The Long Winters

My first concert was Duran Duran at the Seattle Arena, which I think is gone or renamed or something. It was at the Seattle Center, but it wasn't Key Arena or Memorial Stadium... oh whatever. I wish said Duran Duran concert was something cool like the Rio tour, but alas is was the Big Thing tour ins...

http://www.conworks.org

it doesn't say specifically who's on when, but the doors are at 8pm and there's a healthy roster of performers -- I'd assume the bottom of the list is first and the top of the list is last, but what do I know?

I saw Blue Diamonds on MTV2 on or around August 8th, at approximately 9pm. It was a neat moment! Seeing folks you know or sort of know on TV is surreal. And exciting.

$15 ain't dirt cheap. It would almost be a reasonable price, especially when you look over the massive list of bands you could possibly go see -- the problem arises when you get there and the crowds are too big for you to move from one venue to the next, and you end up seeing 3 1/2 shows.

That show at the Crocodile in July (the 19th) with Clem Snide headlining, has *both* the Long Winters and Dear John Letters opening up. This is great news, as I love all 3 of these bands, and the 2 locals in particular. And while I'm at it, I gotta add they compliment each other remarkably well. So ...

I have no helpful hints for you when it comes to getting into the Croc while being underage. I apologize for that. I just wanted to say that my birthday is also July 6th! A good day to be born. But I'll be 29 this year.

Photos of the Long Winters from their visit to KEXP's Audioasis program on 5/10. Also, there's pictures of Rev. Hydra and the Ben Kennedys, who were on the show too.

http://www.publicpressure.com/kexp/

oh, and thanks to John for letting me join with him and Sean on the "no, you are"s -- good fun.

matt