Ramblings and Reflections on music inspired by my promo poster collection - Bilge

BPB Bay Park Buzzy Tiki Socialite West Bay Park, San Diego, CA Joined: Apr 07, 2006 Posts: 3066	BPB Bay Park Buzzy Posted posted on Fri, Jul 17, 2009 3:32 PM I'll start this post of with a few concert posters: This is a nice thick heavy card stock poster. I'm surprised I've kept it nice for so long. I saw them at this show. They opened up for Iggy Pop on one of his A+M album tours. We had seats in about the eigth row, right on the aisle. When the band came out, we joined the crowd in moving up to thw stage. I ended up about three people back from the front. The Jam Chain played really well this night, and the show was ended in a typical set ending near riot. Jim Reid got his guitar cord and mic cord all wrapped around himself and the mic stand and he was stumble singing all over the place. Eventually he dropped his guitar and was dragging it around behind with a wall of feedback resulting. He started smashing the stage monitors with the mic stand and suddenly most of the stage power was cut. You could hear the drums and not much else as security came and pulled him off the stage. Then everyone started yelling and throwing stuff at the stage. A couple people from the crowd got up and started smashing stuff up on stage too. I was hoping there was going to be a riot, but things settled down quickly ater that. I wasn't into Iggy's new album so I left after the JAM Chain's set. I took my ticket stub up to the balcony and went to the very last row. I found some dude and his friend wearing brand new Iggy tour tshirts sitting in the shittiest seats in the house. From where I was just watching the show, this was the polar opposite. I handed the guy our stubs and said we're not Iggy fans, looks like you guys might need some better seats for the show. He thought we were trying to sell them to him, and when he found we were comping them, he was so happy he looked he was going to cry. I did that at a lot of shows where I just wanted to see the opening band. I was like a seat placement Robin Hood. This one was sent by a silkscreening company as a sample of their product line. It has a stamped limited edition number on the back. I never checked to see if it was a real show or not. I saw the Pixies on this tour at the UCSD Price Center ballroom. They played with Bob Mould and maybe Cracker? they played really well that night. That show/album/tour was probably when they were at their peak IMO, and the last time I would see them in a smaller venue like that. I had this one for a long time a nd cannot remember what the heck it was for? I know I didn't go to it. last ones, non show posters: Here's an older one I got when we were cleaning up the loft in the store. First time I heard of the B52s was in late '80 when my best friend Willie dressed as a punker for Halloween and had B52's, Gogo's and Punk Rules written on his ripped tshirt. I saw the B52s a few times, most of the details I forgot. I was done with them completely after Whammy. The times I'm sure I saw them were at Xfest at SDSU's old stadium and another at the Sports Arena with the Violent Femmes. I watched one song by them at the Sports arena show and did the walk around the outer hallway and look at skank for the rest of the show. I met some young lady there I ended up hanging out with on and off for the next year or so. I probably should have stayed in my seat or just left after the Femmes. Another one from the Ryko reissue of the Bowie catalog. I think I only saw Bowie once, and it was an acoustic show at Mountainview called the Bridges. I think it was a two day affair. Neil Young and Pete Townsend played as well as a bunch of others I can't remember. Bowie was so good it didn't matter who else played. I'll always remember his acoustic version of Lets Dance. It made me actually like that song for the first time. I eventually got a bootleg of the show that I've been looking for for a couple days now.... ????????? ????????? Buzzy Out!

I'll start this post of with a few concert posters:

This is a nice thick heavy card stock poster. I'm surprised I've kept it nice for so long. I saw them at this show. They opened up for Iggy Pop on one of his A+M album tours. We had seats in about the eigth row, right on the aisle. When the band came out, we joined the crowd in moving up to thw stage. I ended up about three people back from the front. The Jam Chain played really well this night, and the show was ended in a typical set ending near riot. Jim Reid got his guitar cord and mic cord all wrapped around himself and the mic stand and he was stumble singing all over the place. Eventually he dropped his guitar and was dragging it around behind with a wall of feedback resulting. He started smashing the stage monitors with the mic stand and suddenly most of the stage power was cut. You could hear the drums and not much else as security came and pulled him off the stage. Then everyone started yelling and throwing stuff at the stage. A couple people from the crowd got up and started smashing stuff up on stage too. I was hoping there was going to be a riot, but things settled down quickly ater that. I wasn't into Iggy's new album so I left after the JAM Chain's set. I took my ticket stub up to the balcony and went to the very last row. I found some dude and his friend wearing brand new Iggy tour tshirts sitting in the shittiest seats in the house. From where I was just watching the show, this was the polar opposite. I handed the guy our stubs and said we're not Iggy fans, looks like you guys might need some better seats for the show. He thought we were trying to sell them to him, and when he found we were comping them, he was so happy he looked he was going to cry. I did that at a lot of shows where I just wanted to see the opening band. I was like a seat placement Robin Hood.

This one was sent by a silkscreening company as a sample of their product line. It has a stamped limited edition number on the back. I never checked to see if it was a real show or not. I saw the Pixies on this tour at the UCSD Price Center ballroom. They played with Bob Mould and maybe Cracker? they played really well that night. That show/album/tour was probably when they were at their peak IMO, and the last time I would see them in a smaller venue like that.

I had this one for a long time a nd cannot remember what the heck it was for? I know I didn't go to it.

last ones, non show posters:

Here's an older one I got when we were cleaning up the loft in the store. First time I heard of the B52s was in late '80 when my best friend Willie dressed as a punker for Halloween and had B52's, Gogo's and Punk Rules written on his ripped tshirt. I saw the B52s a few times, most of the details I forgot. I was done with them completely after Whammy. The times I'm sure I saw them were at Xfest at SDSU's old stadium and another at the Sports Arena with the Violent Femmes. I watched one song by them at the Sports arena show and did the walk around the outer hallway and look at skank for the rest of the show. I met some young lady there I ended up hanging out with on and off for the next year or so. I probably should have stayed in my seat or just left after the Femmes.

Another one from the Ryko reissue of the Bowie catalog. I think I only saw Bowie once, and it was an acoustic show at Mountainview called the Bridges. I think it was a two day affair. Neil Young and Pete Townsend played as well as a bunch of others I can't remember. Bowie was so good it didn't matter who else played. I'll always remember his acoustic version of Lets Dance. It made me actually like that song for the first time. I eventually got a bootleg of the show that I've been looking for for a couple days now....

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Buzzy Out!

Post #469768 by Bay Park Buzzy on Fri, Jul 17, 2009 3:32 PM