We got free tickets, which was exciting as I really liked Letters to Cleo. As a matter of fact, I had noticed singer Kay Hanley’s name in the credits for Mary Karlzen’s album, so I brought that and Letters to Cleo’s album for her to sign, and she was really excited to see Mary Karlzen’s album. Seed was good too.
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I must have come late, because I missed opener Bus Stop.
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Another Eric & Todd acoustic show. No cover!
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The ex-Guns N’ Roses guitarist had come out with Pawnshop Guitars, an excellent solo album we’d been playing a lot (having Slash and Axl on it didn’t hurt). A show with those songs plus some tasty covers (including Guns N’ Roses) made for a sweet show.
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D Generation was being pushed by EMI so we got tickets free. I liked them, but I like lead singer Jesse Malin’s solo career more.
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After such an amazing experience seeing Pearl Jam, I was determined to recapture the magic. They announced they were playing two nights of benefit shows for Voters for Choice at Constitution Hall, and the only way to get tickets was with a postcard lottery. At this point I was working at a record store I co-owned, and we would print and mail brightly colored postcards to our mailing list so I made 20 and sent them in. I got chosen for the first show and took my sister.
It was an amazing show. L7 and Neil Young opened, but the audience was clearly there for Pearl Jam. And they were rewarded for their patience with an epic show featuring plenty of songs from Vitalogy (still my favorite album of theirs). New drummer Jack Irons took on his first full length show without a problem and Neil Young joined them during the encore for Neil’s new song “Act Of Love”.
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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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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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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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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