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i may have mentioned that i can not locate my ticket stubs for the cure.  which is causing me considerable heartache.  so, i am going through boxes searching. 
i found a box today that held a treasure trove of ticket stubs!
i think i have mentioned that i was a big fan of the door's when i was a kid.  they were my first band.  but, when i tell someone that my first concert was for the doors, i am often met with a look of, "sure i believe you saw the doors." when they don't believe me at all.  so i opened a cigar box and found within ticket stubs for some amazing points in my young life.
there it is!  a stub from the doors playing the long beach arena on february 7, 1970.  a little googling will confirm if you still don't believe me.

 i found a ticket stub for a show i can't find any additional info on.  but, what was awesome was that led zepplin played the night before this show and jethro tull the day after!  so who knows who played this show!

this one is for elton john at the hollywood bowl 1973.  this was before tommy and a huge year for him.
daniel, goodbye yellow brick road.  this was an amazing show.  $4.50 for elton john at the hollywood bowl!

now some one off odd shows, three dog night and earth, wind and fire.  i remember steppenwolf and eric burdon and the animals at the three dog night show.  i do remember the performance of house of the rising sun by eric burdon.

now some sports tickets.  i loved the lakers from early on.  the stubs here are when the lakers had jerry west and wilt chamberlin playing for them.  i also remember that one of the games i went to was against the milwaukee bucks and they had just acquired a ucla grad named lew alcindor who we know later became kareem abdul-jabbar!  i saw some great players from those days, pistol pete maravich being one of my favourites!  i am adding one of my most prized give away treasures, the der wienerschnitzel tribute to the longest winning streak. classy!

the scan cut off the some of the names.  if you want to know who they are email me!!

my parents were gamblers.  not anything big and we never lost our possessions or anything but they spent a lot of time at the race track betting on horses and going to las vegas.   i sat in many las vegas casino lobbies watching the interesting people walk through.  the sands, the dunes, the stardust.  i remember them all.  it was a very glamorous time for las vegas.  i knew that drive from long beach to las vegas like the back of my hand!  i could pick a winning horse, daily double and trifecta by the time i was ten.  i knew jockeys and kept a recipe box with horse stats on index cards.  i knew the paddocks at hollywood park, los alamitos and santa anita.  i could read track conditions and won more than a few dollars for my parents!  i also loved the roller derby.  the los angeles t-birds played the long beach arena usually on friday's.  i always pulled for the opposing team.  never the t-birds.  i felt sorry for them.  no hometown fans there to pull for them.  only boos from the t-bird fans.  my little contribution to the sport!!

check out the prices for these laker games!

and some roller derby stubs...

now if only i could find my bob marley ticket stubs, i have the terrible photos i took though..
and the search continues for the cure...
 

1992 – Morrissey – Hollywood Bowl

Bianca and I went to this show!  Just the two of us.  I was sick. 
I was guzzling cough syrup since I had the dreaded cough I get when
I am finishing my annual bout of pneumonia!   So my drink of choice,
Robitussin!  We even caught the park n' ride.  It was fun.  People were
partying on the bus and ready for an amazing show.  Bianca and I had
seen Morrissey before and this was a day after Bianca's birthday and
seemed like a fun way to get out and about!! 
No Smiths songs, loads of flowers thrown on the stage and people trying
to get on stage to hug him.  I remember it being a good show.

Set List:
You're Gonna Need Someone On Your Side
Glamorous Glue
Sister I'm A Poet
You're The One For Me Fatty
We'll Let You Know
November Spawned A Monster
Such A Little Thing Makes Such A Big Difference
I Know It's Gonna Happen Someday
Girl Least Likely To
Certain People I Know
Everyday Is Like Sunday
Seasick, Yet Still Docked
Suedehead
He Knows I'd Love To See Him
Alsatian Cousin
We Hate It When Our Friends Become Successful
Jack The Ripper
The National Front Disco 

During this time and especially living in L.A. there were certain artists you went to see.
KROQ was the radio station that fueled what we listened to.  They loved The Smiths, Morrissey, U2, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Depeche Mode and The Cure among others.  When these artists were coming to town KROQ went crazy with interviews, promotions and playing these artists songs all the time.  They even made special KROQ bumper stickers to hand out after the shows.  So when this show went on sale and sold 18,000 tickets in 20 some minutes it was an amazing thing.  You wanted to be part of it, you had to be there.  And well, I am a sucker for Frank Lloyd Wright, I love the Hollywood Bowl!     

1990 - Disney Spectacular - Hollywood Bowl

I always liked to do something on the 4th of July.

Something with fireworks.

I usually got my Mom and Bianca and we went to

a baseball game.  How American can you get?

And luckily for us with two baseball teams one

of them is in town for the 4th with a great fireworks

show after the game.  

But, I found this event.  Hollywood Bowl, old fashioned 

fireworks and great Disney music put on by the Philharmonic!

I always hoped this fireworks event would be

the one that didn't terrify Bianca.  

Wrong again. 

Out we went with Park and Ride

and Bianca's firing range headphones to enjoy the best

America has to offer.  I should have learned then to 

stop planning family events!