Concerts!

The next few blogs I'm going to do are going to be about some of the concerts I've gone to. Back in the day, I used to bring a tape recorder to some shows, to have a record of the music. It wasn't the best recorder, so it would actually register some of my friends and my conversations more than the music at times. So, the tapes in some way have turned more into a record of the experience, rather than a musical statement.

I was converting the Pink Floyd show from Giants Stadium in June 1988 yesterday. I went to this show with Brian Paik, Baron Blakley, Erik Lynch, Steve Rumsby, and a few others. From the tape, I remember now that Brian was sick as a dog, with some sort of cough/cold. It wasn't helped that the concert was on a rainy day. During most of the show, it was cold and clammy, but not raining, however, during Us and Them, in the 2nd set, it started to *pour!* Baron said to me, "This concert's cost me $50 already, I'm not moving!" We stuck it out...

At another point, I think during Money, Brian moved up a few rows to take a look at things. Baron asked what he was doing, and I said that he was moving up to see what he could see, a bit more into the rain.

Baron: He's tough!

Me: Who, Paik?

Baron: Yeah, but he's dying anyway, what does he care?

These were the people who I called friends back in High School. Those were great days. I'm still in touch with Brian, who's still one of the closest friends I have, although we don't see each other nearly enough. Baron, I haven't seen since sometime in college, as his family moved away from New Jersey during those years. Baron, if you're out there, feel free to say hi...

More stories to come... Other concerts I taped were Yes, the Moody Blues, R.E.M., and Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe.

NP: Farscape - Green Eyed Monster