OK, here are the rules. Test your memory and your love of live music by listing 50 artists or bands (or as many as you can remember) you've seen in concert. List the first 50 acts that come into your head. An act you saw at a festival and opening acts count, but only if you can't think of 50 other artists. Oh, and list the first concert you ever saw (you can remember that, can’t you)?

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1. Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers (first concert). Oh wait, he was just the opening band... so: Bob Dylan (first concert, ctd). Who came up with the rules to this meme such that Tom Petty doesn't even count? He was kind of a big deal. Anyhow.
2. Sandpit
3. Sangano
4. Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra
5. Dead Milkmen
6. Billy Bragg et al
7. Red Hot Chili Peppers
8. Carmaig De Forest... uhm... more than once... maybe an opening act each time? Uhm... uhm... 少年ナイフ (that's "Shonen Kife", you uncultured swine)
9. Bush (in St Louis)
10. Violent Femmes (in San Francisco and later at Hahvahd)
11. Wesley Willis... oh I'm sure he was an opening band. OK, uhm, Robyn Hitchcock and perhaps the Egyptians?
12. Primus
13. Oranj Symphonette
14. The Wells
15. Agent Orange. I saw them a couple of times, I think? Were they an opener each time? Uhm, I can tell this "opening bands doesn't count" thing is going to be a problem. Uhm, Explosions in the Sky.
16. Whipped, I think? Or had the band moved to LA before they ever played a real concert? Erm? Whatever: Veruca Salt.
17. Flower SF ... except maybe they were opening for another band... but I'm pretty sure I was there to see Flower... Uhm, Yes. I saw the band called "Yes" at the Oakland Colliseum
18. The Fabulous Hedgehogs
19. Some band that had Tanya Donnelly in it? Maybe? Like Throwing Muses or Belly maybe? Aw... I don't remember. OK, I'm sure I saw Talkdemonic and they were awesome.
20. Aggressive Dog (and/or Bandit) (Maybe. Hey, give me a break, it was all in Japanese at some little Tokyo Club (confusingly called "New York Antiknock") with unclear signage)
21. Quasi
22. Sleater-Kinney
23. Blüchunks
24. The Sugarcubes
25. The Cure
26. Spiritualized
27. The Verve except I think when I saw them they were an opening band, but I think maybe the whole reason I went to the show was for the Verve? Like the Opening Band was some flash-in-the-pan MTV thing? Can I count The Verve? No? OK, uhm, Southern Culture on the Skids.
28. Radiohead
29. Black Moth Super Rainbow
30. TV on the Radio
31. The Hellbillys... aw, did they headline? Or were they an opening band for... for... Aw... OK, cerntainly a headliner: David Byrne with the Extra Action Marching Mand et al.
32. Fugazi
33. Ozric Tentacles (which shouldn't count since they were the opening band, but I didn't stick around for the headliner past a couple of songs)
34. Voodoo Glow Skulls
35. Spearhead. When I saw them and Ani DiFranco at that same show, who opened for whom? Uhm... I don't remember. Have I ever seen Spearhead in some other context? Uhm... I don't remember. OK, pretend I never said Spearhead. I said... Holy Fuck.
36. Ladytron
37. My Bloody Valentine
38. L7... were they headliners? I didn't know there was gonna be a test. Uhm, They Might be Giants
39. Dengue Fever
40. Frente, I think? Maybe at Justin Herman Plaza? Does that even make sense? Maybe I just dreamed it. OK, I'm sure I saw M.I.R.V.
41. Cracker, an opening band surely, uhm how about Ween? They headlined a show I'm sure yeah
42. Man... or Astro-Man?
43. Ani DiFranco et al. I'm sure I've seen a show where she headlined.
44. Skankin Pickle... or maybe they opened for Voodoo Glow Skulls? Did I ever see Skankin Pickle headline? uhm, Stereolab.
45. Charlie Hunter et al
46. Laurie Anderson. or was it just her? Is Laurie Anderson a "band"? OK, then the House Jacks (yes, NPL freaks, that's an old one of Murdoch's projects before he was Kid Beyond).
47. The Quails a bunch but maybe they were always an opening band? Maybe? $&#* let's just say Barenaked Ladies but you know I didn't much listen to the music at that show, just mostly lay back and looked at the night sky.
48. 7 Year Bitch
49. Sonic Youth
50. Neko Case and I think maybe Carolyn Marks was there too et al

Well that got messy. If you read to the bottom of this because you were interested, then you can consider yourself "tagged" with this meme. If not, hey, how are you even seeing this?

Did you know that "No More Secrets" is an anagram for "Cosmo Re-Enters", and that "Cosmo" is the name of the villain from the movie "Sneakers"? Why yes, I have been staring at Game application materials for several consecutive hours, how could you tell? Maybe it's time for another book report that I wrote a few weeks ago but only got around to uploading today. Maybe this one about American Gods.

I enjoyed this book by Neil Gaiman.

It was a bestseller. You probably already read it. You probably already tried to talk to me about this book and then I stuck my fingers in my ears and said "Laylerlaylerlaylerlaylerlayler! I'm not listening! Spoiler warning! Go away fan[boy|girl]! I'm not listening to you! I haven't read the book yet!" Anyhow, it took me a few years, but I finally read it. I enjoyed it.

I hope that you enjoyed it, too. Sorry about the whole "layler" thing.

(Wow, that was a short review. Why did I wait so long?)