top five shows:
1. bruce springstein at the united center. my first cd was "born in the usa." it's a solid album, but i was never a HUGE fan of the boss. my uncle called me and asked me if i wanted to go with him the night before. i agreed to do it. BEST SHOW EVER! that guy is incredible. he just goes on and on. he's old. they're all old. you'd never know. i've never seen anyone else come close to that level of showmanship.
2. dmx, redman, method man, and jay z at rosemont horizon. it was on easter sunday, when i was 13 years old. it was my first real show. i was obsessed with wu tang, redman, and jay-z at the time, so it was HUGE. alone, just me and my friends. IT WAS VERY URBAN. the show was so good. even dmx was enjoyable. during red and meth's set, they were up on ropes doing the song "how high" and redman's broke, and he came crashing down. he said "don't worry, i'm high as hell." beautiful.
3. rage against the machine, beastie boys, run dmc at alpine valley. it was the the tibetan freedom concert. i was 13. i was obsessed with the beastie boys. i wore a beasties shirt to the show- SO LAME! rage blew my mind. seeing run dmc was cool. going out of state with my friends for the first time. eating taco bell at midnight in wisconsin. PRICELESS!
4. animal collective at ida noyes hall. i have been in love with this band since the moment i heard them. and when they were first coming up, they always played EB, which was 21+, meaning that i could never get in. SAD. i caught word that they were going to be playing at u of c, from my friend who did booking there. i went. stood right in front of the stage. sooooo goooooood.
5. the weakdaze and duct tape mustache at some vfw hall. two bands you have never heard of, because they are a bunch of my loser friends from high school. the significance was just that there were tons of people, most of which i knew. people were getting rowdy for no real reason. it was nice. a 60s garage rock band and some weirdo circus metal band together. that can only happen in high school. the music is forgettable, but the memories last a life time...................