After multiple co workers made fun of me moaning about the closure of Emo’s, and after I resisted the urge to shout “fuck y’all!!”, I started thinking about all the shows I saw there during college. I even enlisted the help of some of my best friends so we could swap favorite memories/shows and we all realized that while we spent endless amounts of time there from 1997-2001 we remembered being there more than we remembered most of the bands. The memory loss probably has more to do with vodka tonics and Lone Star than anything else, but the same shows stuck out to us all. Some more than others. The Faint on Athena’s birthday. The big room had finally re opened and it was absolutely packed to the gills with sweaty kids dancing their asses off. Jenna fainting during Modest Mouse b/c it was so damn hot inside. The White Stripes after Keaton’s graduation dinner. Me losing my voice at L7 when I had a radio shift right after the show ended from 3-5 am. I sounded like I was IN L7 after that show. Made for good radio I’m sure.
I don’t listen to some of these bands anymore but I know they played a tiny part in where I am now and I’m glad to have seen them all. There were more for sure and hopefully one day we’ll dry out and remember who was making all that noise while we were busy chatting and drinking.
But for now here is my sappy “I’m gonna miss you” Spotify playlist.
(I’m sorry but that Riverside shit doesn’t count.)
