Red Hot Chili Peppers, Smashing Pumpkins, Pearl Jam at the Aragon

They set up chairs on the dance floor.  Eddie Vedder said he had always dreamt of playing there.  But in his dreams, there were no chairs.  He encouraged folks to fold up the chairs and pass them to the back.  The crowd gleefully complied.  The bouncers were not pleased and commenced with the bouncing of people.  Johno was one of those unlucky souls.  I was shocked when he was hauled off, but chasing after him provided no solution.  Back to the show I went.

Smashing Pumpkins were boring; the Red Hots were not.

I don't know how or when we met back up with Johno after the show, but clearly we must have.

I could have sworn this we went to this show after the other time I saw Pearl Jam, but the internet tells me that is not so...

Violent Femmes, Fishbone, Jellyfish at Summerfest

I distinctly remember motorbiking up to Milwaukee with Lisa on the back of the bike.  Everyone else was in, I think, Morgue's car.  I remember swimming in the lake during the day, despite the fact that i doubt we were supposed to.

Violent Femmes were great, but only a fool follows Fishbone.

Jane's Addiction at the Palmer Auditorium

That's right, we drove across the state to see Jane's Addiction play at a Chiropractic College.  I can't remember exactly how we all got there... It's possible we picked Johno up in Chicago "on the way."  I do remember being really tired, which explains why i watched the Chickasaw Mudpuppies open the show from the bleachers.  It also explains why i dozed off during their set.

I was wide awake and on the floor for Jane's Addiction though.  They rocked.  This was one of the bigger GA shows i'd been to at the time, and i remember the gym floor being packed.

Years later, i discovered Doug S was also at this show.  I guess it would only be 2-2 1/2 years till i met him for real.

Red Hot Chili Peppers, Mary's Danish, Raging Slab at Ritz's

It would be super-hard to drink without elbows.

And sticky, too - if you were, say, trying to drink apple cider out of a gallon jug without your elbows...

REM, NRBQ at Assembly Hall

If memory serves (and it sometimes does), Lionel scored "good tickets" last minute for all of us for cheap. I was dubious, but went in on them. The seats were actually pretty close. And right behind a pole.

Were other roommates here? Probably. I can't really remember anyone there besides Michael Stipe and the pole.

New Order, Public Image, Sugarcubes at Poplar Creek

We saw the show from the lawn.  I remember it being mostly pretty chill.  Alas, Johno was not there (was this summer he was in far away California? or perhaps Ohio?).  But we all danced in his honor.

INXS at Poplar Creek

I did not go to this show with Bonnie.  We had gone to Depeche Mode together the previous month, and she said she wanted to go with her other friends to this show.  I'm still not entirely sure what that was all about, but we weren't officially dating and it still depressed me.

I think I ended up going with Greg Brown, but I really don't remember.  I do remember we were all the way in the back at the top of the hill that the lawn formed.  So when INXS dedicated "(Kiss the Dirt) Falling Down the Mountain" to the folks at the top of the hill, it was in fact dedicated to me.

Also, this was my sister Chris' birthday.  I don't remember it from then, but maybe she went with Bonnie.  That would explain some things, as we didn't really get along back then...