I GUESS IT IS THAT TIME AGAIN
This is the only entry that I re-publish periodically just so I can keep track of this stuff.
(circa 2004 blog starts here)
A few months ago, my cousin-in-law Evan asked me what the best concert I have ever attended was. I couldn’t really think of which one was the best. However, it started me thinking about all of the concerts that I attended. I’ve managed to fill in a fair percentage of My Show History, right here. Unfortunately, this is definitely not all of it. This is maybe half of it. As I remember shows, I’ll fill in gaps and whatnot.HERE WE GOOct. 12, 1993 - IMU, Iowa City - Primus / The Melvins / The Jesus Lizard
1995(?) - IMU, Iowa City - Ani Difranco
1995(?) - Great Mid, Iowa City - Kelley Clute
Jun. 28, 1996 - Fairgrounds, Des Moines, IA - Lollapalooza (The Ramones, Soundgarden, Metallica, etc.)
Oct. 4, 1996 - Col Ballroom, Davenport, IA - Marilyn Manson
Oct. 26, 1996 - The Mark, Moline, IL - Smashing Pumpkins (w/ Jimmy Frog)
Apr. 27, 1997 - CSPS, Cedar Rapids, IA - Dar Williams
Nov. 14, 1997 - The Mark, Moline, IL - 311
Dec. 10, 1997 - Chicago - Portishead
Oct. 22, 1998 - River Center, Davenport, IA - Rob Zombie / Monster Magnet
Nov. 7, 1998 - Gabe’s Oasis, Iowa City - The Queers
Nov. 27, 1998 - Sokol Hall, Omaha - Tricky w/ Whale
Mar. 12, 1999 - The Mark, Moline, IL - Rob Zombie / Korn
Mar. 13, 1999 - Gabe’s Oasis, Iowa City - 90 Day Men / Burmese / Ten Grand
Apr. 14, 1999 - IMU, Iowa City - Liz Phair
2000(?) - Gabe’s, Iowa City - Jets to Brazil / Joan of Arc / Alto Heceta
Sep. 28, 2000 - Gabe’s, Iowa City - Low / Winter Blanket
Nov. 10, 2000 - Gabe’s, Iowa City - The Frogs
Mar. 9, 2001 - Sokol Underground, Omaha - Azure Ray / Bright Eyes
Mar. 30, 2001 - IMU Ballroom, Iowa City - Dismemberment Plan / Alto Heceta
Apr. 21, 2001 - Holy Name Fieldhouse, Omaha - Desaparecidos (debut) / Bright Eyes / Cursive / Sorry About Dresden
Aug. 17, 2001 - Sokol Auditorium, Omaha - The Faint / Bright Eyes / Cursive
Aug. 29, 2001 - Green Room, Iowa City - The Faint
Oct. 11, 2001 - IMU Ballroom, Iowa City - They Might Be Giants
Nov. 30, 2001 - Kansas City - Weezer / Tenacious D / Jimmy Eat World
Jan. 20, 2002 - Green Room, Iowa City - Her Space Holiday / Ides of Space / Gloria Record
Feb. 17, 2002 - Grinnell, Iowa - Dismemberment Plan
Feb. 27, 2002 - Union, Iowa City - Rev. Horton Heat / Nashville Pussy
Mar. 10, 2002 - Green Room, Iowa City - Mountain Goats / John Vanderslice
Apr. 25, 2002 - IMU, Iowa City - Ween
May 3, 2002 - Gabe’s, Iowa City - The Frogs / The Eggnogs
May 11, 2002 - Congress, Chicago - Belle and Sebastian
June 7, 2002 - Iowa Arts Festival - Iris DeMent / Greg Brown
June 26, 2002 - Council Bluffs - Vans Warped Tour (Hot Water Music, Alkaline Trio)
July 14, 2002 - Gabe’s Oasis, Iowa City - Neko Case
Aug. 4, 2002 - Gabe’s Oasis, Iowa City - Desaparecidos
Aug. 9, 2002 - Sokol Auditorium, Omaha - Rilo Kiley / Desaparecidos / Neva Dinova
Nov. 13, 2002 - Jones Hall, Houston - Beck / Flaming Lips
Dec. 10, 2002 - Proletariat, Houston - City of Caterpillar
Feb. 12, 2003 - Mary Jane’s, Houston - Wind-Up Bird / One AM Radio
Feb. 25, 2003 - The Engine Room, Houston - Interpol
Mar. 6, 2003 - DiverseWorks, Houston - Low
Mar. 9, 2003 - Walter’s, Houston - Groceries / Electric Eel Shock
Mar. 12, 2003 - Engine Room, Houston - Godspeed You! Black Emperor
April 17, 2003 - Mary Jane’s, Houston - Dirty Three
April 26, 2003 - Numbers, Houston - The Faint / Les Savy Fav
June 11, 2003 - The Proletariat, Houston - Frox Noxon / UME / Sjolander
July 26-28, 2003 - Guelph, ON - Hillside Music Festival (Broken Social Scene, etc.)
Nov. 13, 2003 - Rudyard’s, Houston - Howlin’ Hachima / Jackie & The Cedrics
Jan. 31, 2004 - J & J Pizza, Denton - Neil Hamburger
Mar. 20, 2004 - Proletariat, Houston - Broken Social Scene / Stars
Mar. 22, 2004 - Rudyard’s, Houston - The Ponys
Apr. 23, 2004 - Emo’s, Austin - Peaches
Apr. 29, 2004 - Woodlands Pavilion, Houston - David Bowie / Polyphonic Spree
May 10, 2004 - Rudyard’s, Houston - Six Organs of Admittance
June 3, 2004 - Rudyard’s, Houston - U.S. Maple
Aug. 10, 2004 - Rudyard’s, Houston - The Soviettes
Aug. 15, 2004 - Woodlands Pavilion - The Cure / Interpol / Mogwai / The Rapture
Aug. 26, 2004 - Rudyard’s, Houston - Dead Roses / The Detonations
Dec. 18, 2004 - Curtain Club, Dallas - Benzley
Jan. 20, 2004 - Cactus Music, Houston - Camper Van Beethoven
Feb. 24, 2005 - Numbers, Houston - Blonde Redhead / Interpol
March 24, 2005 - Mary Jane’s, Houston - Black Mountain / Mountain Goats
July 22-24, 2005 - Hillside Festival, Guelph, ON - Romi Mayes, Buck 65, Sarah Sleane, Broken Social Scene, Arcade Fire, etc. etc. etc.
Aug. 26, 2005 - 21st St. Co-Op, Austin - Jana Hunter
Aug. 27, 2005 - Scottish Rites Theatre, Austin - Jandek
Sep. 9, 2005 - The Parish, Austin - Magic Markers / Sunburned Hand of the Man
Sep. 13, 2005 - Emo’s, Austin - Retribution Gospel Choir (Mark Kozelek, Alan Sparhawk)
Oct. 13, 2005 - Emo’s, Austin - Growing / Black Dice
Nov. 12, 2005 - Emo’s, Austin - Cannibal Ox
Feb. 15, 2006 - Emo’s, Austin -
Mar. 4, 2006 - Quality Seafood, Austin - Aw Shucks and the Oyster Po’Boys
Mar. 11, 2006 - Emo’s, Austin - The Tossers, The Horrorpops, Sick Of It All
Mar. 14, 2006 - Emo’s, Austin - Flight of the Conchords / Brian Posehn / Patton Oswalt
Mar. 15, 2006 - Stubbs, Austin - Brightblack Morning Light / New Pornographers / Belle & Sebastian / Mogwai
Mar. 16, 2006 - East Seventh, Austin - Afrirampo / Oxbow / Witch
Mar. 16, 2006 - Zilker Park, Austin - Blackalicious / Spoon / Echo & the Bunnymen
Mar. 16, 2006 - Emos Annex, Austin - Erase Errata / Two Ton Boa / Xiu Xiu / The Gossip
Mar. 17, 2006 - End of an Ear, Ausin - Black Heart Procession / Elf Power
Mar. 17, 2006 - Austin City Limits - Jolie Holland
Mar. 17, 2006 - Elysium, Austin - Princess Superstar
Mar. 17, 2006 - Crown and Anchor, Austin - Ariel Pink
Mar. 17, 2006 - Antone’s, Austin - Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings / Neko Case
Mar. 18, 2006 - Emos Lounge, Austin - Wooden Wand and the Vanishing Voice / The Gossip / The Giraffes
Mar. 18, 2006 - French Legation, Austin - The Noisettes / The Gris Gris
June 17, 2006 - La Zona Rosa, Austin - Echo and the Bunnymen
June 20, 2006 - Emo’s, Austin - The Lovely Feathers / Man Man
June 22, 2006 - Emo’s, Austin - Bavu Blakes / The Coup
June 24, 2006 - White Rabbit, San Antonio - This is Hell / Modern Life is War / Cattle Decapitation / Bane
July 17, 2006 - Lamar St. Footbridge, Austin - World Inferno Friendship Society
July 19, 2006 - The Peacock, Austin - The Bass Turd
July 29, 2006 - Emo’s, Austin - Peaches
Aug. 10, 2006 - Stubb’s, Austin - Bloc Party
Aug. 18, 2006 - White Rabbit, San Antonio - Phenomenauts / Left Alone / Suburban Legend / Voodoo Glow Skulls
Aug. 25, 2006 - Emo’s, Austin - Comeback Kid / Terror / Gorilla Biscuits
Aug. 29, 2006 - Emo’s, Austin - Fatal Flying Guillotines / The Plastic Constellations
Sep. 9, 2006 - KVRX, Austin - White Whale
Sep. 13, 2006 - KVRX, Austin - Ho-Ag
Sep. 14, 2006 - Emo’s, Austin - The Polyphonic Spree
Sep. 15, 2006 - ACL Day One - Ted Leo & the Pharmacists / Guster / Wolf Parade / Stars / Gnarls Barkley
Sep. 15, 2006 - The Paramount Theater, Austin - My Brightest Diamond / Sufjan Stevens
Sep. 16, 2006 - KVRX, Austin - My Brightest Diamond
Sep. 16, 2006 - ACL Day Two - TV on the Radio / The Shins / The Raconteurs / Explosions in the Sky / Massive Attack
Sep. 17, 2006 - ACL Day Three - Damian Marley / Ween / New Pornographers / Flaming Lips / G. Love & Special Sauce
Sep. 21, 2006 - Emo’s, Austin - The Lemurs / French Kicks
Sep. 22, 2006 - Emo’s, Austin - The Independents / Mika Miko / The Gossip
Sep. 29, 2006 - Emo’s, Austin - Panther / Envelopes / Ratatat
Oct. 11, 2006 - The Parish, Austin - Mark Kozelek
Oct. 21, 2006 - Stubb’s, Austin - CSS / Ladytron
Oct. 21, 2006 - Emo’s, Austin - Michael Ian Black / Michael Showalter
Oct. 24, 2006 - Stubb’s, Austin - The Decemberists
Nov. 1, 2006 - Bowery Ballroom, NYC - Bird and the Bee
Nov. 1, 2006 - The Living Room, NYC - Super XX Man
Nov. 1, 2006 - Pianos, NYC - Peter and the Wolf / Ravens & Chimes / Mixelpixel
Nov. 1, 2006 - Cakeshop, NYC - The Virgins
Nov. 2, 2006 - Cakeshop, NYC - Baby Calendar / Keith John Adams / Casper and the Cookies
Nov. 3, 2006 - Sin-e, NYC - IV Thieves / Cinematics / Apples in Stereo
Nov. 3, 2006 - Pianos, NYC - Fatal Flying Guilloteens / The Plastic Constellations / The Big Sleep
Nov. 4, 2006 - Northsix, NYC - When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth / Portastatic / Malajube / Snowden / The Album Leaf
Nov. 4, 2006 - Sin-e, NYC - Ultra Dolphins / Tone / Grails
Dec. 12, 2006 - KVRX, Austin - Romi Mayes
Dec. 13, 2006 - Cactus Cafe, Austin - Adam Carroll / Sam Baker / Gurf Molix / Romi Mayes
Dec. 14, 2006 - Red’s Scoot Inn, Austin - White Ghost Shivers
Dec. 30, 2006 - Emo’s, Austin - The Hickoids / Gang Green
Dec. 31, 2006 - Emo’s, Austin - Flametrick Subs / Black Lipstick / Starlight Mints / The Octopus Project
Feb. 17, 2007 - Triple Crown, San Marcos - The Carnys / Fambly
Feb. 21, 2007 - Emo’s, Austin - Me Infecto / My Education / Red Sparowes
Feb. 26, 2007 - Cactus Cafe, Austin - Jonathan Richman
Mar. 1, 2007 - Emo’s, Austin - Umi / Dead Prez
Mar. 9, 2007 - Emo’s, Austin - Xperimental Dental School / Macromantics / Deerhoof
Mar. 13, 2007 - KVRX, Austin - C-Mon and Kypski
Mar. 14, 2007 - KVRX, Austin - The Little Ones / Micah Wolf / Via Tania / Marnie Stern
Mar. 14, 2007 - Emo’s, Austin - Emma Pollock / Beirut / The Mountain Goats
Mar. 14, 2007 - The Ritz, Austin - Black Moth Super Rainbow
Mar. 15, 2007 - Flamingo Cantina, Austin - Loney, Dear / The Pipettes
Mar. 15, 2007 - Emo’s, Austin - Tokyo Police Club
Mar. 15, 2007 - Scoot Inn, Austin - Mew
Mar. 15, 2007 - Emo’s Annex, Austin - Oxbow / Big Business / Jesu
Mar. 15, 2007 - The Mohawk, Austin - Besnard Lake / I Love You But I’ve Chosen Darkness
Mar. 15, 2007 - Emo’s Outside, Austin - The Gossip
Mar. 15, 2007 - The Parish II, Austin - Asobi Seksu
Mar. 15, 2007 - Emo’s Inside, Austin - The Ponys
Mar. 16, 2007 - KVRX, Austin - The Twilight Sad / Thee More Shallows / Geisha Girls / Walter Meego
Mar. 16, 2007 - Auditorium Shores, Austin - X-Clan / Public Enemy
Mar. 16, 2007 - Emo’s Outside, Austin - Brother Ali / Aesop Rock / El-P
Mar. 16, 2007 - Beauty Bar Patio, Austin - The Pack / The Federation
Mar. 17, 2007 - KVRX, Austin - Phonograph
Mar. 17, 2007 - Typewriter Museum, Austin - Australian Cattle God / MC Tracheotomy
Mar. 17, 2007 - The Fort, Austin - Redman
Mar. 17, 2007 - Exodus, Austin - Walter Meego
Mar. 17, 2007 - Elysium, Austin - Les Berg Sans Nipple / Black Moth Super Rainbow & The Octopus Project
Mar. 18, 2007 - KVRX, Austin - The Finches / Dodo Bird / Roommate
Apr. 5, 2007 - La Zona Rosa, Austin - The Noisettes / TV On the Radio
Apr. 11, 2007 - CMA, Austin - You Make Engine / Rubber Robot
Apr. 14, 2007 - Emo’s, Austin - Sebadoh
Apr. 18, 2007 - Emo’s, Austin - Lomita / Deerhunter / The Ponys
Apr. 19, 2007 - KVRX, Austin - Deerhunter
Apr. 26, 2007 - Emo’s Lounge, Austin - Red X Red M / Oh, Beast! / STNNNG
Apr. 28, 2007 - Emo’s, Austin - Pleeseeasaur / Neil Hamburger
May 3, 2007 - Emo’s, Austin - Grails / Mono
May 9, 2007 - The Backyard, Austin - Man Man / Modest Mouse
May 25, 2007 - The Palladium, Dallas - Morrissey
Jun. 1, 2007 - Emo’s, Austin - Palaxy Trax / Octopus Project / Peel
Jun. 8, 2007 - KVRX, Austin - Blitzen Trapper
Jun. 8, 2007 - Emo’s, Austin - Blitzen Trapper / Illinois / The Hold Steady
Jun. 10, 2007 - Emo’s, Austin - Janeane Garofalo / Patton Oswalt
Jun. 12, 2007 - Emo’s, Austin - The Carnys / Dan Deacon
Jun. 23, 2007 - Independence Brewery, Austin - The Laughing
Jun. 24, 2007 - Emo’s, Austin - Unwed Sailor / Ponytail / Battles
July 6, 2007 - Emo’s, Austin - Yellow Fever / Belaire
July 8, 2007 - KVRX, Austin - Sparrow House
July 11, 2007 - Emo’s, Austin - Best Fwends / When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth / Parts and Labor
July 12, 2007 - KVRX, Austin - The Veils
July 12, 2007 - Trophy’s, Austin - The BassTurd *
July 28, 2007 - LMNL, Austin - Broet
July 28, 2007 - Emo’s, Austin - Sugar & Gold / Gravy Train
Aug. 1, 2007 - Emo’s, Austin - Portugal. The Man
Aug. 2, 2007 - Hole in the Wall, Austin - Jack Grace
Sept. 10, 2007 - Emo’s, Austin - Night Viking / Humcrush
Sept. 11, 2007 - KVRX, Austin - John Vanderslice
Sept. 11, 2007 - The Parish, Austin - John Vanderslice
Sept. 12, 2007 - Emo’s, Austin - The Rentals
Sept. 23, 2007 - Emo’s, Austin - OM
Sept. 25, 2007 - Emo’s Lounge, Austin - Tim Barry / William Elliott Whitmore
Sept. 27, 2007 - Emo’s, Austin - Panthers / Mono / High on Fire
Sept. 29, 2007 - Emo’s, Austin - The Lemurs / Do Make Say Think
Oct. 2, 2007 - Emo’s, Austin - Mondo Generators / Turbonegro
Oct. 17, 2007 - Emo’s, Austin - Big Business with The Melvins
Oct. 19, 2007 - The Mohawk, Austin - Boris and Damon & Naomi with Michio Kurihara
Oct. 30, 2007 - Emo’s, Austin - Grayskul / Atmosphere
Nov. 2, 2007 - Tantra, San Marcos - Boonsborough / The BassTurd / The Carnys*
Nov. 11, 2007 - The Compound, Austin - The Evens
Nov. 16, 2007 - Trophy’s, Austin - Sidler / Quebron / The BassTurd / Kozmodrone*
Nov. 17, 2007 - Emo’s, Austin - Black Moth Super Rainbow / Aesop Rock
Jan. 19, 2008 - Emo’s, Austin - Fatal Flying Guilloteens / Les Savy Fav
March 8, 2008 - Mohawk, Austin - Yellow Fever
March 12, 2008 - Emo’s, Austin - Evangelicals / Headlights / YACHT / The Raveonettes
March 12, 2008 - Lovejoy’s, Austin - Fishboy
March 12, 2008 - Emo’s, Austin - Panther / The Blow
March 12, 2008 - Mohawk, Austin - Kirsten Ketsjer / The Plastic Constellations / The Dodos
March 13, 2008 - Flamingo Cantina - Akron/Family / Helio Sequence
March 13, 2008 - Typewriter Museum, Austin - Vena Cava / Shellshag / The Slits / This Bike is a Pipe Bomb
March 13, 2008 - Mohawk, Austin - Evangelicals / Bon Iver / Jens Lekman
March 14, 2008 - Longbranch Inn, Austin - Fuck Buttons / Annihilation Time
March 14, 2008 - Vice Party, Austin - Raveonnettes / Dark Meat
March 14, 2008 - Red Eyed Fly, Austin - Land of Talk
March 14, 2008 - Volume, Austin - Dirty Wormz
March 14, 2008 - Flamingo Cantina, Austin - The Apes
March 14, 2008 - Emo’s, Austin - Kid Sister / Cool Kids / A-Trak / The Clypse
March 15, 2008 - Waterloo Park, Austin - Janeane Garofalo
March 15, 2008 - Bourbon Rocks, Austin - Monotonix
March 15, 2008 - Emo’s Annex, Austin - High Strung / Ra Ra Riot
March 15, 2008 - Flamingo Cantina, Austin - Dokkebi Q
April 19, 2008 - Alamo Downtown, Austin - Negativland
May 2, 2008 - Emo’s, Austin - Atmosphere
June 4, 2008 - Stubb’s, Austin - Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings
June 11, 2008 - Emo’s, Austin - Black Knights / Stone Mecca / The RZA
June 28, 2008 - Mohawk, Austin - Clouds / Torche / Boris
July 5, 2008 - Mohawk, Austin - Harlem / Brides / GRAVY TRAIN!!!!
August 1, 2008 - Red-Eyed Fly, Austin - For the Most Part / Under the Gun
August 9, 2008 - The Parlor, Austin - Bill Latham / The BassTurd
August 20, 2008 - Emo’s, Austin - The Cool Kids
*Shows marked with an *asterisk* are ones at which I performed.
Also, more times than I can count: Bright Eyes, Cursive, Good Life, Saddle-Creek bands aplenty.
