I saw Nine Inch Nails + Meat Beat Manifesto... And Dudes Fell From the Balcony!
Posted by Benjamin Holcomb in Alternative on 16. Jun, 2009 | 4 Comments
I don’t remember a lot about this show, except the following:
1) A Sea of Black clothes
2) Sweat. Lots and lots of sweat
3) Some jackass imitating Eddie Vedder by doing the backwards “dead fall” from the balcony into the crowd.
I saw Sinead O'Connor... And It Was Shorter Than Her Hair!
Posted by Benjamin Holcomb in Alternative on 22. May, 2009 | No Comments
I remember the buzz surrounding Sinéad O’Connor’s debut “The Lion and The Cobra” (1987). I loved that album, yet I never had the opportunity to see her live (OMG, I can’t imagine seeing her perform “Mandinka” or “Troy” on that first tour… she must have emanated piss and vinegar!).
Nope, I didn’t get to see Sinéad [...]
I saw Transvision Vamp... 18 Years Ago. And I Might *Still* Be Hungover.
Posted by Benjamin Holcomb in Alternative, Pop on 22. May, 2009 | 3 Comments
I have great memories of this show. Or rather, I am told great things happened at this show. Lemme explain:
I was 21 years old in 1991, and I had a great friend guru, named Ernie. Ernie is probably 10 years old than me. He is a brilliant, eloquent, tall brother with enormous dreadlocks and fantastic [...]
I saw Roger Waters... And It Was Intense!
Posted by Benjamin Holcomb in Music, Rock on 20. May, 2009 | No Comments
This was a significant, very important show for me.
Thanks to having two older brothers, I was practically weened on old Pink Floyd records. I spent summers at camp in Northern Michigan listening to “Dark Side of the Moon,” “Animals” and “The Final Cut.”
The latter album, Pink Floyd’s last featuring founding member Roger Waters, was my [...]
I saw Shakespeare's Sister, Chris Connelly & William Tucker... Shakespeare’s Sister
Posted by Benjamin Holcomb in Music on 06. May, 2009 | No Comments
I am so excited that I still have this flyer and ticket!
This flyer represents one of the coolest nights of my college life; it was the first time I ever visited Chicago. I grew up in Michigan and I had always intended to visit metropolitan Chicago… but I didn’t do so until my Senior year [...]
I saw Van Halen's Monsters of Rock... Spandex and Stolen Hot Dogs!
Posted by Benjamin Holcomb in Festivals, Music, Rock on 05. May, 2009 | No Comments
I have such fond memories of this show… juvenile delinquent that I was.
This was 1988, and I was a senior in high school. My fond memories are not because I was a fan of Van Halen. Or Scorpions, Dokken, or even Metallica, for that matter. Certainly not because I was a fan of Kingdom Come [...]
