A few months ago my mom came for a visit. And she brought a heavy dose of nostalgia with her in the form of boxes of clutter that I had left at her house thinking it would magically meld into the sea of memories that is "home" and assuming I'd never have to see it again. You know, the kind things from the days of living "at home" that meant a lot to you at some time, but that you gradually grow out of : yearbooks, silly photos you took with your friends that make absolutely no sense to you as an adult, notes from highschool, and various other trinkets.
Alas, my parents foiled my plan of "forgetting" my stashes of stuff in their efforts to actually, you know, claim their house as their own and purge the belongings of their children. So I had to at last deal with the boxes. As I suspected, most of the items had lost their luster for me, but some were fun to revisit.
Like the faded ticket stubs. Ticket stubs from live performances, broadway musicals, theater. Included in the stack o' stubs:
- November 7, 1996: Key Arena/Seattle, WA -- Dave Matthews Band
- November 23, 1996: Pacific Coliseum/ Vancouver, BC Canada -- Phish
- November 27, 1996: Key Arena/ Seattle, WA -- Phish
- July 10, 1997: The Metro/ Chicago, IL -- Ben Harper
- August 9, 1997: New World Music Theatre/Chicago (ish), IL -- Lilith Fair
- December 30, 1998: Aragon Ballroom/ Chicago, IL -- Poi Dog Pondering
- April 7, 1998: Paramount Theater/ Seattle, WA -- Ben Harper and the Innocent Criminals
- June 28, 1998: Aragon Ballroom/ Chicago, IL -- Ani DiFranco
- August 5, 1998: New World Music Theatre/ Chicago (ish), IL -- Lilith Fair
- August 8, 1998: Aragon Ballroom/Chicago, IL -- Buddy Guy/Johnny Lang
- October 29, 1998: Schnitzer Concert Hall/ Portland, OR -- Jackson Browne
- November 4, 1998: Tacoma Dome/Tacoma, WA -- Dave Matthews Band
- April 8, 2000: University of Puget Sound Fieldhouse/Tacoma, WA -- Ani DiFranco
- Plus various indie shows too numerous to take the time typing out and musical theater performances like Phantom of the Opera, Miss Saigon, Rent, Les Miserables and sporting events.
Fun to remember the shows. What shows do you remember fondly?
