Music

I like a lot of music, but it’s been pointed out many times that I have a type, and that’s pretty much anything with a brass section. From big band jazz pieces to ska, prog rock to little brass hits in hip hop, I’m there for it.

Here are some of the shows that I can remember going to over the years. Honestly, looking back trying to remember all of these was a lot of fun. Lots of dredging through old facebook events and very specific combinations of search terms!

  • 2023
    • December 2 – Streetlight Manifesto – The Roadrunner, Boston MA
      • with Rebuilder
    • November 9 – Squirrel Nut Zippers – Higher Ground, Burlington VT
    • September 9 – Low Cut Connie – Higher Ground, Burlington VT
      • Criminally small audience for such a killer show
    • August 2 – Gogol Bordello – Higher Ground, Burlington VT
    • April 1 – Start Making Sense – Higher Ground, Burlington VT
      • I was never really into the Talking Heads, but they had a cool brass section with them, the Ocean City Stompers, which sold me on the show. No regrets, it was a ton of fun.
    • March 31 – Seven Leaves – Radio Bean, Burlington VT
    • March 7 – Pepper – Higher Ground, Burlington VT
    • March 3 – Thank You Scientist – Higher Ground, Burlington VT
    • February 22 – The Dip – Higher Ground, Burlington VT
  • 2022
    • December 17 – Streetlight Manifesto – Starland Ballroom, Sayreville NJ
      • with Church Girls
  • 2019
    • November 14 – Ripe – Higher Ground, Burlington VT
    • September 27 – Streetlight Manifesto – Royal Oak Music Theater, Royal Oak MI
      • (I didn’t actually go to this show because I had moved to Vermont)
  • 2018
    • November 16 – Streetlight Manifesto – Majestic Theater, Detroit MI
      • with Mephiskapheles and Sycamore Smith
  • 2017
    • October 21 – Justin Timberlake – Circuit of the Americas, Austin TX
    • September 15 – Streetlight Manifesto – Royal Oak Music Theater, Royal Oak MI
  • 2016
    • October 22 – Taylor Swift – Circuit of the Americas, Austin TX
  • 2010
    • November 13 – Boston Youth Symphony‘s ‘Peter and the Wolf” – Boston Symphony Hall, Boston MA
  • 2009
    • October 30 – Big D and the Kids Table with Tip The Van – the Paradise, Boston MA
    • July 21 – Warped Tour – Comcast Center, Mansfield MA
      • 3OH!3
      • Bad Religion
      • Big D and the Kids Table
      • Hit the Lights
      • Less than Jake
      • NOFX
      • Streetlight Manifesto
      • TAT
      • Westbound Train
    • March 14 – Dropkick Murphys – House of Blues, Boston MA (I really thought this was actually on St. Paddy’s day, but close enough. Also, maybe this was actually 2010 – hard to know)
    • January 29 – Reel Big Fish, Streetlight Manifesto, and Tip the Van – the Palladium, Worcester MA