just insane
I have recordings of every Radiohead & Tool show I've seen, but only 1 shitty recording of a S-K show out of the 8 times I saw them.
Re: 3 Best Non-PJ Concerts
Posted: Tue March 25, 2014 11:55 pm
by Strat
Tom Waits 08 Phoenix
Neil Young Crazy Horse Red Rocks (cant help it, was so giddy)
And a BRMC show keeps popping into my head from 2004 or so at the Varsity Theater in Minneapolis.
The Frames at the 400 bar in early 200's
A number of Black Crowes Shows
Sigur Ros
Eh, ill just stop.