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The Forum: Jimi Hendrix Experience, Yes, David Bowie, Nine Inch Nails, Chicago Transit Authority, AC/DC, Neil Young, Shaun Cassidy, The Rolling Stones, Ike & Tina Turner, Bob Dylan w/ The Band, Jethro Tull, Devo, The Faces, War, Tower of Power, Leon Russell, Blind Faith, Crosby Stills Nash & Young, Stevie Wonder, The Cars, …
Universal Amphitheater: David Bowie, Pet Shop Boys, Bette Midler, Frank Sinatra, Siouxie & the Banshees, The Wonder Stuff, Alison Moyet, Elvis Costello & Burt Bachrach, Ian McCulloch, The Smithereens, Linkin Park, The Offspring, Pennywise, Roxy Music, Joni Mitchell, The Pretenders, Echo & the Bunnymen, Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen, …
The Hollywood Palladium: XTC, Fleetwood Mac, Moby Grape, Sugar, Jo Jo Gunne, Kraftwerk, Tool, Skinny Puppy, Janes Addiction, The Kinks, The New York Dolls, Bjork, Iggy Pop, The Melvins, Bad Religion, Bad Brains, Massive Attack, The Beach Boys, MC5, Keith Richards, The Clash, The Byrds, Blondie, Talking Heads, Savoy Brown, Quicksilver Messenger Service, Silverhead, Sonic Youth, Steve Miller Band, Hot Tuna, It’s A Beautiful Day, Primus, Fugazi, Psychedelic Furs, New Order, Ministry, No Means No, Fear, Goldie, Garbage, …
The Palace: The Flaming Lips, Silverchair, My Bloody Valentine, Ride, Tortoise, Cheap Trick, Superchunk, Blur, Pavement, Orbital, Polvo, Tortoise, Drive Like Jehu, Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Yo La Tengo, Rocket from the Crypt, Super Furry Animals, ABC, Shellac, Helmet, Swirlies, Palace Brothers, Mudhoney, Dinosaur Jr., …
The Roxy: The New York Dolls, Guided by Voices, My Bloody Valentine, Lush, Ride, Bow Wow Wow, Depeche Mode, Haircut 100, Television, The Ramones, Patti Smith, The Screamers, Bruce Springsteen, Neil Young, John Cale, Lou Reed, Hole, Todd Rundgren, Talking Heads, Captain Beefheart & the Magic Band, Wall of Voodoo, Half Japanese, Dwight Twilley Band, The Wedding Present, Dr. Feelgood, Scritti Politti, Urge Overkill, Tom Tom Club, Pizzicato Five, The Lemonheads, Richard Thompson, Johnny Thunder & The Heartbreakers, Dave Edmunds, Teenage Fan Club, Patti Smith, The Fibonaccis, Great Buildings, Laurie Anderson, …
Santa Monica Civic: Love, The Jam, Pere Ubu, The Cramps, Magazine, The Kinks, Lou Reed, David Bowie, The Runaways, Cheap Trick, Todd Rundgren, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Buzzcocks, Mott the Hoople, Iggy Pop, Silverhead, The Clash, XTC, Frank Zappa, The Who, U2, Elvis Costello, Pink Floyd, Prince, Laura Nyro, The Tubes, The Byrds, The Beach Boys, Pantera, Gary Numan, Procol Harum, Traffic, Ten Years After, Electric Light Orchestra, Roy Wood’s Wizzard, Argent, J Geils Band, Aerosmith, Johnny Winter, Little Feat, T Rex, Wall of Voodoo, Ultravox, Nina Hagen, Steely Dan, Dead Kennedys, X, Queen, Mothers of Invention, Allman Brothers, Graham Parker, Patti Smith, Devo, Jesus & Mary Chain, New York Dolls, Sonic Youth, Derek & the Dominos, Eric Carmen, …
The Whisky A-Go Go: Black Sabbath, The Cure, Roxy Music w/ Eno, Sparks, The Allman Brothers, Patti Smith, Blondie, The Ramones, Iggy & the Stooges, The Screamers, Spiritualized, Tom Petty, X, Germs, Weirdos, DiLs, Echo & the Bunnymen, The Runaways, The Quick, Talking Heads, Siouxie & the Banshees, The Clash, Swervedriver, Cream, Led Zeppelin, Van Halen, The Dictators, The Jam, B People, Jefferson Airplane, Kaleidoscope, Spirit, Procol Harum, John Mayall, King Crimson, Quatermass, Uriah Heep, T Rex, Yes, Curved Air, Atomic Rooster, Jo Jo Gunne, Arthur Lee, Manfred Mann, Weather Report, Suzi Quatro, Gentle Giant, Family, Nico, Dead Boys, Redd Kross, Medicine, Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, Psychedelic Furs, REM, Nick Lowe, Ian Dury & the Blockheads, Human Hands, The Bush Tetras, The Specials, The Selecter, Ultravox w/John Foxx, Shoes, 20/20, Tom Robinson Band, The English Beat, Jim Carroll Band, The Fleshtones, Lena Lovich, Milk and Cookies, Choir Invisible, The Gun Club, Killing Joke, Kommunity FK, Nervous Gender, Spizzenergi, Adam and the Ants, F-Word, Zeros, The Blasters, Cornelius, Skulls, Suburban Lawns, Generation X, Circle Jerks, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Dream Syndicate, Cockney Rebel, Generation X, Joan Jett, The Mumps, The Nuns, Crime, Dwight Twilley Band, Magazine, The Last, James Blood Ulmer, Pere Ubu, The Three O’Clock, The Undertones, Jonathan Richman, …
The Shrine Auditorium and/or Exposition Hall: Chambers Brothers, Jimi Hendrix, Miles Davis, Nina Simone, The Last Poets, The Kinks, Mott the Hoople, Sir Douglas Quintet, Long John Baldry, Little Richard, BB King, Albert King, Canned Heat, The Mothers of Invention, Alice Cooper, Peter Green’s Fleetwood Mac, Captain Beefheart & the Magic Band, GTOs, Wild Man Fischer, Delaney & Bonnie, Jeff Beck Band, Chuck Berry, Randy Newman, Moody Blues, Bo Diddley, Electric Flag, Quicksilver Messenger Service, Iron Butterfly, The Rascals, The Electric Flag, Jefferson Airplane, Genesis, Big Brother & the Holding Company, Buddy Miles Express, Chuck Berry, Country Joe & the Fish, The Who, The Crazy World of Arthur Brown, …
The Anaheim Convention Center: Jimi Hendrix, Soft Machine, Blue Cheer, Eric Burdon & the Animals, Cream, Spirit, ABBA, John Mayall, Norman Greenbaum, …
Rose Palace: Led Zeppelin, Grateful Dead, Lee Michaels, Alice Cooper, Dr. John, Joe Cocker, Grand Funk Railroad, Deep Purple, Crazy World of Arthur Brown, The Byrds, Albert King, Fields, John Mayall, Julie Driscoll/Bryan Auger and the Trinity, Procol Harum, Jethro Tull, Paul Butterfield Blues Band, Vanilla Fudge, Spirit, Young Bloods, Iron Butterfly, Steve Miller Band, …
The Troubadour: Jobriath, Leonard Cohen, Joni Mitchell, Cat Stevens, Jackson Brown, Tim Buckley, Stereolab, Manic Street Preachers, Elton John, Captain Beefheart & the Magic Band, Incredible String Band, Linda Ronstadt, Randy Newman, Radiohead, James Taylor, Tom Waits, Laura Nyro, Carole King, Van Morrison, Carly Simon, Tim Hardin, Sebadoh, John Sebastian, John Stewart, Loudon Wainwright III, Poco, Stephen Malkmus, Dan Hicks & his Hot Licks, Melanie, John Prine, New Pornographers, AC Newman, Broken Social Scene, Liars, Mercury Rev, Pinback, Bonnie Raitt, Judy Collins, Fairport Convention, …
Hollywood Bowl: Bjork, Emerson Lake & Palmer, Pink Floyd, Alice Cooper, The Monkees, Humble Pie, Bonnie Prince Billy, Faces, Cactus, Stephen Stills, …
Ash Grove: Sonny Terry & Brownie McGee, Lightnin’ Hopkins, Loudon Wainwright III, Taj Mahal, Randy Newman, Buddy Guy, Howlin Wolf, Mississippi John Hurt, Phil Ochs, Ramblin’ Jack Elliott, Blind Lemon Jefferson, Sugarcane Harris, Johnny Otis, The Persuasions, Ian Whitcomb, …
Starwood: Gang of Four, The Damned, The Dickies, John Cale, Cheap Trick, The Quick, Devo, The Go-Gos, The Plimsouls, The Bags, The Weirdos, Wayne County, X, Zolar X, Geza X, Black Flag, Fear, Adolescents, Rubber City Rebels, The Blasters, Wall of Voodoo, DOA, The Pop, Shoes, 20/20, Suburban Lawns, Mumps, The Jam, Gun Club, Dead Boys, …
Jabberjaw: Bikini Kill, Guided by Voices, The Melvins, Jawbreaker, Godheadsilo, Low, Unwound, Further, Sebadoh, Bratmobile, Polvo, Beck, Codeine, Royal Trux, Red Aunts, Gas Huffer, Shudder to Think, Unsane, Beat Happening, Beck, Nation of Ulysses, …
Spaceland: Wire, Melt Banana, Arcade Fire, Bloc Party, Arthur Lee & Love, Guided by Voices, Dinosaur Jr., Spoon, Pavement, Sebadoh, The Breeders, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Caribou, Destroyer, Helium, Moving Units, Ariel Pink, The Fall, Wolf Eyes, Black Dice, Nels Cline, Frog Eyes, Jesus Lizard, Sky Saxon and The Seeds, …
Henry Fonda Theater/The Music Box: Donovan, The Shins, Guided by Voices, Brian Jonestown Massacre, Sparks, Architecture in Helsinki, Battles, No Age, …
Long Beach Arena: David Bowie, Weezer, Elvis Costello, Slayer, Megadeth, Emerson Lake & Palmer, Deep Purple, King Crimson, Jeff Beck Band, The Who, Jimmy Eat World, Tenacious D, The Beach Boys, …
Miscelaneous venues: Flying Burrito Brothers, Jefferson Airplane, Moody Blues, Cecil Taylor, Sun Ra, Frank Zappa’s Hot Rats, PiL, Mountain, The Orb, Orbital, Underworld, Chemical Brothers, Buffy Sainte Marie, Prince, Johnny Cash, Throbbing Gristle, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Melanie, Little Richard, The Doors, Public Enemy, Funkadelic, Incredible String Band, Ozzy Osbourne, Marilyn Manson, Black Sabbath, Roxy Music, Arlo Guthrie, Cat Power, Cabaret Voltaire, Young Marble Giants, Dusty Springfield, Spiritualized, Animal Collective, The Books, Flipper, Broadcast, Liza Minelli, Deerhoof, Interpol, Matmos, Pinback, Human League, Butthole Surfers, The Replacements, Tuxedo Moon, Translator, Dada Munchamonkey, The Los Angeles Free Music Society, Anthony Braxton, Pharoah Sanders, Stephen Prina’s Sonic Dan, Factrix, Steve Reich, Philip Glass, Terry Riley, Robert Pollard, Mouse on Mars, Matmos, Air, Frank Black, Brian Wilson, The Falcons, The Quick, Bonnie & Delaney, Leif Garrett, …
Very favorites
(in no order)
Gang of Four @ The Starwood (circa ‘Entertainment!’)
Cheap Trick @ The Starwood (circa ‘In Colour’)
Kraftwerk @ The Palladium (1998)
My Bloody Valentine @ The Palace (circa ‘Loveless’)
The Flaming Lips @ The Palace (circa ‘Soft Bulletin’)
Superchunk @ The Palace (circa ‘On the Mouth’)
New York Dolls @ The Roxy (circa ‘Too Much Too Soon’)
Love @ The Whisky-A-Go-Go (circa ‘Da Capo’)
Roxy Music w/Eno @ The Whisky-A-Go-Go (1972)
The Screamers @ The Whisky-A-Go-Go (1977)
Sparks @ The Whisky-A-Go-Go (circa ‘Whomp That Sucker’)
Peter Green’s Fleetwood Mac @ Shrine Exposition Hall (circa ‘English Rose’)
Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band @ Shrine Exposition Hall (circa ‘Lick My Decals Off’)
Nina Simone @ Shrine Auditorium (1971)
ABBA @ Anaheim Convention Center (1977)
Spirit @ Rose Palace (circa ‘The Family That Plays Together’)
Alice Cooper @ Rose Palace (circa ‘Love It to Death’)
Guided by Voices @ Jabberjaw (circa ‘Bee Thousand’)
Melvins @ Jabberjaw (circa ‘Houdini’)
Pavement @ Spaceland (circa ‘Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain’)
Cecil Taylor @ UCLA Royce Hall (1970)
PiL @ Olympic Auditorium (circa ‘Metal Box’)
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p.s. Hey. ** Dominik, Hi, D!!! Rick Owens owns a whole building in this swanky part of Paris. I only saw the ground floor. Very loft-like, walls and ceiling painted black, expensive contemporary art on the walls, big veranda/terrace. Pretty nice. I didn’t meet him because he either wasn’t there or wasn’t awake yet, I think the latter. I’m gonna try about that sand post. So watch your step. Ha ha, that’s my kind of handsome, thank you. Love transporting you through time and space to any of the concerts listed above that you choose with a VIP backstage pass, G. ** Bill, Thanks. I would, of course, love to know what you would do with ice. But those popsicles sound doable for now. I’ve only seen that third Conjuring film. Like I said, it was alright. I didn’t FF, which is something, I guess. ** David Ehrenstein, It is! ** _Black_Acrylic, Ooh, how did I not find that Zalman King stuff in all the relentless searching I did for that shebang? ** Daniel, Hi, Daniel! Nice add, thank you. Glad to know you’re a fellow warrior against these hateful skies. ** Steve Erickson, Wow, another ‘why the hell didn’t I or rather Google come across that example?!’ Thanks, man. ** Brian, Hi, Brian! Thanks, I aimed to help. Yes, Criterion announced the Van Peebles box the very day after I made the post. Your dad’s cool to have that as his favorite film. My dad’s fave was ‘Field of Dreams’. But my wacky mother’s favorite film was ‘Harold and Maude’. Ouch, your thumb, ouch. That does sound like one busy week. And very real sounding. Is ‘Ludwig’ not on the Criterion Channel? I only just got it and haven’t scoured yet. My week … Zoom with someone who’s doing her PhD on Mike Kelley, do film-related stuff, start thinking harder about the new Gisele Vienne piece she wants me to write, talk Zac into eating nachos with me at Hard Rock Cafe, probably see art and a film or two, maybe write something or start to. Kind of a ‘we’ll see’ week. Let’s compare notes, and here’s to yours starting with a bang (sans collateral damage). ** Okay. I’m very aware that today’s post is very nerdy and self-indulgent. I restored it because a friend of mine recently queried me about my concert going past, and I told him to check out this post, only to realise it was dead meat. So I brought it back for him and, if I’m lucky, for you too. You can respond by telling us/me about some hometown concerts you especially liked maybe? Or I guess I could tell you what any of those concerts listed up there were like if you want? Or … you can just scroll through rapidly and think, ‘Whatever’. Anything goes (as always). See you tomorrow.