chuckrh

RIP

Dealing with a bunch of medical stuff. I had a MRI on my upper spine that caused a lot of excitement in doctor circles. Recovering from a round of chemo & had 1 minor surgery. Supposed to have 2 more "minor" surgeries soon. The second one isn't that minor as it involves a hospital stay & the words "bone saw" were uttered. Not a good sign. Right now waiting for insurance/scheduling & for doctors to decide who is going to do the surgery. All this is taking a big chunk of summer. The good thing is early days but can't talk about it yet. Let's just say Cupid may be around.

RIP

Loved Secret Machines!

I've got too much bad stuff (& 1 potential good thing!) going on to go on a rant but we're in deep trouble no matter which way we turn. I'll write more when things settle down a bit. Didn't want you to think you were being ignored @kidsmoke.

A most welcome return!

I always thought 11th Dream Day were underrated. Sadly for them they got caught up in the Atlantic Records throw it on the wall & see if it sticks thing. Happened to a lot of bands.

I listened to night 1 & it was pretty good albeit a bit short. I can't go this tour due to health & finances.

I saw them in a club last year & they were fantastic. The brothers have a great band backing them up & tons of good material.

So did everyone who went enjoy the Cure shows? I'm hoping that it won't be 7 years this time until I can see them again. Maybe another tour when the alleged new record actually comes out?

Quite good with excellent soundtrack. I couldn't sleep so I just binged half the new season. A certain band we all like is featured & lots of Replacements as a cherry on top.

No

We had the same situation last summer & it lasted a long time. I followed NIN through Oregon ending up in Bend on the other side of the mountains. When I was driving home once I got over the mountains it was Blade Runner all of the sudden. We've got a little this year but nothing seerious (yet).

I got decent ADA seats for Seattle night 2. $40 before Ticketmaster magic.

I was 1 day early. The Vancouver show ended with 10:15 Saturday Night/Killing an Arab. D'oh!

Well, here I am in recovery mode. Pretty good show, 2 hours 45 minutes on the button. TBH I thought they were better in 2016. That's not saying they were bad this time. I saw an epic show in Portland (Ridgefield) in 2016 that would be hard to top. Part of the issue was a sort of lame Seattle crowd which happens a fair amount. Let's call them second encore people. For instance there were no woah, woahs in Push & very few hands in the sky during FTEOTDGS. For the most part I still can't understand Robert when he talks but he's very clear when he's singing. His voice was great. He must be tak

How was your Crowded House show? I'm getting ready for the Cure tonight!

I haven't seen that one floating around yet. Lot of the California shows have been covered but have only seen 1 or 2 from the first part of the tour. The one I put up here the tape is unreal good.