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The Bouncing Souls
Flogging Molly twice
Hepcat really enjoyed
Shakira
Tego Calderon
HaDag Nachash
Reel Big Fish
Third Eye Blind
Trace Adkins
Murder Majesty sucked
OK Go awesome
The Cab

Having the wherewithal to buy tickets to Flogging Molly before the show I was actually able to get in this time since they regularly sellout the venue, a few outside weren't so lucky and resorted to begging for tickets. It's surprising they've grown this much considering the first time I saw them play In SLC they were just an unknown band on tour with Bouncing Souls people were waiting on to finish the set and get to the main act. Now they're huge.

They're touring with Hepcat an old school Ska band that has been around forever but doesn't release a whole lot of new CDs. And frankly I enjoyed the Hepcat portion of the show more than Flogging Molly. I like energetic ska music like Suburban Legends but sometimes some good ska music to just chill out with is great. The two lead vocalists Greg and Alex were great at setting a good mood to groove to some great ska.

I made a point to go buy a couple Hepcat CDs at the swag table before the post Molly rush crowded the place too much. …

November 18th, 2004 - Green Day (with Sugarcult, New Found Glory) @ Rose Garden Arena

September 4th, 2005 - Flogging Molly (with Rolling Blackouts, River City Rebels) @ Roseland Theater

September 25th, 2005 - Green Day (with Jimmy Eat World) @ Rose Garden Arena

August 12th, 2006 - Heather Alexander @ Washington Renaissance Fantasy Faire

September 24th, 2006 - Flogging Molly (with Zox, Bedouin Soundclash) @ Roseland Theater

May 31st, 2007 - Lacuna Coil (with Stolen Babies, Kylesa, Within Temptation) @ Aladdin Theater

August, 2007 - Alexander James Adams @ Washington Renaissance Fantasy Faire

November 1st, 2007 - Nightwish (with Paradise Lost) @ Roseland Theater

December 5th, 2007 - Flogging Molly (with Dusty Rhodes and the River Band, Murder By Death) @ Roseland Theater

April 17th, 2008 - Apocalyptica @ Roseland Theater

September 10th, 2008 - Nightwish (with Sonata Arctica) @ Roseland Theater

September 28th, 2008 - The Duhks @ Aladdin Theater

October 9th, 2008 - Gaelic Storm @ Aladdin Theater
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MSTRKRFT
Yo! MAJESTY
Does It Offend You, Yeah?
dj z trip
Kanye West
N.E.R.D.
Lupe Fiasco
Rihanna
Mr. Scruff
The Blood Brothers x2
The Plot To Blow Up The Eiffel Tower
Xiu Xiu
Mindless Self Indulgence x2
Red Hot Chili Peppers
The Mars Volta
The Slackers
Mickey Avalon x3
Dirt Nasty x2
Andre Legacy x2
Green Day
Rancid
The Horrorpops x2
Hepcat
Catch 22
Mustard Plug
Aquabats x2
Reel Big Fish x2
RX Bandits
Mad Caddies
Damien Marley
Ziggy Marley
The Wailers
Queens of the Stone Age

Over the past few months, I bought and downloaded a lot of CDs. How much?

I'm not at my house right now, but the track count on my iPod went from 2,100-something to 2,847 songs. Yeah. And I'm not even done, there's still a lot of CDs I want to get. I prefer buying over downloading, I like having a collection, and I like owning the physical CD itself.

Some bands that I'm really hooked on right now are O pioneers!!!, Busdriver, The Aggrolites, Andrew Jackson Jihad, The Flatliners, Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra, Hepcat, The Skatastrophes, and a bunch more.

And I bought some albums from bands I've always loved, like NOFX, The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Pennywise, The Hives, Audioslave, Against Me!, Primus,Cherry Poppin' Daddies, and The Suicide Machines.

Maybe later I'll list my favorite ten albums currently, because right now I'm stuck at a computer doing nothing and I need something to do for the next hour and a half.

All your tracks. Set shuffle. Press play.

How am I feeling today?
Right Here In My Arms - HIM

Will I get far in life?
The Power Cosmic 2000 Pt.1 - Joe Satriani

How do my friends see me?
To Be Dead - Decide

Where will I get married?
Cakewalk on Easy Street - Spock's Beard

What is my best friend's theme song?
The Kinslayer - Nightwish

What is the story of my life?
Land of the Rising Scum - Skyclad

What was high school like?
Destroyer - Static-X

How can I get ahead in life?
Rage of the Winter - Rhapsody

What is the best thing about me?
Sonata Of The Chosen Ones - ROOT

What is today going to be like?
Beyond The Gates of Infinity - Rhapsody

What is in store for this weekend?
Tommy's Song - Hepcat

What song will they play at my funeral?
Summon The Wolves - Battlelore

How does the world see me?
Faceless God - Nocturnal Rites

Will I have a happy life?
The Government Totally Sucks - Tenacious D

Do people secretly lust after me?
Razorblade Salvation - Sinergy
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Take your top 20 artists. For each of these artists, collect the top 5 similar artists. The resulting number of unique artists is your eclectic score. If the score is small (extreme = 5) your musical preferences are very limited, and if it is large (larger than 80, extreme = 100), then you have an eclectic musical preference. You can compute your own score at http://anthony.liekens.net/pub/scripts/last.fm/eclectic.php

My eclectic score is currently

88/100


The 88 related artists for my profile are Al Green, Alice In Chains, Audioslave, Bang Sugar Bang, Barenaked Ladies (2), Beck, Ben Folds Five, Ben Lee, Bill Haley And The Comets, Bloodhound Gang, Bob Marley, Buddy Holly, Cake, Captain Tractor, Catch 22, Charles Mingus (2), Charlie Parker (2), Chuck Berry, Coldplay, Counting Crows, Curtis Mayfield, Dead Kennedys, Dinah Washington, Duke Ellington, Eddie Cochran, Ella Fitzgerald, Everclear, Foo Fighters (3), Goo Goo Dolls, Good Charlotte (2), Great Big Sea (2), Green Day, HIM, Hepcat…

I've always wanted to create an overview of all the (professional) bands I've seen performing. So here it goes in alphabetical order. (hey, everyone else is doing it) :)

Don't think this is the complete list, most of it is completely forgotten. Also counting is useless, forgot most of them.

Update: I remembered a couple more of them and added my rating (of the show(s) I've seen)

(scale: 1 to 5)

2 Many DJ's ***
16 Down (acoustic) ***
59 Times the Pain **
A *
a balladeer **
A Days Work **
AFI ***
Agnostic Front ***
Air Traffic ****
Alanis Morrissette **
Alkaline Trio ****
All **
Anouk **
Anti-Flag ***
Apocalyptica ***
Arcade Fire **
Arctic Monkeys ****
Arid *****(*)
Avail *
Bad Religion ****
Biffy Clyro ****
blink-182 *
Blood Red Shoes ***
Blue Grass Boogiemen ***
BoySetsFire *****
Brand New *
British Sea Power ***
Burning Heads *
Bush **
Caesar **
Catch 22 **
Cavalera Conspiracy
Coheed and Cambria **
Cooper *
Counting Crows ***
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