10 Perfect Concerts

• Crash Worship @ The Brewery, Raleigh NC, early 90s; I caught a glimpse of a bacchanalian future in the leather flasks the band was passing around the audience. The show ended when the venue was so filled with smoke people had to crawl out on their knees.
• Pine State w/ Her Majesty's Secret Cervix, Renelvis, et al; Duke Coffeehouse in the 90s. There was a guy in a gimp suit on a gurney, I passed out on the couch for one band, one of the drummers for Pine State pulled a knife on someone.
• Extra Action Marching Band @ NIMBY Fight Night. They were on the stage across from the boxing ring with 3 on 3 bouts going on. My brother's punk crew and the rest of us were moshing in the middle, motorcycles were pushing through the crowd, things were literally on fire along the edges.
• Nashville Pussy et al @ Local 506, Sleazefest 1997. Nobody had more fun that weekend than I did. When Sleazefest came to visit me in California I had to spend a night in jail. It was that kind of relationship.
  
• Pressure Boys free concert on the Quad at ECU fall of 1987. This was my introduction to indie rock, it was love at first exposure.
• My Bloody Valentine - San Francisco 2009; I wisely wore tarmac ear protectors and it was fabulous.
• Flaming Lips @ University of London late 90s; Words fail me.
• Chemical Brothers (Aragon Ballroom in Chacago) early 90s; I was deaf in one ear for 24 hours and suffered some permanent hearing loss. It was worth it.
• Ministry @ Lollapalooza. The sun had just set, the lightshow was blinding, the air  was filled with an eruption of intensity (identified flying objects).
• Hot Chip @ Coachella 2008. The Revenge of the Nerds band really rocks.