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[ken]

Dude, Johnnie Cochran just died!

[rockysigman]

Also excluding unknown local bands (although including semi-known local bands). A whole lot of bands I saw in middle school on this list, or opening for better bands, but I'll include any who some people around here are famliar with:

The White Stripes (7 times)
Wilco (4 times)
Guided by Voices (3 times)
Red Hot Chili Peppers (twice)
Blanche (a million times)
The Arcade Fire
The Pixies (twice)
Lou Reed
Sleater-Kinney
The Black Keys (suck)
Thunderbirds Are Now! (okay, they are a pretty unknown local band, but I'm pretty geeked on them right now and I've seen them many times)
The Von Bondies (also a whole lot of times, although I'm not sure why--I never really liked them much...I guess it was just for the sake of going to shows)
The Toadies (twice)
Pearl Jam
Sonic Youth (3 times)
The Violent Femmes
Sponge (3 times)
The Strokes (3 times)
Eric Clapton
Johnny Cash
The Rolling Stones
Iggy & the Stooges (!!!!!!!!)
Iggy Pop (sans Stooges)
Stone Temple Pilots (twice)
Live (twice)
Jane's Addiction
Godspeed You Black Emperor!
AC/DC
Collective Soul
Yo La Tengo
Sparta
Buckcherry
Slash's Snakepit
The Datsuns (three times if you include 2 Pixies opening slots)
The D4
Eyes Adrift
Fishbone (twice)
Neil Young
The Gin Blossoms
Jimmy Eat World
The Modey Lemon (twice)
Robert Bradley's Blackwater Surprise
The Verve Pipe
Outrageous Cherry
Getaway Cruiser
Starlight Desperation
The Dirtbombs (see the note on the Von Bondies)
The Detroit Cobras (ditto)
The Sights (many times, until they started to suck)
The Soledad Brother (many times--would like to see them many more)
The Go (many times)

[alexiscarrington]

I just read on CNN.com that Johnnie Cochran is dead. It says hardly anything more.

[stratman19]

alexiscarrington said:

I just read on CNN.com that Johnnie Cochran is dead. It says hardly anything more.

Apparently, it was an inoperable brain tumor.

[alexiscarrington]

Thanks for the clarification. I was confused as to what was the cause.

[chrisfan]

I figured that Johnnie Cochran had to be in bad shape when he did not make the trip to DC for his case before the Supreme Court last week.

[strat-0]

Tough break for Johnnie, that.

As much as I despised how the "Dream Team" got O.J. off, there was something likeable about him. Maybe it was that he had a sense of humor. He had a way with words, but it used to annoy me to no end when he'd say, "If the court please..." I suppose it's perfectly acceptable courtroom decorum, but it sounds so arrogant to me. Not, "If it please the court," but "If the court please." Anybody know anything about that?

I think I'd need hypnosis to remember half the shows I've seen. Some that seem to have made an impression include:

The Who
Aerosmith (3-4)
The Allman Bros (3)
Grateful Dead
The Doobie Bros (2)
Stevie Ray Vaughn (3)
Black Sabbath (2)
Robin Trower
U2
Van Halen
ZZ Top
Rush (2)
Foreigner / Styxx / Journey / Boston (too many)
Blue Oyster Cult (3)
Heart
Molly Hatchet (2)
Bad Company / Paul Rogers
Johnny Winter (2)
Jeff Beck (2)
Crosby, Stills & Nash
Joe Cocker
Jethro Tull
B.B. King
Johnny Shines
Iggy Pop
Johnny Cougar (pre-"Melloncamp")
Chuck Negron (of Three Dog Night)
War (harp player sat in with us!)
Los Lobos
Bonnie Raitt
Georgia Satellites
Alabama Symphony Orchestra (7-10)
Chuck Berry
The Wholigans!
Goo-Goo Dolls (singer sat in with us)

That's just a smidgeon, really...

[stratman19]

DED said:

Speaking of Kate on tour, I watched the directors cut of Almost Famous yesterday. What a great movie. Easily better then Say Anything.

I realize I'm way behind here...been at work for the last 3 days, and have to go back tomorrow, but msg. board geek that I am, (and poor lifeless bastard), trying to catch up...

Almost Famous is a great movie, and remains among my all-time favorites. What a great trip down memory lane. That movie reminds me of when I was young...what a difference compared to today. FM radio was completely different, there seemed to be so much more diversity in music, in life... Lester Bangs, Creem magazine...yeah, great times. I love that movie...and Kate Hudson was gorgeous, not to mention putting in a great performance.

[stratman19]

Matter of fact I saw Cracker and The Gin Blossoms back in the day. I still like Cracker too.

I only have one Cracker album...Kerosene Hat, and I did something I normally don't do...I bought that album for only one tune... the song Low. Christ, I love that song. An added bonus was that the album in it's entirety turned out to be pretty damned good!

[stratman19]

Chrisfan said:

I figured that Johnnie Cochran had to be in bad shape when he did not make the trip to DC for his case before the Supreme Court last week.

Several months ago, he announced he was undergoing treatment...he just never said for what. I guess now we know. I never liked him, he got a murderer off (IMO), and he was a pompous ass... he was a great lawyer though, and it's a shame he died so young.

[stratman19]

As for getting thru all the posts regarding Terri Schiavo; I made my opinion clear long ago. I can't add anything to the debate, and there's no reason for me to rehash old arguments now.

[stratman19]

I'll take the plunge with listing some bands I've seen. The list isn't complete, and details of many shows have been dimmed by age, time, and heavy alcohol and recreational drug use/abuse. Anyway, my list as of now (before I lay me down to sleep)...

Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band

Grand Funk Railroad

Rush

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

Jackson Browne

Aerosmith

Kiss

The Who

Black Sabbath

Rolling Stones

Queensryche

Pearl Jam

AC/DC

Bad Company

Alice Cooper

REO Speedwagon (just a comment here...this was the early days, before they got all sappy and sucked)

Blue Oyster Cult

Pink Floyd

Deep Purple

Doobie Brothers

Boston

Queen

Robin Trower

[pissin2]

Glad to see a bunch of Aerosmith in there.
I also think everyone should see Metallica at least once in their life. Or ten times would be better.

[Ampage]

Can’t do the hard rock like that. Have you seen their documentary?

[pissin2]

No I actually haven't yet. I don't know why.