- Modest Mouse
- Because the crowd was ablaze with passionate energy
- Because the guitarist was flirtatious
- Wolf Parade
- They were very down to earth and nice, and their music was especially inspired as they played it live, improvising at times, in ways that made it kaleidoscopically wonderful
- Alice Cooper
- The man knows how to put on a show
- Smashing Pumpkins
- Billy Corgan is witty
- Their front band was terrible and memorably ludicrous
- Deftones
- Because we braved the moshpit and faired all the better for it, three rows of bodies back from the stage, and violently thrashed some moshing jerks. Hell yes we did.
- Devotchka
- Because there was a dance floor.
- Because our inhibitions were loosened by libations and the crowd was full of love.
- Caesara Evora
- Because the lady has a voice like cello, lava & fireworks.
- Edward Sharp & the Magnetic Zeroes
- Gabriel Sullivan
- Phenandra
- Countless bluegrass bands & fireside camping shindigs, the likes of which I cannot recall so much as a vague feeling of contentment and joy
- That one symphonic performance of the Star Wars soundtrack, I forgot which symphony performed it, but it was magnificent.
jan 1 2011 ∞
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