Best 3 Live Performances of the School Year

1. Jonathan Richman @ Bowery Ballroom
2. Bertrand Burgalat & AS Dragon in-store @ Other Music
3. BB & ASD @ Mercury Lounge

1) Rockets Red Glare blowing shit up infront of former locals Dean Malenkos.

2) April 14ish The Peter Parkers, Creeping Nobodies and Heimlich. Whadda fucken blast.

3) Kitchens and Bathrooms & some band whose name I've forgotten at the moment. They were all set to play infront of just me and the soundman when people started showing up. I think we got up to 15 people. Pretty good for a show that hadnt been advertised till about 6 hours beforehand on the 1st Monday (or was it Saturday) of Reading week.

1. 2 Many DJ's @ APT (first appearance)

2. Strokes & White Stripes @ Radio City Music Hall (yes, really; Stripes were fabulous and Strokes finally lived up to every ounce of the hype--and I'd already liked them some)

3. Jonathan Richman @ Bowery Ballroom and Knitting Factory both

1: Jane's Addiction at the Forum on Monday

2: Black Madonnas at On the Rocks last month

3: Lamb at the Forum sometime last year

1)Icarus Line @ Mean Fiddler 6 mnths ago

2)Boredoms @ Festival Hall month ago. Though I was slightly dissapointed with this.

Basement Jaxx in Dublin last Christmas

Darren Emerson in February.

Orbital at Glastonbury.

Phil Elvrum / Jeff Manson at someone's house in Oakland. Late May.

yeaaaaaaaaah Microphones, unlikely canadidate for the hardest of the hardcore tour types.
If there is a hole in the wall that will have him he'll play it Im sure.

Mission of Burma at the El Rey a few weeks ago
Matthew Shipp/Wm Parker at Knitting Factory last year (possibly cheating on date range)
Sonic Youth, Mudhoney, and Radar Brothers at Silverlake Street thing the day after tomorrow

Overhang Party,Major Stars

Charalambides,Scorces

Landing,Yume Bitsu

1) Fischerspooner-Some big club I'd never heard of before in NYC, last October. An amazing show. Wish they'd lose the stupid rehearsed ineptness/bitchiness, though.
2) The Hives-Virgin Megastore Sunset Strip Courtyard, Memorial Day
3) Love-The Knitting Factory, May

1. Miss Duckstein's Third Grade Class and their heartfelt rendition of "Rainbow Connection" at the annual picnic in Eisenhower Park.

2. The time Jason Cucolo and Mike Harris got up on the tables and sang that Drowning Pool song in the cafeteria! Those dudes rock bruthaaaa!

3. Slim Goodbody!

1. New Order playing Joy Division songs at the Auckland Big Day Out.

2. The White Stripes playing Dylan's "Love Sick" at the same event.

3. The Go-Betweens at the St James, just Grant, Bob, and their acoustic guitars.