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Originally Posted by Wallis
So many moments: I've been listenning to them for so long that shows have become part of memories of certain times of my life. I guess various shows in Cetral Park stand out the most: Independence Day, 1992: with good friends, hanging out all day, digging the soundcheck, seeing Sun Ra get wheeled out to the piano in a wheelchair, having Thurston dedicate Teenage Riot to the "Central Park hardcore scene", thinking of friends from that summer, when I discovered Slanted & Enchanted, Unrest, Crazy Horse Malt Liquor, etc...
Fast-forward to the next decade. Digging on another free concert, sitting out in the grass on a beautiful summer day w/my (now) wife, reading the paper, eating fruit. Then, on the Sonic Nurse tour, back in the park, a picnic dinner, my wife pregnant with our son. Sun setting as we walked south, cutting thru the playground... You may think it's dumb, but it puts things in perspective for me.
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I don't think it's dumb at all, I totally relate.
I saw them first when I was 18 and they were still a relatively young band, as I've gone through life, they've always been there. In 1995, when my first wife left me, they somehow managed to put out an album called Washing Machine about creating a clean psychological slate! I met Thurston at Rodeo Records in Ellensburgh Wa that tour and had him sign a copy of Easter by Patti Smith for my soon to be ex-wife. He was totally cool, and the set that he and Steve and the other guitarist did at 11 a.m. in that tiny store had been phenomenal - basically an extended version of "Elegy for All the Dead Rock Stars" while he was quite visibly waking up at his guitar! Then I got to see the band that night at the Columbia Gorge.
When I was djing in Olympia on Sunday nights at the club everyone went to, I saw them play up in Seattle and Thurston dedicated the song "Sunday" to Olympia. That was freaking weird. Actually the first time I heard the song too, though it became a staple of my closing time set after that.