Root Down in the Shadow

What a trip down memory lane!  Through the years, I've been writing down all the concerts I've attended with openers, venue, friends etc.  I'm only half way through this trip of digitizing the list, but so enjoyable to go through this list.  So many firsts... arena show, club show, jazz, Buffett, Electronica, all kinds of stuff.  I've seen quite a few bands, and quite a few of them have been repeats.  This makes it very hard to pinpoint a favorite.  Instead of detailing one awesome concert that I went to of the too many to count shows, In this case, I want to weave a quick story for you.  Sit back & enjoy! I've seen Moby four times now, and it has been an adventure each time.  The very first time, was during just my second festival.  The first time, I went to a festival was Lollapalooza '94.  It was with a group of friends and we pretty much stayed on the lawn the entire time sitting back and enjoying some awesome bands ( George Clinton, Beastie Boys, Sma

Way, way back in the fall of 10th grade, twenty years ago, the extremely naive version of myself managed to go out to a movie with a new classmate from California.  We went to the see Singles .  So many things from this event were oblivious to me at the time.  How much the future of my musical taste would revolve around the featured Seattle scene?  How to get to a second date?  And, who the hell were the Lovemongers ? Within a few short months, my musical collection would grow exponentially with grunge bands Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, Nirvana, and the Singles Soundtrack.   It would take me a little longer to figure out the dating thing.  It took me quite a while to figure out the Lovemongers .  In fact it wasn't until three years later, I was doing some exploration of other classmates favorite bands where I finally was officially and properly exposed to  Led Zeppelin .  Of course, after hearing the Led Zeppelin original version of 'Battle of Evermore', I realized the versio