Told a student wearing a My Chemical Romance shirt that I saw them open for Yellowcard. She said to her friend, “I would have thrived in the early 2000s.”
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I don’t have much to say right this second, my brain is a little fried from back to school night and going back to teaching to full time and having a daughter who hates going to school.
Have things fallen through the cracks in the mean time? Yea, they have.
No, ur not rugged. No, I’m not done. No, I’m not giving up. ...
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Wisdom:
“In a world where technical skills can be automated or outsourced, the truly irreplaceable asset is the ability to bring people together, to create a shared sense of purpose, and to build a culture where everyone can do their best work.” - @aaronv.eth
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This was the first real /undrgrnd tour I went to.
I used to have a live recording of the show I actually went to thanks to Napster.
I have to find that CD…
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My most listened to band of the last 10 years. Saw them at a very small venue with 25-30 people.
A year later I saw them again at a larger venue with 250 people. After the show, I bought the lead singer a beer.
Just because it doesn’t sound punk doesn’t mean it’s not punk.
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20 years ago I saw Coheed an Cambria play a side stage at Warped Tour with 50 people.
Next Tuesday I’m going to see them play in front of 30k people.
Everyone is /undrgrnd, until they’re not.
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Saves the Day is the band I’ve seen live the most. They’re from New Jersey so considered local enough.
Chris (the lead singer and only original member left) was notorious for jumping into the crowd and fighting hardcore guys making fun of them.
Last time I saw them, he did it again, in his late thirties, because he ...
Walking around the parking lot at a show in high school parking lot. I was wearing a Finch sweatshirt. Some guy grabbed my shoulder and put a phone in my face and said, “it’s Randy from Finch” because a kid on the east coast was wearing his band’s hoodie. That guy who grabbed my shoulder was the guitarist from The Star
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