Sun 26 Sep – Rush Time Machine Tour

Concert was (as always) amazing. Rush performs consistently better than a lot of the bands i've seen live. This tour was no exception. It was nice to hear them dig out some of their more obscure tracks from the 90s. Everytime they play their work from the 90s, it always reminds me of how underrated that stuff is.

Their new stuff was really heavy. My father has the mp3s, but i barely listened to them, so this show was the first time that i had actually heard them. Like i said, they…

Tue 20 Jul – Streetlight Manifesto

this show was amazing. well, to be fair, it felt like i went to two shows last night: one show that was alternatively boring and shitty, and one that was amazing.

Potthast opened up. i came into the situation with an open mind, but just the acoustic guitar was kinda boring for me. some of the songs were funny, especially the last one directed towards a heckler in the crowd, but overall i was just not interested.

The Wonder Years are an awful, boring band that should not be touring with the next two…

Wed 9 Jun – Iron Maiden, Dream Theater

This show was great. I had pit tickets with two of my friends, so we were less than 50 feet away from the performers the entire time.

Dream Theater's show was flawless. If you don't have a decent appreciation for DT's technical ability, watch them live. They are gods. Petrucci was naturally perfect. The bassist, the keyboardist, Portnoy; all of it was perfect. the only small messup was LaBrie sounding a little flat on some notes, but it wasn't too noticeably bad.

Iron Maiden was just as great. Unlike what was expected…

Crack the Skye-Mastodon
Thick As A Brick-Jethro Tull
Fragile-Yes
The Yes Album-Yes
Mingus Ah Um-Charles Mingus
Death Magnetic-Metallica
New Vintage-Maynard Ferguson
Smash Hits-The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Sabotage-Black Sabbath
The Man With The Horn-Miles Davis
Abbey Road-The Beatles
The Lonely Bull-Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass
Exit…Stage Left-Rush
Thriller-Michael Jackson
Kilroy Was Here-Styx
Sold Out-The Kingston Trio
Mister Guitar-Arthur "Guitar Boogie" Smith
If I Didn't Care-The Ink Spots
Satch Plays Fats-Louis Armstrong and His All Stars
Fly on the Wall-AC/DC