the page got started when gary asked me at a party what concerts i would see if i could see any concerts ever. i couldn't answer off the bat. anyway, here are the results after some thought, but i'm sure this should change over time.
concerts i wish i could have seen:
coltrane
billie holiday
albert ayler
funhouse era stooges
sonic youth circa their first ep or bad moon rising
gang of four circa songs of the free
john lee hooker
nusrat fateh ali khan
neu!
my favorite concerts:
the first half a dozen times i saw fugazi circa 1989-1990
skinny puppy on the mind: the perpetual intercourse tour
ministry on the land of rape and honey tour
fela kuti at the kilimanjaro in washington d.c. around 1990
sunny day real estate and shudder to think
jesus lizard
sonic youth on the sister tour
einsturzende neubauten around 1990
some of the times i saw the reivers in the late 80's
strange concert bills i've seen:
gang of four/sisters of mercy/public enemy
bands i will theoretically see if they come to town:
the underworld
figurine
chemical brothers-but maybe not because i hear they're not good live
michael nyman
bands that if they come to town there will be too many (hip) people to make the evening comfortable
belle & sebastian-but gary got us tickets so i guess we're going
magnetic fields
air
bands i would seriously consider seeing:
fatboy slim-but i didn't actually see him when he came to town
the rachels