![]() It’s not an overstatement at all to suggest that previous show had been a real eye opener for many of us, a somewhat mind blowing experience. At every instance, an answering machine awaits me at the other end, so I never speak to anyone…but it doesn’t matter, as we bump into every one of these souls down at the show anyway.Īs had been the case five years ago, that night we witnessed these guys opening for the Smashing Pumpkins, this occasion is fast turning into a high school reunion of sorts. In the hours leading up to it, I call some of the usual suspects, too, friends I know who seem good candidates for attendance, to gauge whether anybody else is going. ![]() He’s never heard of the band but is generally up for live music in any form. One of my roommates, Alan, happens to be home from work, and agrees to go with me. While it seems likely they drew more than one name, or possibly dispensed free tickets to every name, I’m not complaining or asking questions when Magnolia’s calls to say I won, just a few hours before the show. They have this box out by the door offering a pair of free tickets to whichever name is drawn. Having seen the English shoegaze-y type group one other time, they really impressed me, and thus this contest at Magnolia Thunderpussy catches my eye, the previous week. Though visiting the club a couple of times to view local acts, first and foremost Superstar Rookie, my first so-called “national” show glimpsed here would occur when Swervedriver careens into town, in June of 1998. This is a great metaphor for how this establishment hit the ground running, and almost immediately became one of our city’s top venues. Burnside is the headlining act, and they don’t yet have a license to sell booze. When the bar and live music oasis hosts its opening celebration on May 25 of that year, R.L. ![]() Little Brother’s, the brainchild of former Stache’s owner Dan Dougan, opened its doors in the spring of 1997.
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