I just saw Viagra Boys last night. Sebastian Murphy, the lead singer totally has a dad bod, which gives me hope that I could also front a Swedish post punk electronica band.
Finally! After years of trying to see the Russian Surf band Messer Chups live, I finally caught them at Alex’s Bar in Long Beach last night. It was a great show , but now I have the earworm from Hell burrowed deep into my brain.
Cheap Trick rescheduled! Will see them in a few weeks.
Trivia: I was at every show The Dead did at Sam Boyd’s Silver Bowl. The only other place they ever played in Vegas was the Aladin, years earlier.
Saw Gogol Bordello two weeks ago, had great fun absolutely exhausting myself in the mosh pit. Nearly lost a shoe and my glasses, somehow managed to recover both unharmed. Resolved to take my old glasses to future concerts.
Then Parkway Drive last Saturday, supported by The Amity Affliction (whom I didn’t know) and Thy Art Is Murder (whom I don’t particularly care for). Did bring the old glasses; managed to forget them in the car. The band said it was their largest headliner concert outside of Australia, and boy did they deliver a show, fire and rain and a bridge lowered and raised from the ceiling several times, enabling various musicians to play the crowd from above. Got to briefly support Winston McCall when he crowdsurfed over us, desperately trying to direct the crowd to return him to the stage.
Also, I got tickets to see System of a Down next year in July—an apparently sold-out show with 80,000 fans! Not sure how I feel about that, tbh. We’ll see, but young HMHW wouldn’t have been pleased if I hadn’t grasped the opportunity…
Also, learned that my memory isn’t what it used to be.