28 November 1987

Public Image Ltd. at the Riviera

Went to this show by myself.  I think i was staying at Jeff's house for the night.  In my head, it was at the Vic, but apparently it was at the Riv...  This was the first show i saw that approached punk rock.  I was blown away.  I also seem to remember thinking it was awfully warm at a show wearing a leather jacket.

Lime Spiders opened.

I remember finding a bootleg tape of this show at some record-collector's thing in a hotel in Champaign.  Did that tape break?  Do i still have it anyway?



22 October 1987

U2 at Assembly Hall, Champaign

We sat dead center in the very last row ... I could reach back at touch the domed ceiling.  Turns out that johno was sitting just a few seats over, but this was before I knew him.