PRF BBQ at Workshop 4200

 Jo and I grilled vegan brats for lunch for the shindig. Of course, I made way too many.

PRF BBQ at Workshop 4200

Fotocrime, Austerity Program, Fools Ghost at Empty Bottle

I will be the first to admit that maybe I don't always add shows to this blog in a timely manner.  I forget!  So sometimes there are BIG gaps where I actually went to shows.  But, in this case, it has been a loooooong time since I went to a real show (there have been a smattering of backyard shows and rehearsal attendances).  The pandemic has not been kind to my already spotty show-attending schedule.

It was good to see real live bands playing loud music with real live people in a dark bar.

PRF BBQ NYC

Bear Claw, Mint Mile, Rented Rooms, Nonagon at Beat Kitchen

Amy and i had dinner with Justin and Jill before the show, which was nice.

Nonagon, Bear Claw, Sweet Cobra, The Austerity Program at the Burlington

ho. lee. crap.

Austerity Program, Quatre Tete, Nonagon

The Negative Ten Commandments at Rodrigue's

I helped make a sheet with a horned skull on it for a backdrop.  A sheet that is now in my basement (Emmett used it on his bed for a while when he was little).

The band threw stuffed animals into the audience as some sort of sacrifice I think.

Poster Children, Hum, Jumpknuckle at Rodrigue's

Helmet at Metro

Justin always used to cheer at the quiet breaks in songs in the hopes of making it on a live recording.  He succeeded when two tracks from this show (Bad Mood and Distracted) were made the b-sides on the Unsung 12".

Bonnie tells me that she lost her shoe in the pit and we pulled her out.  That certainly sounds like something that could happen.

The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Bad Religion at Metro

The only thing i remember about this show was watching Bad Religion from the balcony.  It's one of the only shows i've seen from there, maybe the only one.  I'm sure i went down front and center for the bosstones.

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.