Showing posts with label poster children. Show all posts
Showing posts with label poster children. Show all posts
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30 October 2009
Poster Children at Bottom Lounge
Droids Attack opened. Did i see them? I'm not sure.
I seem to remember liking the second band, ifihadahifi.
Poster Children, as usual, killed. I hadn't seen them in a while at this point and remember thinking: "Damn, they're good. Why don't i see them more often?" Of course i didn't get around to seeing them again for several years.
I seem to remember liking the second band, ifihadahifi.
Poster Children, as usual, killed. I hadn't seen them in a while at this point and remember thinking: "Damn, they're good. Why don't i see them more often?" Of course i didn't get around to seeing them again for several years.
27 March 1993
17 January 1989
7 Seconds, Poster Children, bad flannel at Mabel's
I think i was at this show... I know i saw 7 Seconds at Mabel's with Johno, and this is the only time i can find they played there, so...
I'm pretty sure that 99 Red Balloons was the only song i recognized.
Speaking of 7 Seconds and Johno, some time after this (maybe right after, maybe a couple of months later), Johno and i drove up to see them in my '78 rabbit (which, while old, wasn't nearly as old at the time as it sounds now). The show was at Bowen Park up in Waukegan. One of Johno's favorite bands playing in one of his favorite parks - the stage was set for an epic show. Unfortunately, the car broke down (can't remember what exactly, but it certainly didn't go) in a toll plaza on the way up. We called my mom somehow (cell phones were still only on Star Trek at this point) and she sent a tow truck. Alas, she sent it to the wrong toll plaza, so it didn't come for hours. We missed the show, but had the longest, strangest conversation while stuck in the car. I don't remember many of the specifics, but i know we did touch on semis driving sideways down the highway and phlegmsicles. And was this the genesis of the word 'flabbergasket'? If so, we certainly owe the tow truck mixup a huge debt.
The rabbit would never be driven by me again (and probably no one else). The repairs required cost way more than it was worth, so my mom donated it to the Zion high school auto department. At least we all thought she did. Months later, i got a notice that it had been abandoned near the high school...
I'm pretty sure that 99 Red Balloons was the only song i recognized.
Speaking of 7 Seconds and Johno, some time after this (maybe right after, maybe a couple of months later), Johno and i drove up to see them in my '78 rabbit (which, while old, wasn't nearly as old at the time as it sounds now). The show was at Bowen Park up in Waukegan. One of Johno's favorite bands playing in one of his favorite parks - the stage was set for an epic show. Unfortunately, the car broke down (can't remember what exactly, but it certainly didn't go) in a toll plaza on the way up. We called my mom somehow (cell phones were still only on Star Trek at this point) and she sent a tow truck. Alas, she sent it to the wrong toll plaza, so it didn't come for hours. We missed the show, but had the longest, strangest conversation while stuck in the car. I don't remember many of the specifics, but i know we did touch on semis driving sideways down the highway and phlegmsicles. And was this the genesis of the word 'flabbergasket'? If so, we certainly owe the tow truck mixup a huge debt.
The rabbit would never be driven by me again (and probably no one else). The repairs required cost way more than it was worth, so my mom donated it to the Zion high school auto department. At least we all thought she did. Months later, i got a notice that it had been abandoned near the high school...
16 November 1988
Volcano Suns, Poster Children at Trito's Uptown
I remember being at this show, but honestly don't remember much about it. I'm not even sure who i went with. Johno? Gumby? Both seem likely due to the time period and venue, but i really don't recall.
The only thing that sticks in my head after all these years is the drummer's hair waving crazily about. Which is odd, since in every picture the internet turned up the drummer has short hair. Oh well.
The only thing that sticks in my head after all these years is the drummer's hair waving crazily about. Which is odd, since in every picture the internet turned up the drummer has short hair. Oh well.
09 October 1988
fIREHOSE, Screaming Trees, Poster Children at Mabel's
I hadn't heard any of these bands at the time. Well, i don't remember Poster Children playing the show, but maybe i had heard of them (?). My boss, Mike Lit, highly recommended the show, and we went together. Can't say i remember much about the show, except liking it.
My brain seems to be conflating this show with this one.
My brain seems to be conflating this show with this one.
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