1994 - Dinosaur Jr. - Santa Monica Civic Auditorium

 

Went to this show with Ron.

To all of you who have teased me over the years,

yes, I liked Dinosaur Jr. before they covered

Just Like Heaven by The Cure.  Though that

just made me like Dinosaur Jr. more!

I must have bought two dozen copies

of Just Like Heaven at the SST shop on

Sunset and sent them out to friends.  

I  miss that store.....

This was a fun show.  If I haven't told you already

the Santa Monica Civic is like a high school basketball

gym.  It has bleachers in the back along the wall and

you just sit where you want.  They put on a great

show. This tour was supporting the release of

Without A Sound.  Its still one of my favourite

Dinosaur Jr. cd's. 

1994 - Nine Inch Nails - Universal Amphitheatre

 

I seem to remember going to this show with Ron and Bianca.

Opening acts were Jim Rose Circus and Marilyn Manson.

Marilyn Manson got a mixed reaction.  People either love

or hate this band.  I thought they were really entertaining.

That  Beautiful People song is very catchy.

Found a set-list online from someone who recorded the show.

Thank you and hope its correct!

Pinion / Mr. Self Destruct

Sin

March Of The Pigs

Piggy

Reptile

Gave Up

Happiness In Slavery

Eraser

Hurt The Downward Spiral

Wish

Suck

Ruiner

Down In It

Head Like A Hole

Closer

Dead Souls

I Do Not Want This

Something I Can Never Have

Intro

Sanctified

Maybe Just Once

The Only Time

Kinda I Want To

That's What I Get

Purest Feeling

Ringfinger

Down In It

What can I say?  

By now if you have been following this blog you know 

I have seen this band a number of time.  

This was a great show.  Wish I had been 

able to go all 4 nights that they played Universal.

Happy Birthday Robert Smith!

Happy Birthday Robert Smith!

Welcome Back, Kotter

Recently there was a Welcome Back, Kotter reunion.

35 years ago I was at some event and was able to

get two of the Sweathogs autographs.

Robert Hedges and Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs.

Wish I had Gabe Kaplan or John Travolta's 

to round out the photo.

Thought I would share though... 

1994 - Lollapalooza - CSUDH Velodrome Field

 

Well, here we are at the end of this tour.  

Remember we caught the incredibly hot first show 

and will never forget it.

This leg of the tour was without the legendary Frogs.

I went to this show for the Smashing Pumpkins.

I love this band.  They make me want to

just get up and dance.  It was late summer 

and a wonderful night.  When it got dark and 

the bonfires were lit it was an amazing thing.

There were some individual experiences 

at this show.  I went with Ron and Bianca.

Ron got his glasses broken in the pit for the 

Breeders of all bands.  He spent the rest of the

show without glasses and drove us home.

I think it was during Green Day cause they replaced 

the Boredoms, that Bianca got caught in their

pit and received a Doc Martin to the back of the 

head and/or someone landed on her back.

I just remember her getting injured.  I stayed

at a safe distance from the shenanigans.

I mean really who would have thought that

someone could sustain damage during The Breeders!

1994 - Lush - Glam Slam

 

Went to this show with Ron.

He will have more in depth comments I am sure!

This show was at the club Prince owned for a time in 

downtown Los Angeles.  It was filled with Prince 

memorabilia and done up in his purple theme! With 

naked lady statues and well typical Prince stuff.

This show had two opening bands on the bill, 

That Dog and Weezer.  Loved them! 

A couple of songs in to Lush's set the electricity 

went out.  It was a small venue for this show.  

Should have been at the El Rey or Wiltern.  

So we waited around for awhile to see if the show 

would resume and it didn't.  We were asked to come 

back the next night and use our same ticket.  

We did!  No Weezer but a band called 

Sammy played. Very fun experience.  

The ticket is signed by Miki.