What the hell, I'm waiting for Project Runway to start.

1. What was your first concert?
REM’s Green Tour

2. What was the last concert you attended?
Howard Jones. *sigh*

3. Who is the best band to see live?
Prince, Pixies, Terri Nunn, Chris Isaak (in the early 90’s), Bela Fleck, Go! Team, Siouxsie and the Banshees, B-52’s (duh!)

4. What was your LIFE CHANGING concert you attended?
Well not life changing but a memorable almost religious moment was The Cure’s Disintegration Tour when it started to rain as they played ‘Same Deep Water As You’ (if you recall, the song has rain and thunder sound effects in it). The Pixies reunion concert a few years ago was pretty mind blowing also.

5. Have you ever gotten something from the band? (ex. the guitarist's pick)
When I danced for the B-52’s, Kate and Keith signed the dress I was wearing and I got their hand written sound list from the night. Once day I’ll frame them together.

6. What genre is the best to see live?
I don’t think any one genre dominates

7. Who was the worst band to see live?
I didn’t enjoy Paul Weller. I was actually bored at that concert.

8. Have you met any band or band members in any concert experience?
Wait for it….B-52s band members. Also Peter Gabriel. I was hired to do wardrobe for him a few years ago, I even got to repair his light bulb suit! I always had a crush on him and when he said ‘Hi’ to me, I must’ve turned a hundred shades of red.

9. How long was the longest concert you've attended?
Lollapalooza

10. How short was the shortest concert you've attended?
The White Stripes

11. What is the worst thing to buy at a concert?
Food

12. Have you ever worn a band shirt to the same band your seeing live?
No.

13. What is the best venue you've ever been to?
Top 5
1. Paramount Theater, Oakland
2. Great American Music Hall
3. Slim’s
4. Concord Pavilion
5. Trafalgar Square, London

14. What is the worst venue you've ever been to?
Oakland Coliseum and Pac Bell Park

15. How long was the longest drive to a concert you attended?
2.5 hours. Monterey to SF

16. How short was the shortest drive to a concert you attended?
My home in Oakland to the Paramount (I didn't drive).

17. Do you like seats or the pit better?
The pit.

18. Do you go to the front close to the band or just the pit or in the middle?
Depends on the band.


19. Do you go crazy at concerts?
Not really. I felt crazy when I was literally the only one to get up and dance at the Steely Dan concert. Helloo, Bodhisattva is not a head nodder!


20. What is the most annoying thing at a concert?
Bad sightlines, and of course, the crowd.

21. Indoor or Outdoor concerts?
Depends.

22. Day or Night concerts?
Night

23. Small shows or Big shows?
Small

24. What is the best season for a concert?
Most of them happen in spring/summer but I still go in the winter as long as it’s indoor.

25. Do you frame your ticket stubs?
No, but I’ve kept a lot of them in a drawer which go all the way back to high school.

26. Where do you buy your concert tickets?
Online

27. How many concerts have you been to? Gosh, I dunno…maybe 40-50?

28. How old were you when you went to your first concert?
16

29. If you've met a band member, who was it?
Fred Snyder walking down Polk Street shopping for records. I could tell he was annoyed by me.

30. What is the closest you've been to a band?
On stage with them.

31. What is the farthest you've been to a band?
Outside the concert walls, unable to really see the band very well but close enough to hear (Scissor Sisters in London’s Trafalgar Square).

32. Have you ever stage-dived?
No

33. Have you ever moshed?
No, that’s why I try to make up for it by doing it at NWC.

34. Have you ever crowd surfed?
No

35. Still have all your ticket stubs?
Most of them.

36. Have you ever sneaked into a concert?
Possibly, I can’t remember.

37. and if so... How?

38. Have you ever stolen anything at a concert?
No

39. If so... What and How?

40. What concert do you really want to go to?
Joy Division, Kate Bush and anything at CBGB’s or Max’s Kansas City in the late 70’s like Talking Heads, Television, Blondie, Ramones and what’s that other band?….oh yeah, The B-52s.

41. What concert(s) are you planning to go to?
The Cure

42. Name 4 bands that you would like to see tour together?
New Order, Fischer Spooner, Kraftwerk, Depeche Mode

43. Would you drive 5 or more hours just to go to that concert?
No, and I’ve never had to.