Photo: Jungle at Bill Graham - Sept 2023
2024 - Taking a small break & going to less shows... or smaller shows/venues, new/different artists I haven't seen before, and venues I haven't been before. Reminder: Bring *concert earplugs* when I go out !!!
Went!
- Jan 26: Birthday celebration at Monroe - Decades night - with many folks!
- Thank you to all my friends that came! It was EVERYTHING that I wanted.
Someone surprised the table with a bottle of tequila and champagne. Whoever you are = THANK YOU!!! Ended the night with corner slice of clam pizza at Golden Boy = EXACTLY WHAT I WANTED. - Feb 28: Madonna at the Chase Center (+ Jill, Joe, Margaret)
- My fave were the 80s hits. Holiday! Celebrate! She didn't sing Like a Virgin, but she did sing Like a Prayer!
- Feb: VTSS at Storek (+Jasmin, Abbey)
- Very loud........ techno ^^” … Jasmin thought the crowd was cosplaying…
- Mar 3: Kate Bollinger at Swedish American Hall (+Jasmin, Kyle, Claesine, Kit, Reis, Sam)
- All the indie hipster babies came out. Very short set. Sponsored by Crossroads trading, so you could buy yourself some vintage clothes too = cute!
- March 19: Priya Ragu at The Independent (+Ruchir)
- Good vibes............ but not the best live show............. Very cool to see her
- May 17: Taylor Swift in Stockholmh 😠yay! (+ Ed 💓)
- Life changing!!!!!!!!!!!!
- Aug 9: OSL (+Jasmin & Alex mostly, also Gabi/Adam/Alex, Samantha) ~ Confidence Man, Snakehips, Jungle, the Killers
- COLD! ... Alex did not like the Park Ranger dress code. A gummy put me to sleep and I overate on pizza and napped in VIP. Also was FREEZING during Killers at the end. Didn't love the set. Jungle was a great vibe but I was cold. COLD. SO COLD.
Confidence Man always great. - Aug 16: Alvvays, The Beths at the Fox (+Jasmin)
- MILLENNIAL INDIE HIPSTER regroup......
- Sept 26: The Dare at New Parish (+Jasmin; Mika & Champ)
- Indie sleaze throw back............ I LIKE GIRLS!
- Sept 28-29: Portola! (+ Manyyyy) >>> TO UPDATE
- His - Horse Girl! Gesaffelstein! Justice!
- Lows - Crying in the crowd during Jamie XX. Bad!
- Oct 3: Peter Cat Recording Company @ the Fox (+Chris, Kellen)
- Stood on the floor of the Fox - first time in a long time - very dreamy set - but forgot Floor is too low (too much neck craning) and 1 level up is best. Very dreamy set. Maybe too sleepy. But so wholesome, as per Chris. We had Hot Boyz before the show and had a post-Portola recap catch up... + story recount from Kellen on their experience
- Oct 4: Jyoty (+Jasmin, Audrie)
- Beeeeeeeeeeest dancing. Stood on upper ledge. Some Gen Z kids tried to get in front of Audrie and I said HELL NO. Young kid also tried to chat me up and I told him I was way older than he thought, and he goes "What, like 26?" ...
Also met my neighbor PETER in the elevator after the show !!! So fun!
- Oct 12: Babe Rainbow - free in SF - SF Live (+Jasmin, Tess, Ruchir, Ahmad)
- Greggggggguuuuuum where'd you goooooooooooooo
- Nov 8: Sofi Tukker at Bill Graham (+Marshall + his colleague, Justin, Tess, Christian, Parham, Audrie & Lola)
- Post-Election dancing to cure the blues. After Parham's 3rd request for SHOTS?? - Marshall and I both asked him separately his age - lolz. After dropping off Audrie and Lola, I went and got a donut (or a few) by myself at Colonial Donuts.
- Nov 12: Caribou at the Fox (+Jasmin, Kyle, Julie, Kyle's friends Erica, Rachel, Sean)
- I was Taken on a Journey! A belated birthday show for Kyle's birthday (he had an Election Night birthday party at a bar - sad night). No one lifted their arms up in the air the entire show. Sean said after the show it wasn't "lift-your-arms" kind of music! I felt multiple times during the show I felt the urge to lift my arms but then decided not to - HA.