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The flyer for the show notes “Free new single to first 100 people” (of course I was), free giveaways, free champagne at midnight”
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Biohio:
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emmet swimming:
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Dave Matthews Band with From Good Homes at Bender Arena, Washington, DC, USA
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A return to Bender to see DMB as they went from a xxx seat club to a zzz seat arena in a little over a year. Alas, the only time I got to see From Good Homes, but I’d follow frontman Todd Sheaffer to a solo show, then onto Railroad Earth.
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Freedy Johnson, Pete Droge, Evan Dando, Go-Gos, Veruca Salt, Simple Minds, Big Audio Dynamite II & Līve at Patriot Center, Fairfax, VA, USA for the HFSMas Nutcracker
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I always loved the HFStival, but the HFSMas Nutcracker holds a special place in my heart. This, the first year we went, Chris and I got 2nd row seats, and got to see it all, from Evan Dando storming off stage to the reunited Go-Gos, a rocking Veruca Salt and Līve serving as defacto headliners with arena ready songs everybody knew and sang along to.
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Candlebox with Sweet Water & The Flaming Lips at Patriot Center, Fairfax, VA, USA
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Back at the Patriot Center for a second night, seeing Candlebox for the second time. I really liked them, and Sweet Water from seeing them the previous year, so it was The Flaming Lips that were a pleasant surprise.
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Green Day with Pansy Division at Patriot Center, Fairfax, VA, USA
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Pansy Division was the first out performer I ever saw, and they were not afraid of bringing to Green Day’s audience. Green Day themselves were great, Dookie was now a huge hit and this show offered plenty of it (along with songs from their Lookout Records output, which the fans had been seeking out in stores like mine).
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The True at T.T. Reynolds, Fairfax, VA, USA
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Don’t remember the show. I used to have the CD, but their name is too generic to find in a web search.
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Lotion at George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, USA
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I may have been going to graduate school there and working on a student newspaper, but I rarely saw much of other students. This was a rare show I went there that wasn’t at the Patriot Centerm, but just for students.
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emmet swimming with Gravity’s Pull at T.T. Reynolds, Fairfax, VA, USA
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The flyer for the show notes “Come and celebrate the debut of Motorama, released by Chapel Hill’s Gravity’s Pull! (released on our very own Screaming Goddess Records)”
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Līve with The Fatima Mansions & Weezer at WUST Radio Music Hall, Washington, DC, USA
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First and last time I was at WUST Radio Music Hall until it was gutted and transformed into the new 9:30 Club. Most amusing thing was later considering the setlist of what Weezer played that night, and it was almost exactly what they played in shows they headlined.
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Prong with Clutch at The Bayou, Washington, DC, USA
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I’m sure we got free tickets for this one. A very heavy show, for which I remained on the balcony.
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