Ultra-Super-Mega Summer Concerts Podcast + Blog!!!!!

Hey guys. This was exhauting to make. About 5 hours worth of getting all the html codes written down (19 pages worth) and then putting them in in the right order, and getting the podcasts ready...
All I can say is that this entry makes me a super geek, and I'm damned proud of it. Here are the podcasts. You don't have to listen to them all in one sitting, but if you want to, be my guest.

Part 1: iTunes
Part 2: iTunes
Part 3: iTunes

Part 1: .wma
Part 2: .wma
Part 3: .wma

GIN BLOSSOMS: LIVE AT ROCKLAND COMMUNITY COLLEGE (6.25.06)

You have no idea how thrilled I was when I heard that they were coming to Suffern. I've been a Gin Blossoms fan, for like, forever. I remember listening to New Miseralbe Experience in our old house in Spring Valley when I was 5 or so. The concert was supposed to be outside, and to correspond with fireworks at its conclusion, but torrential downpours stopped that. The concert was moved indoors, and barely anyone showed up, but it was special for the 200 people gathered. He grabbed our cell phones and sang to whoever was on the other line. And when everyone left before the encore, the mooks (Mia, Patricia, and myself) got to the front, and got dripped on by Robin. And him taking my cell phone made it very sweaty as well. Great show, and here are the pictures I took:




Singing into MY cellphone. Yeah that's right fools.

Again, MY cellphone, held by a very sweaty 90's Rockstar.






PHIL LESH & FRIENDS, TREY ANASTASIO & MIKE GORDON W/ BONAVENTURE/RUSSO DUO: LIVE AT PNC BANK ARTS CENTER (7.1.06)

A day's worth of Jam Bands, and my first time at PNC! I'd always wanted to go to that venue because I've driven by it all the time, going down to visit relatives, and I finally got to be there. The concert felt like a festival because it started at 4 and went until 11. I went to see Phil Lesh & Friends and they were sick as hell. The crowd interesting around us since we had seats on the lawn, and everyone had drugs. Everyone. Its hilarious seeing grandma's lighting up. And naked men during Trey's set. Naked men who stood next to us. Which leads me to my next question: How messed up do you have to be to take off all your clothes? And where they hell are they? That man was gonna have a headache the next day, I'll tell you that.

PHIL LESH & FRIENDS:







TREY ANASTASIO & MIKE GORDON W/ BONAVENTURE/RUSSO DUO:



PLASMA


GOODBYE HEAD


GET BACK (BEATLES)


STARLAND SUMMER CAMPOUT (7.16.06)

10 hour festival show in the Starland Ballroom parking lot. 2 stages and god knows how many bands, with my fellow band mates and friends made for an amazing day on the hottest day of the summer. Thank god for that mist tent that became a shower. We had trouble breathing standing up front for Streetlight, dodging the crowd surfers above us, and helping get the people who passed out to the security gaurds. Speaking of them, thank god they had water guns. And for Streetlight, who tossed a full bottle of water into the crowd, that the audience passed around. By the time Reel Big Fish came on, we were exhausted, but saved enough energy to skank to Sell Out.

THE NERD WHO ATE ST. LOUIS - GENERIC BEACH PARTY SONG
YES THAT'S ME STANDING AWKWARDLY UP FRONT. NOT ONE OF MY FINER MOMENTS


THE NERD WHO ATE ST. LOUIS - ICE ICE BABY



FRESHMAN IS GETTING OWNED BY ME

SUFFERN'S FINEST RUDE-BOYS & GIRLS

CAN YOU TELL IT WAS REALLY HOT OUT?

SKANKERIFIC!

AWFUL WAFFLE:

STARLAND'S SECURITY GAURDS ARE THE BEST!

STREETLIGHT MANIFESTO:






ALL OF US WITH TRUMPET PLAYER OF STREETLIGHT

US WITH ONE OF THE MEMBERS OF ARMY OF FRESHMAN. I'M OWNING HIM ALSO WITH THOSE BUNNY EARS

SKANKIN' RICH! THE OLDEST GUY AT EVERY SKA SHOW

REEL BIG FISH:




JOSH WITH RBF!


RYAN ADAMS & THE CARDINALS: LIVE AT STARLAND BALLROOM (7.20.06)

Is the 3rd time the charm? I think so! Back at Starland 4 days later seeing a TOTALLY different genre of music! (Side note: I'm writing this on the 2nd anniversary of seeing Ryan for the first time, and I'm celebrating it by listening to the bootleg exactly at 9. Yeah, geeky, but it's making me very happy right now.)
We saw Ryan pre-show skateboarding around Starland, and a limo pulls up with these drunk guys who come up to me asking a Ryan trivia question, which I got right, and they give me a free coke which yeah, I kinda left behind. We were standing right in front of Catherine Popper who is so beautiful, and a great bass player, and yeah I looked at Ryan sometimes too. Best. Setlist. Ever! The end of the show was a bit confusing. The lights came up, and everyone started to leave. I mentioned that it couldn't be over, since it would be strange to end the show at 11:30 without playing a single acoustic song. I went to go get a setlist, and ended up right up front of Ryan when they came back for an encore. Oh Ryan, there are reasons why you're my favorite artist.






OH CATHERINE POPPER, YOU ARE SO HOT


MY FAVORITE PICTURE OF THE NIGHT





DEAR CHICAGO PART 1


DEAR CHICAGO PART 2


CHERRY LANE


ANOTHER CHERRY LANE


WISH YOU WERE HERE


THIS IS IT


IS THE PIZZA GOOD? STARLAND SAYS YES!


THE END


MARTIANS FROM OUTER SPACE IMPROV SONG


CHIN UP, CHEER UP


COME PICK ME UP
SHE WAS STANDING RIGHT BEHIND ME. THAT'S MY HEAD IN THE WAY, AND I FEEL BAD ABOUT IT. SO ARE THOSE FLASHES.


COME PICK ME UP (BETTER SOUND)


SUMMER OF SKA AT THE STONE PONY (7.30.06)

The Stone Pony has so much history for such a small club. It's where Bruce Springsteen got his start, and even though I'm not a fan of the boss, It's still really cool. The main stage was outside, which was suprising because we didn't know there was an outside to the Stone Pony. We also ran into random people we knew who we had no idea were going. It was so hardcore seeing Awful Waffle (BEE SWAT!!) again. The bee swat got so crazy that we stormed onstage doing it. The highlight was going backstage with Catch 22. How random, yeah I know. They were all so nice, and my shirt is autographed by each band member. They showed us their bus, and we chilled there for awhile, just shooting the breeze before their show. Atfer they finished the drummer tossed his drumstick into the crowd, and I grabbed it. Oh yeah. Go me.

SUBURBAN LEGENDS:



HEY DJ


UNDER THE SEA
FEATURING JOSH, BEN, ADAM, AND MYSELF SKANKING. HOW FUNNY IS IT THAT SOMEONE PUT THIS ON YOUTUBE??


BIG D & THE KIDS TABLE:





AWFUL WAFFLE:



SEMI-CHARMED LIFE (THIRD EYE BLIND)


JOSH, ADAM, AND I, ON CATCH 22'S BUS!

WITH THE DRUMMER

ALL OF US WITH THE DRUMMER

TOUR BUS

CATCH 22 DOES <3 BANGIN' ON A TRASH CAN, AND GAVE US THE RIGHTS TO 12341234

CATCH 22:



GUSTER & RAY LAMONTAGNE LIVE AT PNC BANK ARTS CENTER 8.18.08

So here I am at PNC again. This time with a seat, and this time no naked men walking around. Ray LaMontage is second to Ryan Adams, and I was so excited to see him. He was the opener for Guster, and I had no problem paying to see him play a shortened set for a band I'd never really listened to before. Ray performed in near darkness and whispered powerfully into his microphone. At times it felt like he was exposing his soul to himself and I felt like I was intruding and shouldn't be there. The crowd gave him a standing ovation as he walked off. I walked out of there being a Guster fan I must say. They were fun! Especially having a full percussion section, all played by hand!

RAY LAMONTAGNE:




HOLD YOU IN MY ARMS


JOLENE PART 1


JOLENE PART 2


SHELTER


TROUBLE


TROUBLE (ANOTHER COPY)


FOREVER MY FRIEND PART 1


FOREVER MY FRIEND PART 2


FOREVER MY FRIEND PART 3


GUSTER:





BARREL OF A GUN


AMSTERDAM, CELL PHONES IN THE AUDIENCE, I SPY


CAPTAIN


WHAT YOU WISH FOR


DEMONS


CENTER OF ATTENTION


TED LEO & THE PHARMACISTS LIVE AT SOUTH STREET SEAPORT (8.25.06)

Another free show! This was Ted Leo's 5th straight performace at the Seaport Music Festival, and only the second time that it went off without any problems. Ted played a super long and LOUD set in the Seaport. There were so many people taking pictures at this show, and I can only assume that they did it so they could blog about it also, so they could show off to their friends how "indie" they are. It pays to be up front at shows kids, and to wear earplugs!





HEY LOOK! IT'S ME IN THE CROWD! ITS KINDA LIKE WHERE'S WALDO, BUT LESS COLORFUL




ME AND MIA


COUNTING DOWN THE HOURS


BIOMUSICOLOGY


ROGER WATERS LIVE AT JONES BEACH (9.15.06)

This concert was amazing from beginning to end. It all started when as we were pulling up to the rainy Jones Beach Theater, you could see a full double rainbow with one of its endings appearing to land right in the theater. How symbolic considering he was performing Dark Side Of The Moon. We entered the land of $40 concert t-shirts and $70 seats to sit far back, but it was all more then worth it. Its almost better sitting back at this kinds of show so you can see the spectacular light show. There was this scotch glass and a radio built on stage (or so it appeared). Turns out it was just a really really sharp picture on the video screen behind the band. The best part of the night was during Sheep, he brought out an inflatable pig and its "handlers" walked it around the audience. On the pig's ass it said "Impeach Bush Now", which was hilarious. Eventually (accidentally or purposely), the pig was released into the atmosphere, to land in someone's yard.
Dark Side was stunning, and we all sat in our seats with our eyes closed.






THIS LITTLE PIGGY SAYS IMPEACH BUSH NOW ON HIS ASS

AND THEN IS LET GO TO LAND IN SOMEONE'S FRONT YARD



HAVE A CIGAR


SHINE ON YOU CRAZY DIAMOND


SHEEP


SHEEP (PART 1)


SHEEP (PART 2)


SHEEP (PART 3)
AND THE PIG FLIES AWAY..


SHEEP (PART 4)


TIME


GREAT GIG IN THE SKY


ANOTHER BRICK IN THE WALL


ANOTHER BRICK IN THE WALL (2):

BRING THE BOYS BACK HOME


BRING THE BOYS BACK HOME (ANOTHER VERSION)


Well that's finally it. 52 videos and god know how many pictures later, that's all folks. I hope you like it. See you next podcast.

Peace & Love,
Lowden