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Two-parter....

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I forgot that I won't have access to a computer for today, so I'll have to throw up a quick comment starter:

  1. Name a random ex-Giant.
  2. What was your first concert?
Jim Gott and Living Colour (Time's Up tour) for me. Now you.

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player:  wes westrum

concert:  rudy valli live at the colisseum in rome..

westrum an amazing c grade catcher who would bat 220 and drive in 40 runs, and rudy valli an amazing megaphone crooner who would pack houses around the world with his inimitable style..

by ANDY MELAMED on Jan 17, 2008 9:27 AM PST up reply actions  

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Mike Aldrete and Fifteen (924 Gilman).
"When Jackson Williams thinks of how many times Madison Bumgarner has tried to kill Tyler Walker..."

by multiphasic on Jan 16, 2008 7:16 AM PST reply actions  

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You get instant indie/punk bonus points.
Only 972 games until the end of Zito's contract.

by thehavenot on Jan 16, 2008 11:31 AM PST up reply actions  

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Mike Aldrete was punk before you were punk.
All your signature are belong to us.

by EliminateMe on Jan 16, 2008 12:01 PM PST up reply actions  

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Cool.  Too bad I'm not punk.
Only 972 games until the end of Zito's contract.

by thehavenot on Jan 16, 2008 12:04 PM PST up reply actions  

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Yes, but had you been punk, Mike Aldrete would have been punk before you were having had been punk.
All your signature are belong to us.

by EliminateMe on Jan 16, 2008 12:16 PM PST up reply actions  

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Okay, that makes perfect sense.
Only 972 games until the end of Zito's contract.

by thehavenot on Jan 16, 2008 1:23 PM PST up reply actions  

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John Patterson and the Carpenters. Wow, you had to pick the first concert, huh? I was young, limited choices, it was inexpensive. Kinda like John Patterson, now that I think about it.
The SF Giants: we're not much, but you should check out our team in Augusta!

by Lyle @ McCovey Chronicles on Jan 16, 2008 7:16 AM PST reply actions  

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Dave Martinez,  Salmon and Jalopy Taco Stand
Saving countless runs with my Brian Horwitz

by lyricalkiller on Jan 16, 2008 7:27 AM PST reply actions  

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Check that -- it was Pearl Jam (w/ the Fastbacks and Ben Harper) at San Jose State, which I'd bet is the single most attended concert among McCovey Chronicles users.
Saving countless runs with my Brian Horwitz

by lyricalkiller on Jan 16, 2008 7:32 AM PST up reply actions  

Twas there myself
I thought Ben Harper was gonna take the world by storm after that show.

by Stoned Slacker on Jan 16, 2008 7:44 PM PST up reply actions  

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Rikkert Faneyte and House of Pain
Derin McMains had five fingers, but he only used three.

by oooreebay on Jan 16, 2008 7:35 AM PST reply actions  

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Bryan Hickerson and Rain (a Beatles tribute band) or else substitute the 2006 Kihncert in here (Greg Kihn, George Thorogood, Steve Miller).
Coming to you from the Land of Many Beers

by WalrusMan on Jan 16, 2008 7:36 AM PST reply actions  

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Pedro Feliz (crosses fingers)

and...

/gulp

Garth Brooks

Obama - ??? 2008 : Real change we can all believe in.

by RangerMoto on Jan 16, 2008 7:47 AM PST reply actions  

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Kirt Manwaring and The Voodoo Glowskulls. Has it been that long since ska was popular?
there is no pain greater than being behind the Rockies in the standings

by oldjacket on Jan 16, 2008 7:47 AM PST reply actions  

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nahh my second concert was The Aquabats.
Pedro Feliz: Marginally better this year.

by SloIsLonelyForTheOrange on Jan 16, 2008 5:24 PM PST up reply actions  

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It's not?
Rockies juggernaut rolls o...ver , dead. NL West TempestTeapot CASE IN POINT!

by victor frankenstein on Jan 16, 2008 9:11 PM PST up reply actions  

Speaking of ska
I'm listening through Reel Big Fish's new album ("Monkeys for Nothin' and the Chimps for Free"), and unfortunately so far it's pretty crap. Which sucks because "We're Not Happy 'Til You're Not Happy" was so damn good. At least "Our Live Album is Better than Your Live Album" will probably be pretty good when I get to it. RBF is always pretty good for a live show.

But I know a lot of people who don't even think of RBF as ska anymore. Might be true, but your ska drop was too convenient a connector for me to talk about this album.

He is Vengeance. He is the Knight. He is Dave Righetti. PRAY TO HIM! / Also, my blog. For writers.

by howtheyscored on Jan 16, 2008 10:24 PM PST up reply actions  

Whoa whoa whoa
Reel Big Fish is still around?

...Really?

Steve Kline: How okay is he, really? I would say he is pretty okay.

by groug on Jan 16, 2008 11:06 PM PST up reply actions  

Re: Whoa whoa whoa
Really. They are.

Most people don't like "Cheer Up" and I can generally see why. Too long, too much filler, kind of a big departure from earlier albums. The after that they were gone for a long time. And then they came out with "We're Not Happy 'Til You're Not Happy" a couple years ago and it was absolutely fantastic. And then they got out of their contract, released a live album, and just came out with this one not very long ago. I mean, it's not awful. It's perfectly listenable. It's just kind of lazy, kind of standard, and a big big letdown from the last one.

If you're an RBF fan at all, though, get WNHTYNH. It's really, really good. Plus, ska cover of Social Distortion. What's not to be interested about?

He is Vengeance. He is the Knight. He is Dave Righetti. PRAY TO HIM! / Also, my blog. For writers.

by howtheyscored on Jan 16, 2008 11:43 PM PST up reply actions  

Re: Whoa whoa whoa
The first time I saw Reel Big Fish I didn't even know who they were, they were opening for Goldfinger. It was the first time I didn't want the opening act to leave. Their first CD was amazing, but each CD after that was a huge step down. I haven't bought the last couple.
Hillary: Will cry for votes

by rxmeister on Jan 17, 2008 6:46 PM PST up reply actions  

Even more Speaking of ska
Mrs. Goofus and I saw The English Beat last month at The Little Fox in Redwood City.

The English Beat is now Dave Wakeling and new bandmates as the other guys live in England (where they perform as "The Beat") and it was one of the best shows I've EVER seen. They played 25 english Beat songs and two from his General Public days ("Tenderness" and "Burning Bright").

The Little Fox is a tiny venue (I'm guessing there were about 100-150 people) so intimate doesn't begin to describe the setting.  The band sounded great and Dave's voice still sounds f-ing great and the band was really tight.  We chatted with him during intermission and after the show and he seems like a great guy.  I ended up with an autographed playlist from the show, which I thought was awfully cool.

One little bit they do is probably the coolest bit I've ever seen at a live show.  Dave is involved with a non-profit group called "Smile Train" which fixes kids with facial deformities in poor countries.  During the performance of "Tenderness", he asks people to throw money at the band as a little mini-fundrasier for this charity.  The crowds totally get into it and the stage is rained with cash.  i read later that he's been doing this for a while now and he's raised a small fortune for these kids.

Barack Obama: 1-1

by Goofus on Jan 17, 2008 8:08 AM PST up reply actions  

Re: Even more Speaking of ska
I saw them twice year before last, and I am going to see them again on Feb. 29 here in New York at Irving Plaza, which is now called The Fillmore. I don't really know how he can call his band The English Beat when he's the only original there, but like you said, the band is terrific. VH1 actually tried to get the original band back together a few years ago for their Bands Reunited show, but they were unable to do so because the two guitar players who later started Fine Young Cannibals were bitter and wanted no part of the reunion. Dave IS very nice and gracious with the fans, but on the VH1 show Ranking Roger painted the picture of Dave as a very greedy man who left the group because he wanted all the profits for himself.
Hillary: Will cry for votes

by rxmeister on Jan 17, 2008 6:54 PM PST up reply actions  

Re: Even more Speaking of ska
I saw the Beat (as we called them back home) in 1979 - supporting the Vapors at a John Peel roadshow at Surrey University!  They were absolutely phenomenal then (this was just before their first single was released - and a few months before the Vapors released the wanking song).  I remember being stepped on by Paul Weller who was dancing as hard as the rest of us!

Ah, those were the days!

I used to be disgusted, but now I try to be amused!

by PLUChris on Jan 18, 2008 1:53 PM PST up reply actions  

Re: Even more Speaking of ska
How were the Vapors headlining for ANYBODY before they released their one hit?? Did you ever see The Specials?? I loved the English Beat and Madness, but the Specials were by far the best of the ska groups in my opinion.
Hillary: Will cry for votes

by rxmeister on Jan 19, 2008 6:17 AM PST up reply actions  

Re: Even more Speaking of ska
The Vapors were from Guildford, where I grew up and where Surrey University is, and the show coincided with their first single, Prisoners, being released.  The Beat had been signed to a record deal, but hadn't released a single yet - it was likely one of their first gigs outside of Birmingham!  John Peel, a wonderful DJ who died fairly recently, used to set up one-off gigs with 2 or 3 new bands to give them some exposure - he used to introduce the bands and play a few record between the sets.

Never got to see the Specials - they played Guildford, but I was on a family holiday at the time, which was a bummer!

I used to be disgusted, but now I try to be amused!

by PLUChris on Jan 20, 2008 6:38 AM PST up reply actions  

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Rick Lancellotti and Gathering of the Tribes (1990 Lollapalooza precursor)

by vivalancellotti on Jan 16, 2008 7:50 AM PST reply actions  

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He's the real life Crash Davis, isn't he?
My boy ain't fat, he's just big boned. Big bat, too.

by Roger on Jan 16, 2008 10:30 AM PST up reply actions  

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yeah, he has the minor league record for HRs: 276.  he was a september call-up in 1986, which was my 1st real season of being obsessed by the giants as a wee lad, and one of my most vivid memories of that season was Lancellotti the september call-up crushing one to center against the Reds, that Eric Davis caught by leaping and stretching his glove a foot above the chain-link fence. That's when I found out who Eric Davis was, but since then, Lancellotti's been my favorite "obscure giant".  It was his 2nd of 3 stints in the majors, and he hit 2 homers that year for the giants.

by vivalancellotti on Jan 16, 2008 12:00 PM PST up reply actions  

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Yeah I remember him coming up. I really couldn't understand why they didn't give him more of a shot, considering how crappy they were in '86, but then '87 came along and I forgot about it.
My boy ain't fat, he's just big boned. Big bat, too.

by Roger on Jan 16, 2008 1:42 PM PST up reply actions  

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Chili Davis (my favorite growing up)

& The Ramones at the Greek Theatre

Please don't trade Cain or Lincecum!

by BondOrBust on Jan 16, 2008 7:55 AM PST reply actions  

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Atlee Hammaker & The Rolling Stones

by Scottsdale on Jan 16, 2008 7:59 AM PST reply actions  

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Barry Bonds and Roger Waters.
"They invented the All-Star game for Willie Mays" - Ted Williams

by Cookyman on Jan 16, 2008 8:08 AM PST reply actions  

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Milt May and They Might Be Giants (first I went to on my own)...no clue what the first my parents took me to...prolly the Dead or Dylan or Joe Cocker.  I know my dad has played some old live album that he took me to the showing at one point you can hear me crying in the crowd.  I digress...The first I remember was the B-52s at the Warfield, back when they had the crazy hairdo's.  Around 1980...

by positiveuphemism on Jan 16, 2008 8:10 AM PST reply actions  

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Tito Fuentes ( or as the Padres public address announcer used to say " Tii-to Fuuuu-euntes" )  and Blue Oyster Cult.
My adopted son Matt Downs. Because face it, everybody else was already taken by the time I got here.

by nvsfg on Jan 16, 2008 8:11 AM PST reply actions  

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Jeff Kent Up In Smoke!

I mean, Jeff Kent and Up In Smoke.

by soleCALIBER on Jan 16, 2008 8:13 AM PST reply actions  

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Greg Litton and UFO (Mechanix tour)
Fairley odd parent to Wendell...

by Mark carry on on Jan 16, 2008 8:15 AM PST reply actions  

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Guy Sularz & David Allan Coe.

by BuffyLaCoss on Jan 16, 2008 8:17 AM PST reply actions  

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Dave Dravecky and Jewel(free tix, and she was still an unknown at the time)

by m3lkor on Jan 16, 2008 8:23 AM PST reply actions  

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Juan Berenguer and Duran Duran in Leeds U.K. - Probably their first major tour circa 1981/2.

by nick gee on Jan 16, 2008 8:25 AM PST reply actions  

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Steve Scarsone & The Beach Boys

by KCE on Jan 16, 2008 8:32 AM PST reply actions  

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Gary Matthews and Rush (1986).

by Skaldheim on Jan 16, 2008 8:33 AM PST reply actions  

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Andres Galarraga and Lene Lovich
I used to be disgusted, but now I try to be amused!

by PLUChris on Jan 16, 2008 8:34 AM PST reply actions  

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I'm fairly certain this is the first time in the history of the Internet those two names have appeared on the same page, let alone right next to each other.
Lon Simmons' adopted dad.

by Kitspool on Jan 16, 2008 10:43 AM PST up reply actions  

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I think it would be interesting to pick the least and most fitting pairings.  This one is tough to beat.  I also chuckled at Damon Minor and Lilith Fair.  

by out machine on Jan 16, 2008 11:07 AM PST up reply actions  

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Didn't they date back in the eighties??
Hillary: Will cry for votes

by rxmeister on Jan 16, 2008 7:21 PM PST up reply actions  

You must...you must want.
What do you want?

I want a New Barry(oh ay oh), to keep my head expanding (ta).
I want a New Barry (oh ay oh), nothing too demanding (ta).
Then when everything is in roses everything is static (ta)
Yeh my New
Barry (oh ay oh), you'll find us in the attic...er , playoffs.
 Newspapers.
 Whateverrr.

Rockies juggernaut rolls o...ver , dead. NL West TempestTeapot CASE IN POINT!

by victor frankenstein on Jan 16, 2008 8:02 PM PST up reply actions  

Re: You must...you must want.
Oh , yeah...back on topic.

Don McMahon and Journey.

Rockies juggernaut rolls o...ver , dead. NL West TempestTeapot CASE IN POINT!

by victor frankenstein on Jan 16, 2008 8:04 PM PST up reply actions  

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I just googled it and...you are right!
I used to be disgusted, but now I try to be amused!

by PLUChris on Jan 18, 2008 7:37 PM PST up reply actions  

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Randy Elliott (for you youngsters, it was as if Justin Leone played every game this spring and hit .800. Yeah, I really mean .800) For concert, Yo-Yo Ma (yes, I was a weird, geeky teenager)
I got one word for you: "youneverknow"

by senorvegas on Jan 16, 2008 8:34 AM PST reply actions  

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Stan Javier and Metallica at The Omni in Atlanta.  1992, first part of the never ending 'Black' album tour.
Losing sleep on the East Coast since 1987...

by Dude In Athens on Jan 16, 2008 8:36 AM PST reply actions  

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Willie McGee and No Doubt... I was 12, give me a break!

by Fresburg on Jan 16, 2008 8:43 AM PST reply actions  

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In fairness to you, No Doubt probably didn't suck then, unless you're only like 18 now. Ten maybe they sucked then.
He is Vengeance. He is the Knight. He is Dave Righetti. PRAY TO HIM! / Also, my blog. For writers.

by howtheyscored on Jan 16, 2008 12:56 PM PST up reply actions  

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Funny No Doubt story - I saw them for free in the quad at UCLA around... 1991?   When they were actually still a rockin' little SKA band.

I saw them again where the Islanders play (hockey arena on Long Island) - must have been 1995/96 when then were big.  We went because opening for them were the Vandals and the Toy Dolls.   We were gritting our teeth and expecting the 12 year olds.

We were not expecting the 8-year-olds with their parents.

by zenbitz on Jan 18, 2008 7:21 PM PST up reply actions  

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It seems like eons ago that No Doubt was once ska instead of... whatever they are now.
Nattowear | comics | Durham? I hardly know 'im!

by Natto on Jan 22, 2008 8:11 AM PST up reply actions  

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Von Joshua and a Scorpions/Iron Maiden double bill at the Oakland Coliseum Arena. My first contact high as well.
Didn't you used to be Barry Zito?

by VidaWantsYourCar on Jan 16, 2008 8:45 AM PST reply actions  

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Bill Madlock and Huey Lewis and the News at the Mid-State County Fair.  

by 22TheThrill on Jan 16, 2008 8:47 AM PST reply actions  

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Terry Kennedy and R.E.M
I'm an ESPN Insider!

by The Thrill on Jan 16, 2008 8:47 AM PST reply actions  

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Larry Herndon, the Stones
adopter/sponsor of "Go, Antoan" Richardson

by foothillsfan on Jan 16, 2008 8:50 AM PST reply actions  

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John Jonstone and van Morrison.
And Boom Goes the Dynamite

by Andy from DC on Jan 16, 2008 8:54 AM PST reply actions  

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Van is my Idol. I would give my left nut to watch Van in concert
Zito 2008=20 wins Mark My Words 12/18/07

by ACgiant87 on Jan 16, 2008 11:07 PM PST up reply actions  

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Myself and Chicago.
"He called the sh** POOP!" -- Adam Sandler

by JRPhillips on Jan 16, 2008 8:55 AM PST reply actions  

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Darren Lewis and The Wu-Tang Clan.
Here's to Kemp, Loney, LaRoche, Hu, and Kershaw not panning out.

by Woody Wins on Jan 16, 2008 8:57 AM PST reply actions  

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Steve Decker, with the Gipsy Kings
Dodgers fans eat their young.

by redhornet78 on Jan 16, 2008 9:00 AM PST reply actions  

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Marvin Bernard and Cake

by Adam @ McCovey Chronicles on Jan 16, 2008 9:00 AM PST reply actions  

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That obvious?

by Adam @ McCovey Chronicles on Jan 17, 2008 8:44 AM PST up reply actions  

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I'm in New Mexico and when I wrote that I forgot that most of the people on this site are probably in Northern California.  That being said, I still don't know a whole lot of people who have seen Cake in concert outside of Sacramento.  Here they don't even know who they are.  Cheers!

by paboperfecto on Jan 17, 2008 12:03 PM PST up reply actions  

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I saw Cake in concert in Berkeley. It was completely free, too. For everybody, not just me.
He is Vengeance. He is the Knight. He is Dave Righetti. PRAY TO HIM! / Also, my blog. For writers.

by howtheyscored on Jan 17, 2008 12:32 PM PST up reply actions  

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I wish I didn't know who Cake was.
Only 972 games until the end of Zito's contract.

by thehavenot on Jan 18, 2008 10:21 AM PST up reply actions  

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 Bob Garibaldi - Jefferson Airplane  1966

Talk about a great run.  The Giants records From 1961 through 1971

1961    85   69
1962   103   62  
1963    88   74
1964    90   72
1965    95   67
1966    93   68
1967    91   71
1968    88   74
1969    90   72
1970    86   76
1971    90   72

Lower Box Seats  $3.50   Parking $1.00

Mays, McCovey, Cepeda, Marichal, Perry:  Priceless

by E Ticket on Jan 16, 2008 9:04 AM PST reply actions  

HistorE
...never repeats...
Rockies juggernaut rolls o...ver , dead. NL West TempestTeapot CASE IN POINT!

by victor frankenstein on Jan 16, 2008 8:06 PM PST up reply actions  

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Mark Carreon / Free Tibet
"Candlestick made me a man." - Will Clark

by MeSoKrabby on Jan 16, 2008 9:04 AM PST reply actions  

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the free tibet concert was my third ever... it was so sick that we had the first one in sf.
Dodgers fans eat their young.

by redhornet78 on Jan 16, 2008 1:53 PM PST up reply actions  

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Calvin Murray and Santana.
Democracy is lovely but baseball is more mature. BVCE supports Manny Burriss and SF Dugout.

by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jan 16, 2008 9:05 AM PST reply actions  

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Scott Garrelts and Night Ranger (ouch!)
Two years of lurking and I register for THIS thread?

by LoveKid on Jan 16, 2008 9:10 AM PST reply actions  

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Bobby Estalella and Dave Mathews
"Baseball players are smarter than football players. How often do you see a baseball team penalized for too many players on the field." - Jim Bouton

by Legend In My Own Mind on Jan 16, 2008 9:11 AM PST reply actions  

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Guy Sularz and New Edition

by Goat on Jan 16, 2008 9:11 AM PST reply actions  

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oooh, sularz is taken. how 'bout Terry Whitfield?

by Goat on Jan 16, 2008 9:14 AM PST reply actions  

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Todd Benzinger and Oasis.

by Keano on Jan 16, 2008 9:16 AM PST reply actions  

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Mike LaCoss and The Lovin' Spoonful. Yeah, I'm old.

by marklar on Jan 16, 2008 9:30 AM PST reply actions  

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Trevor Wilson and Heart, Little River Band and Bob Welch
Adopted father of Brian Bocock, Brad Boyer, Sharlon Schoop, Shane Jordan and Jeremiah Luster.

by RichH on Jan 16, 2008 9:32 AM PST reply actions  

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Robbie Thompson and Missing Persons.

by mortimer on Jan 16, 2008 9:34 AM PST reply actions  

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Chris Speier and Journey/Pablo Cruise/Yesterday and Today/Automatic Man at Sonoma St.

by Keith0909 on Jan 16, 2008 9:45 AM PST reply actions  

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Mike "Tiny" Felder and Metallica

by kenzo on Jan 16, 2008 9:54 AM PST reply actions  

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Mike Krukow and Pearl Jam

by lrs77 on Jan 16, 2008 9:54 AM PST reply actions  

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Well, that's redundant.
"When Jackson Williams thinks of how many times Madison Bumgarner has tried to kill Tyler Walker..."

by multiphasic on Jan 16, 2008 11:12 AM PST up reply actions  

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Nicely played.
He is Vengeance. He is the Knight. He is Dave Righetti. PRAY TO HIM! / Also, my blog. For writers.

by howtheyscored on Jan 16, 2008 12:56 PM PST up reply actions  

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C'mon MP, I was a fan of Zerbe for about 15 minutes :-)
My adopted son Matt Downs. Because face it, everybody else was already taken by the time I got here.

by nvsfg on Jan 16, 2008 1:14 PM PST up reply actions  

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Mike Ivie and Pablo Cruise

by bigcountry @ McCovey Chronicles on Jan 16, 2008 9:58 AM PST reply actions  

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Rich Monteleone and Metallica, Load Tour.
Proud Adoptive Father of Brian Sabean's inevitable successor.

by Angry Mike on Jan 16, 2008 9:59 AM PST reply actions  

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Jim Wohlford and The Rolling Stones.

by out machine on Jan 16, 2008 10:00 AM PST reply actions  

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Candy Maldonado and Simon & Garfunkel
FREE SCOTT McCLAIN

by lucecooler on Jan 16, 2008 10:02 AM PST reply actions  

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Darryl Strawberry and Metallica Summer Sanitarium 2000

by jjjordanovich on Jan 16, 2008 10:09 AM PST reply actions  

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Dan Schatzader
Huey Lewis & The News

by Cleophus on Jan 16, 2008 10:12 AM PST reply actions  

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Benito Santiago and U2
There are only two places in this league. First place and no place.

by ChrisAtlee on Jan 16, 2008 10:12 AM PST reply actions  

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Rikket Faneyte ( Just because it is fun to say) & Pink Floyd .

Love the  Sularz & Wolhford references.

by daveinexile on Jan 16, 2008 10:14 AM PST reply actions  

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William VanLandingham and Jimmy Eat World

I also like how everyone has to justify why they saw some crappy band...But i just went to Jimmy Eat World because my friend wanted to go.

by biakabutukafan on Jan 16, 2008 10:16 AM PST reply actions  

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Arizonans are still convinced of the potential greatness of James Consumes Earth. Even so much that they deny the eventual sellout to 14 year old girls around the world ever happening.

by Fresburg on Jan 16, 2008 12:53 PM PST up reply actions  

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They're actually morphing into a pretty good band...or am I cherrypicking?
Rockies juggernaut rolls o...ver , dead. NL West TempestTeapot CASE IN POINT!

by victor frankenstein on Jan 16, 2008 8:08 PM PST up reply actions  

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Kelly Downs and Prince (the Purple Rain Tour)

by jae on Jan 16, 2008 10:22 AM PST reply actions  

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danny darwin and tool
thank god the patriots dont have the giants' first round pick too

by son of riles on Jan 16, 2008 10:24 AM PST reply actions  

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nice double entendre
"cynical yet whimsical giants related signature"

by The Gene Hackman on Jan 16, 2008 1:39 PM PST up reply actions  

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wow, setting the bar kinda high for future concerts by popping your cherry with tool

by m3lkor on Jan 17, 2008 7:50 AM PST up reply actions  

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That was probably when tool was still good, too.
He is Vengeance. He is the Knight. He is Dave Righetti. PRAY TO HIM! / Also, my blog. For writers.

by howtheyscored on Jan 17, 2008 12:36 PM PST up reply actions  

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Nah, they are still a great band live. they just happen to be perfectionists so their set list never really changes.

by m3lkor on Jan 18, 2008 12:24 PM PST up reply actions  

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Phil Nastu and Fishbone.

And Time's Up is an amazing record.

Bochy: grounded until he stops hitting and running with slow runners and crappy hitters

by Stuttering John Tamargo on Jan 16, 2008 10:25 AM PST reply actions  

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Man I love Fishbone. Not only do they play all night, but they actually come out into the audience before the show and hang out with the fans.
Hillary: Will cry for votes

by rxmeister on Jan 16, 2008 7:25 PM PST up reply actions  

Re: Two-parter....
Man, I love Phil Nastu. I wish they'd been willing to trade him for Rod Carew, though.
I got one word for you: "youneverknow"

by senorvegas on Jan 17, 2008 9:00 AM PST up reply actions  

Re: Two-parter....
That was probably when tool was still good, too.
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by howtheyscored on Jan 17, 2008 12:35 PM PST up reply actions  

Re: Two-parter....
wtf??? how did this get like five comments lower than it should be?
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by howtheyscored on Jan 17, 2008 12:36 PM PST up reply actions  

Re: Two-parter....
You've been drinking again, haven't you?
"They invented the All-Star game for Willie Mays" - Ted Williams

by Cookyman on Jan 18, 2008 3:36 AM PST up reply actions  

Re: Two-parter....
Again?
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by howtheyscored on Jan 18, 2008 11:50 AM PST up reply actions  

Re: Two-parter....
John "The Count" Montefusco and Kansas with Sniff 'n' The Tears

by heffay on Jan 16, 2008 10:27 AM PST reply actions  

Re: Two-parter....
God dammit, Deion Sanders was mine! Now I need to think of somebody else...
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by howtheyscored on Jan 16, 2008 12:57 PM PST up reply actions  

Re: Two-parter....
Howie, I hate to break to ya, but you weren't even first on the Neon Deion wait list.  He was my first choice as well...
Only 972 games until the end of Zito's contract.

by thehavenot on Jan 16, 2008 1:52 PM PST up reply actions  

Re: Two-parter....
Heh, I'll take Kevin Bass & Cory Snyder while I'm at it.

by ResDog on Jan 16, 2008 2:33 PM PST up reply actions  

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Randy Moffit and (man this makes me sound old) the Beatles at Candlestick Park.
My boy ain't fat, he's just big boned. Big bat, too.

by Roger on Jan 16, 2008 10:33 AM PST reply actions  

The Beatles
So you attended their last concert? Cool.
The SF Giants: we're not much, but you should check out our team in Augusta!

by Lyle @ McCovey Chronicles on Jan 16, 2008 3:06 PM PST up reply actions  

Re: The Beatles
The Beatles performed their last concert before paying fans at Candlestick Park in San Francisco on 29 August 1966.[78][85] McCartney asked Tony Barrow to tape the event, but the 30-minute tape he used ran out halfway through the last song. The concert lasted a little under 35 minutes.[86] (from Wiki)

Two things always struck me as odd about that.  (1) what kind of concert is only 35 minutes; and (2) all of these albums came out after their last concert:

  1. Sgt. Pepper's (1967-06-01)
  2. The White Album (1968-11-22)
  3. Yellow Submarine (1969-01-17)
  4. Abbey Road (1969-09-26)
  5. Let It Be (1970-05-08)
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by SF Pete on Jan 16, 2008 8:19 PM PST up reply actions  

Re: The Beatles
It was actually just their last concert in the US. They continued on to Australia and maybe some of Asia after SF. Then said we're done with that. I was only about 9, went with my oldest brother and cousin, sat up in the lower reserve behind 3rd base. There was lots and lots of screaming, the sound system sucked and it was over fast. On the bright side, I think the ticket was $5.50.
My boy ain't fat, he's just big boned. Big bat, too.

by Roger on Jan 17, 2008 6:31 AM PST up reply actions  

Awesome man..
I remember years back one promotion at Candlestick The Moptops played before the game on the anniversary of the concert.
Coming to you from the Land of Many Beers

by WalrusMan on Jan 16, 2008 7:53 PM PST up reply actions  

Re: Two-parter....
Aaron Fultz and Lynard Skynard

by mxmob33 on Jan 16, 2008 10:34 AM PST reply actions  

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Cody Ransom

Hot 97.7 Hot Day South Bay @ Great America... lol

Idolizing the Nuschler Face since April 8, 1986

by SoFa King Mike on Jan 16, 2008 10:39 AM PST reply actions  

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Felipe Crespo and Roger Miller (the Mission of Burma one, not the "King of the Road" one)
Lon Simmons' adopted dad.

by Kitspool on Jan 16, 2008 10:46 AM PST reply actions  

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Jimmy Rosario, Boz Scaggs @ The Greek .

by northbay60 on Jan 16, 2008 10:46 AM PST reply actions  

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Will Clark and Red Hot Chili Peppers
"They can trade me," Bonds said. "I don't think they will, though. It's not like I want to be traded, man. I'm a Giant. I'm stuck here till the end."!

by GameSix on Jan 16, 2008 10:54 AM PST reply actions  

Re: Two-parter....
Osvaldo Fernandez and Black Sabbath.
Aurilia sounds like a planet out of StarFox.

by Gabafnerhagen on Jan 16, 2008 11:03 AM PST reply actions  

Re: Two-parter....
Or, to put it another way, Ozzy and Os-V.
Aurilia sounds like a planet out of StarFox.

by Gabafnerhagen on Jan 16, 2008 11:07 AM PST up reply actions  

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Johnny Rabb and Weird Al Yankovic (bless the Sonoma County fair)

by mlb22 on Jan 16, 2008 11:03 AM PST reply actions  

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Rabb played the Sonoma County Fair?  Wow.

by jae on Jan 16, 2008 12:26 PM PST up reply actions  

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Brian Wilson and Brian Wilson
OK, I never saw Brian Wilson, but that would've been awesome.
Nattowear | comics | Durham? I hardly know 'im!

by Natto on Jan 16, 2008 11:07 AM PST reply actions  

Re: Two-parter....
Never saw him in concert, that is.
Nattowear | comics | Durham? I hardly know 'im!

by Natto on Jan 16, 2008 11:11 AM PST up reply actions  

Re: Two-parter....
Brian Wilson the pitcher is a "random ex-Giant"?

Either you know something I don't or your a retard!

(Yes, spelling it "your" is intentionally ironic.)

Barack Obama: 1-1

by Goofus on Jan 16, 2008 12:02 PM PST up reply actions  

Re: Two-parter....
(Yes, spelling it "your" is intentionally ironic.)

Yeah, right!

Barack Obama: 1-1

by Goofus on Jan 16, 2008 12:03 PM PST up reply actions  

Re: Two-parter....
Get a brain! Morans
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by EliminateMe on Jan 16, 2008 12:17 PM PST up reply actions  

Re: Two-parter....
Eliminate Me with the Fark reference FTW !!
My adopted son Matt Downs. Because face it, everybody else was already taken by the time I got here.

by nvsfg on Jan 16, 2008 1:17 PM PST up reply actions  

Re: Two-parter....
See, this is why I shouldn't do anything before noon.
Nattowear | comics | Durham? I hardly know 'im!

by Natto on Jan 16, 2008 1:12 PM PST up reply actions  

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I still LOL'd.
Democracy is lovely but baseball is more mature. BVCE supports Manny Burriss and SF Dugout.

by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jan 16, 2008 1:13 PM PST up reply actions  

Re: Two-parter....
My stepdaughter can do a double. Chris Brown and Chris Brown.
Hillary: Will cry for votes

by rxmeister on Jan 16, 2008 7:27 PM PST up reply actions  

Chris Brown
Yeah, when my co-workers mention Chris Brown that's always the person I think of instead.
The SF Giants: we're not much, but you should check out our team in Augusta!

by Lyle @ McCovey Chronicles on Jan 17, 2008 7:45 AM PST up reply actions  

Re: Two-parter....
Dick Dietz and Kansas (at the freaking Cow Palace, no less). Neither of which have stood the test of time very well.
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by EliminateMe on Jan 16, 2008 11:07 AM PST reply actions  

Re: Two-parter....
Chris Brown (went on the D.L. with a toothache) and Huey Lewis and the News - which looks to be the third guy to mention it.  
I miss Wendell Kim's sprinting to 3rd base.

by hummbaby on Jan 16, 2008 11:09 AM PST reply actions  

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Man did if give him (and his strained eye) a lot of grief at the time. So I feel obligated  to say, " R.I.P  Chris Brown.".

by daveinexile on Jan 16, 2008 11:21 AM PST up reply actions  

Re: Two-parter....
Champ Summers and Harry Belafonte (my mom took me when I was about 7 -- I used to listen to his Carnegie Hall album every morning before school).

by sularz on Jan 16, 2008 11:09 AM PST reply actions  

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Rich Aurilia and Judas Priest W/ Great White, Madison Square Garden, 1984.
"How do you expect me to think and hit at the same time?"

by Fishchum on Jan 16, 2008 11:10 AM PST reply actions  

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Mike Benjamin and They Might Be Giants

by saveuszito on Jan 16, 2008 11:15 AM PST reply actions  

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No escaping the past or present irony there.
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by victor frankenstein on Jan 16, 2008 8:12 PM PST up reply actions  

Re: Two-parter....
Greg Minton and Wang Chung.

It was the 80s; go easy on me.

I still have soft-focus, string-soundtracked dreams of a Lowry for Encarnacion swap.

by juanboy on Jan 16, 2008 11:27 AM PST reply actions  

Re: Two-parter....
Oh, first concert.

Captain & Tenille, Circle Star Theatre, bitches.

And, ah, Ed Halicki.

I still have soft-focus, string-soundtracked dreams of a Lowry for Encarnacion swap.

by juanboy on Jan 16, 2008 11:32 AM PST up reply actions  

Re: Two-parter....
Armando Rios and Blink-182
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by YaSquare on Jan 16, 2008 11:34 AM PST reply actions  

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Terry Mulholland and Green Day
Only 972 games until the end of Zito's contract.

by thehavenot on Jan 16, 2008 11:39 AM PST reply actions  

Re: Two-parter....
Since others are putting the opening acts on occasion, I feel that this thread will be greatly enhanced if I include who opened for Green Day during that 1995 show in Oakland.

If you've never heard of The Pansy Division then hoo boy, you should check them out

Only 972 games until the end of Zito's contract.

by thehavenot on Jan 16, 2008 2:20 PM PST up reply actions  

Re: Two-parter....
I'm enjoying imagining this thread as a response to the trivia question, "What former Giant went on to front a rock band?"

In that light, my faves are "Mike Krukow and Pearl Jam" (Kruk would rock),  "Marvin Benard and Cake" (appropriately odd), and "Deion Sanders and U2" (imagine Bono and Prime Time on the same stage!).

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by EliminateMe on Jan 16, 2008 11:48 AM PST reply actions  

Re: Two-parter....
I'm still cracking up at Darren Lewis and The Wu Tang Clan.
Democracy is lovely but baseball is more mature. BVCE supports Manny Burriss and SF Dugout.

by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jan 16, 2008 1:11 PM PST up reply actions  

Re: Two-parter....
Omar Vizquel and Omar Vizquel?
Like a lesbian couple that's just a little too angry, I'm still waiting for my chance at adoption.

by dangjackson on Jan 16, 2008 11:52 AM PST reply actions  

Re: Two-parter....
Glenallen Hill and The Who
Barack Obama: 1-1

by Goofus on Jan 16, 2008 12:00 PM PST reply actions  

Re: Two-parter....
Scott Sanderson and The Doobie Brothers
Southern California: Water thieves and Dodgers fans.

by jasomack on Jan 16, 2008 12:01 PM PST reply actions  

Re: Two-parter....
Rod Beck and The Who at Shoreline

by Saustown on Jan 16, 2008 12:03 PM PST reply actions  

Re: Two-parter....
Rick Reuschel and Cyndi Lauper

Really.

Proud member of the Adopt-a-Giant program (Aaron Rowand)

by antinous on Jan 16, 2008 12:29 PM PST reply actions  

Re: Two-parter....
Eddie Milner and some Ministry knockoff in somebody's garage. Nirvana was the first concert I paid to get into, I think.

by Dan from NM on Jan 16, 2008 12:41 PM PST reply actions  

Re: Two-parter....
Greg Litton - Prince (Purple Rain Tour)

by Jermz on Jan 16, 2008 12:51 PM PST reply actions  

Re: Two-parter....
David Bell and Jimmy Eat World/Green Day/Blink 182.

Still pissed that fucking Blink headlined that show.

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by howtheyscored on Jan 16, 2008 12:52 PM PST reply actions  

Re: Two-parter....
Wait wait! I want Brent Mayne! I give Bell back!

And fr fairness I can't remember if Pop Disaster was actually my first or if a free Cake concert in Berkeley was. Pretty sure it was Pop Disaster. You'd think I could keep track of these things when I'e only been to 5 in my life...

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by howtheyscored on Jan 16, 2008 12:55 PM PST up reply actions  

Re: Two-parter....
Best triple-play concert I ever saw was Oingo Boingo/Madness/The Police in 1983 at San Diego State.

I think you might have to have been born no later than 1970 to realize how cooly awesome a lineup that was.

Barack Obama: 1-1

by Goofus on Jan 16, 2008 2:37 PM PST up reply actions  

Re: Two-parter....
My best triple play was actually a like 23984 play at the Download Fest at Shoreline.  Beck/The Yeah Yeah Yeahs/Muse/The Shins/TV on the Radio.
Pedro Feliz: Marginally better this year.

by SloIsLonelyForTheOrange on Jan 16, 2008 5:33 PM PST up reply actions  

Re: Two-parter....
Madness is back together with the original lineup and just released a new single. It's a pretty cool song. They came to the US a few years ago and I caught them in Washington DC. They were great. The lead singer (Suggs) said he had a new song which he wrote in the cab on the way over, and then they did "Our House!!"
Hillary: Will cry for votes

by rxmeister on Jan 17, 2008 7:00 PM PST up reply actions  

Re: Two-parter....
Todd Greene and Green Day (1990 at the Bear's Lair, $5!!)
Another dream come true for the Patrick make-a-Misch foundation

by Dolorous Edd on Jan 16, 2008 1:04 PM PST reply actions  

Re: Two-parter....
shinjo and metallica
Merkin Valdez...... I swear he's still alive.

by peteisathug on Jan 16, 2008 1:08 PM PST reply actions  

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Dante Powell and Thin Lizzy.

by da5id on Jan 16, 2008 1:09 PM PST reply actions  

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Ramon Martinez and I THINK IT WAS THE MONKEES, I'M NOT EVEN JOKING. D:
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.

by jponry on Jan 16, 2008 1:23 PM PST reply actions  

Re: Two-parter....
wtf the Monkees? I only knew who they were because I watched reruns of their show on Nickelodeon when I was like 5.
Democracy is lovely but baseball is more mature. BVCE supports Manny Burriss and SF Dugout.

by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jan 16, 2008 1:25 PM PST up reply actions  

Re: Two-parter....
Sadly, JP has already admitted to her "Monkees" addiction in this McC thread, as did Lyle. It's just so sad :-)
You sure this isn't Bob Loblaw's Law Blog?
My adopted son Matt Downs. Because face it, everybody else was already taken by the time I got here.

by nvsfg on Jan 16, 2008 1:44 PM PST up reply actions  

Re: Two-parter....
I'm trying to figure out what form The Monkees might actually have existed and been performing together in JP's lifetime. Was this just Mickey Dolez and 3 schmoes, jpon?
My boy ain't fat, he's just big boned. Big bat, too.

by Roger on Jan 16, 2008 1:59 PM PST up reply actions  

Re: Two-parter....
I remember going to a reunion show of theirs at Great America. Must've been the late 80s based on the girlfriend who dragged me along. Michael Nesmith was definitely not with them, and I can't remember whether Peter Tork was either...but Dolenz and Jones were both involved, I'm sure.
2008: The year the Giants begin to stop sucking.

by EliminateMe on Jan 16, 2008 2:05 PM PST up reply actions  

Re: Two-parter....
Y'all know Nesmith's mom invented Liquid Paper , right? So he became a video pioneer.Didn't need to tour with...that.
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by victor frankenstein on Jan 16, 2008 8:20 PM PST up reply actions  

Re: Two-parter....
So he's not old enough to have seen the '67 Monkees tour with The Jimi Hendrix Experience as the opening act?

by da5id on Jan 16, 2008 2:09 PM PST up reply actions  

Re: Two-parter....
She, and absolutely not. I think she's 20. Maybe 19.
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by howtheyscored on Jan 16, 2008 2:29 PM PST up reply actions  

Re: Two-parter....
Hence me asking! The Monkees were already obscure enough to be on Nickelodeon in the afternoons after my kindergarten classes in the late 80s, and jpon is younger than I am. I really want to know how that occured for her.
Democracy is lovely but baseball is more mature. BVCE supports Manny Burriss and SF Dugout.

by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jan 16, 2008 2:35 PM PST up reply actions  

Re: Two-parter....
Well, jpon is 19 or 20 and has more baseball knowledge than some of us who are twice her age, so there's a lot happening here which could be described as "freakish."
Lon Simmons' adopted dad.

by Kitspool on Jan 16, 2008 2:48 PM PST up reply actions  

Re: Two-parter....
I think I've solved the mystery: jpon secretly has access to time travel.
Democracy is lovely but baseball is more mature. BVCE supports Manny Burriss and SF Dugout.

by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jan 16, 2008 6:06 PM PST up reply actions  

Re: Two-parter....
Someone who was my friend at the time was really into them. I don't know how the hell she discovered them, but that was how I did.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.

by jponry on Jan 17, 2008 1:18 PM PST up reply actions  

Re: Two-parter....
When I watched their show on Nickelodeon I loved them. I went around singing Daydream Believer nonstop and it drove my mother nuts.
Democracy is lovely but baseball is more mature. BVCE supports Manny Burriss and SF Dugout.

by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jan 18, 2008 6:52 PM PST up reply actions  

Re: Two-parter....
It was, in fact, Micky, Davy and Peter. And it was a pretty entertaining show, to be honest. I was about 11, I think, with a group of similarly aged children in the middle of a sea of screaming middle aged women. Good times.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.

by jponry on Jan 17, 2008 1:17 PM PST up reply actions  

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THE MONKEES!

I don't believe I'd have told that one.

by marklar on Jan 16, 2008 1:35 PM PST up reply actions  

HEAD
If you haven't seen the Monkee's art-rock movie "head" put it on your netflix cue now.  By far the trippiest G-rated movie you will ever see.  plus you get cameos from Zappa, Jack Nicholson (who wrote and produced it), young terry garr, and Dennis Hopper.  No shit.
"cynical yet whimsical giants related signature"

by The Gene Hackman on Jan 16, 2008 1:52 PM PST up reply actions  

Re: HEAD
Dating myself -- I had the poster for "Head", and, when I was about six years old, "The Monkees" was my first album (for the iPod Gen, an album is a vinyl disc used to play music, and backwards to hear messages from satan).

by Keith0909 on Jan 16, 2008 3:18 PM PST up reply actions  

Re: HEAD
Thanks for the recommendation. Sounds like my kind of movie. "Head" is now on my queue.

by marklar on Jan 16, 2008 4:24 PM PST up reply actions  

Re: HEAD
All you had to say is "young Terri Garr".  

by ResDog on Jan 17, 2008 6:40 AM PST up reply actions  

Re: HEAD
Head is pretty hilarious crack. I want to watch it again.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.

by jponry on Jan 17, 2008 1:19 PM PST up reply actions  

Monkees
The crazy thing is that "Last Train to Clarksville" is on Rock Band now. I wanna be vocals and do the DOBEDOBEDOBEDOs at the end.
Hitler's favorite baseball team was the Dodgers. I'm pretty sure.

by UnderRadar on Jan 16, 2008 1:58 PM PST up reply actions  

Re: Monkees
Yeah, I wonder what ever happened to that Jimi Hendrix guy...
The SF Giants: we're not much, but you should check out our team in Augusta!

by Lyle @ McCovey Chronicles on Jan 16, 2008 3:11 PM PST up reply actions  

Re: Monkees
Did you know Mike Nesmith's mom invented Liquid Paper?

And yeah, that Hendrix fella they had warming up was pretty good.

Pedro Feliz - the amphibious tarantula making a nest in the toilet bowl of the offseason.

by HughG16 on Jan 16, 2008 4:15 PM PST up reply actions  

Re: Monkees
I'm gonna say that Headquarters is one of the most underrated albums of the 60s.  There, I said it.
I still have soft-focus, string-soundtracked dreams of a Lowry for Encarnacion swap.

by juanboy on Jan 16, 2008 7:34 PM PST up reply actions  

Re: Monkees
I totally agree. My short-lived affair with the Monkees is long over, but I do still say that Headquarters and Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones Ltd. were pretty solid pop albums.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.

by jponry on Jan 17, 2008 1:20 PM PST up reply actions  

Memo to self
read ahead
Rockies juggernaut rolls o...ver , dead. NL West TempestTeapot CASE IN POINT!

by victor frankenstein on Jan 16, 2008 8:22 PM PST up reply actions  

Re: Two-parter....
Cadillac Royce Clayton and, ahem, Genesis (the Mama tour @ the Oakland Colliseum, 1983)

I should say that Genesis was my first self-imposed Rock concert.  I attended many a bluegrass festival as a toddler, and, I think, an early coral reefer show when I was but a wee lad.

"cynical yet whimsical giants related signature"

by The Gene Hackman on Jan 16, 2008 1:36 PM PST reply actions  

Re: Two-parter....
Desi Wilson and James Brown
Cammie Blackstone: How do you spell her first name?

by Karlifornia on Jan 16, 2008 1:51 PM PST reply actions  

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Desi Wilson?!  Awesome.  Never even suited up.  That is definitely obscure.
"Why you gotta be cardin' my hos?" - Charlie Hayes

by stevieg on Jan 16, 2008 1:58 PM PST up reply actions  

Re: Two-parter....
Perhaps you're thinking of Desi Relaford?
Bochy: grounded until he stops hitting and running with slow runners and crappy hitters

by Stuttering John Tamargo on Jan 16, 2008 2:23 PM PST up reply actions  

Re: Two-parter....
Joel Youngblood (Had his baseball card strewn on my floor along with complete 1986, 1987, 1988, and 1989 MLB sets. My grandparents thought it would be a good investment for a kid. Kinda wish I woulda had a 401k but it was cool.) and The OC Supertones. I know, I know. Don't call it that.
Hitler's favorite baseball team was the Dodgers. I'm pretty sure.

by UnderRadar on Jan 16, 2008 1:51 PM PST reply actions  

Re: Two-parter....
Shawn Estes and Prodigy.

(So angry I got to this late and someone already took my namesake.)

Rajai Davis: fast.

by Mike Benjamin Hit King on Jan 16, 2008 1:51 PM PST reply actions  

Re: Two-parter....
Harry Spilman and Nine Inch Nails opening for David Bowie at Shoreline.
David Arnott
Rufus on Fire -- A Charlotte Bobcats Blog

by David A. Arnott on Jan 16, 2008 1:52 PM PST reply actions  

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No, I will not enable your laziness.  I demand lengthy detailed posts about the Giants every day, and will not abide this travesty.  I don't want to compare this post to the Spanish Inquisition, but it's 300 times worse than the Spanish Inquisition.
Steve Kline: How okay is he, really? I would say he is pretty okay.

by groug on Jan 16, 2008 1:54 PM PST reply actions  

Re: Two-parter....
Allan Watson and The Beach Boys
Steve Kline: How okay is he, really? I would say he is pretty okay.

by groug on Jan 16, 2008 1:54 PM PST up reply actions  

Re: Two-parter....
Unlike the Inquisition, we expect this from Grant.
Nattowear | comics | Durham? I hardly know 'im!

by Natto on Jan 16, 2008 3:51 PM PST up reply actions  

Re: Two-parter....
...and nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition!

by marklar on Jan 16, 2008 4:32 PM PST up reply actions  

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Oooh, hold me now.
The SF Giants: we're not much, but you should check out our team in Augusta!

by Lyle @ McCovey Chronicles on Jan 16, 2008 3:12 PM PST up reply actions  

Re: Two-parter....
I should also note that the opening act for the Thompson Twins was the Weather Girls (a/k/a Two Tons O' Fun, as they were called then). And they were booed mercilessly from the stage. Ahh, good times.

by Lincecum Cain Then Pray For Rain on Jan 16, 2008 5:25 PM PST up reply actions  

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But they didn't boo the Thompson Twins from the stage?
Twenty-seven years of waiting has come to an end.

by trapper9 on Jan 16, 2008 7:52 PM PST up reply actions  

Re: Two-parter....
Weren't TT at that day on the green with the Police, OB, and Madness?  maybe i'm thinking of another DotG
"cynical yet whimsical giants related signature"

by The Gene Hackman on Jan 16, 2008 8:55 PM PST up reply actions  

Re: Two-parter....
Sadly, this was not the concert I attended. My next one was Prince, which helps make up for my prior poor judgment.

by Lincecum Cain Then Pray For Rain on Jan 17, 2008 1:18 PM PST up reply actions  

Re: Two-parter....
No, it was decidedly a pro-Thompson Twins group. God, I feel so old reliving this.

by Lincecum Cain Then Pray For Rain on Jan 17, 2008 1:19 PM PST up reply actions  

Re: Two-parter....
Hey kids! Impress your friends with this little-known-fact: The Weather Girls' only hit, "It's Raining Men" was written by Paul Shaffer.
Barack Obama: 1-1

by Goofus on Jan 17, 2008 7:52 AM PST up reply actions  

Re: Two-parter....
Anybody else catch The Who at Oakland Colesium in about '82 when the Clash opened for them on what was their first arena tour of the US. About 3 or 4 stultifying songs in the Who's set the crowd started calling for the Clash to come back and never did let up until the Who finally shut it down and sent everyone home.
My boy ain't fat, he's just big boned. Big bat, too.

by Roger on Jan 17, 2008 2:20 PM PST up reply actions  

Re: Two-parter....
I missed that one, which is too bad since The Clash are still one of my all time favorites.

I did see The Who in the early '70s when Led Zepellin opened for them.

by marklar on Jan 17, 2008 4:04 PM PST up reply actions  

Re: Two-parter....
I saw them on that same tour in San Diego.  Instead of The Clash, we got John Cougar and Loverboy....ugh...but The Who were great...still my all-time favorite band.
Barack Obama: 1-1

by Goofus on Jan 17, 2008 5:16 PM PST up reply actions  

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I saw them in '76 in SF in what I believe was the last show ever with Keith Moon and they were incredible. (SF was always the last stop in the national tour back then. I think John Bonham's last Zepplin concert was in SF, too at the Cow Palace.
My boy ain't fat, he's just big boned. Big bat, too.

by Roger on Jan 17, 2008 6:14 PM PST up reply actions  

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Was that the show at the Cow Palace where Moon passed out and someone from the audience finished the set on drums?

That's one of my favorite rock stories ever.

Barack Obama: 1-1

by Goofus on Jan 18, 2008 8:10 AM PST up reply actions  

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Rap , boy , rap.
Rockies juggernaut rolls o...ver , dead. NL West TempestTeapot CASE IN POINT!

by victor frankenstein on Jan 16, 2008 8:23 PM PST up reply actions  

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Russ Davis and Poison/Whitesnake/Motley Crue (Day on the Green 1987).  Lots of big hair going on.
"Why you gotta be cardin' my hos?" - Charlie Hayes

by stevieg on Jan 16, 2008 1:54 PM PST reply actions  

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And prolly plenty of cleavage (both male and female), too!

by PositionPlayerProd on Jan 16, 2008 4:26 PM PST up reply actions  

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Camper Van Landingham and William Van Beethoven

Seriously, Eddie Milner and The 5th Dimension (Kearny High School football field, 72ish?)

by bgunn on Jan 16, 2008 2:05 PM PST reply actions  

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Christy Matthewson and Happy Death at the Fab Mab

by Johnny Disaster on Jan 16, 2008 2:07 PM PST reply actions  

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Derrel Thomas and Boz Scaggs (at Selland Arena, Fresno).

by seyheystretch on Jan 16, 2008 2:10 PM PST reply actions  

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Miguel del Toro and Newsboys

by colbs34 on Jan 16, 2008 2:31 PM PST reply actions  

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Johnny LeMaster and the Bus Boys

Thats' not including the Hot Tuna Show I saw on my moms lap.

Can you believe there are two people in this forum who's first show was Pablo Cruise?!?!!?

"But I AM a stepchild!"-Pedro Feliz

by Smotheredinhugs on Jan 16, 2008 2:40 PM PST reply actions  

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What I can't believe is that there are two people who will admit that their first show was Pablo Cruise!

Not that I'm one to talk...

2008: The year the Giants begin to stop sucking.

by EliminateMe on Jan 16, 2008 2:52 PM PST up reply actions  

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Jim Brower and The Grateful Dead.
Noah Lowry. He's like Kirk Rueter, but prettier.

by established1908 on Jan 16, 2008 3:01 PM PST reply actions  

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Robby Thompson and Primus at the Greek Theatre (in 94 or 95 I think).

by Sandor Clegane on Jan 16, 2008 3:07 PM PST reply actions  

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Tracy Jones, Chicago & The Beach Boys.
Bonds stands alone.

by nostocksjustbonds on Jan 16, 2008 4:01 PM PST reply actions  

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Dean Hartgraves and Les Claypool.

by ben p on Jan 16, 2008 4:12 PM PST reply actions  

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Darryl Strawberry (If you blinked, you missed him.)
The Who
Pedro Feliz - the amphibious tarantula making a nest in the toilet bowl of the offseason.

by HughG16 on Jan 16, 2008 4:12 PM PST reply actions  

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Masanori Murakami, John Waite (@ the Santa Clara County Fairground)

by PositionPlayerProd on Jan 16, 2008 4:24 PM PST reply actions  

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J.T. Snow and Ozzy Osbourne

GM Ned Colletti shed some light on the Dodgers 08 lineup.

http://mlbfleecefactor.com/2008/01/16/gm-colletti-discusses-the-dodgers-2008-roster/

by ET90210 on Jan 16, 2008 4:27 PM PST reply actions  

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Scott Garrelts & Tina Turner.
Defender of Noah Lowry.

by Kid Fresh on Jan 16, 2008 4:45 PM PST reply actions  

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Jerome Williams and Relient K (I'm pretty sure there have been other concerts, but that's the first that I can remember.)
Nattowear | comics | Durham? I hardly know 'im!

by Natto on Jan 16, 2008 5:35 PM PST reply actions  

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Tim Worrell and Hella.

I'd been to a bunch of concerts with my parents but that was the first one i went to with just friends.  I was still playing guitar in Jazz Band at the time.

I was the most avant-garde 15 year old ever.

Pedro Feliz: Marginally better this year.

by SloIsLonelyForTheOrange on Jan 16, 2008 5:37 PM PST reply actions  

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Wait was this supposed to be concerts?  cause Hella was a small show.

My first concert was Sonic Youth at the Greek Theatre last year.  They just ran through daydream nation.  4 guitars broken and 2 amps destroyed and a hole left in the stage.  2 hours of bliss.

Pedro Feliz: Marginally better this year.

by SloIsLonelyForTheOrange on Jan 16, 2008 5:40 PM PST up reply actions  

Last year?
Holy crap, mine was in 1969.

I think I'll go take a nap now.

by FavoriteSpring on Jan 17, 2008 6:46 AM PST up reply actions  

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David Aardsma and Smashing Pumpkins (Siamese Dream Tour)
Tim Flannery? More like Tim Flattery!

by pme on Jan 16, 2008 5:58 PM PST reply actions  

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Hobie Landreth and Peter, Paul, and Mary.

by drysdalecousin on Jan 16, 2008 6:21 PM PST reply actions  

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Darrell Evans
Throwing Muses
Kids, you tried your best and you failed miserably. The lesson is, never try. - Homer Simpson

by attinger on Jan 16, 2008 6:54 PM PST reply actions  

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Nice first concert! Was that T. Muses with or post-Tanya Donnelly?

by PositionPlayerProd on Jan 17, 2008 11:54 AM PST up reply actions  

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Post Donnelly, unfortunately. That was back in what I fondly call my 4AD days.  I worshiped almost every band signed by 4AD then (Breeders, Pixies, Cocteau Twins, Lush, etc.). It was preceded by my Brit Punk (Smiths, Cure, Siouxsie) phase.
Kids, you tried your best and you failed miserably. The lesson is, never try. - Homer Simpson

by attinger on Jan 17, 2008 12:54 PM PST up reply actions  

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Fantastic! Any Dead Can Dance love?

And Modern English were on 4AD, back in the day, which is somewhat strange to think about now.

by PositionPlayerProd on Jan 17, 2008 1:03 PM PST up reply actions  

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Oh, definitely Dead Can Dance. Also, This Mortal Coil and Lisa Germano were big faves.  How bout you?
Kids, you tried your best and you failed miserably. The lesson is, never try. - Homer Simpson

by attinger on Jan 17, 2008 4:31 PM PST up reply actions  

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I really loved 4AD's output, particularly when I was in college and could listen to all those import LPs and 12" singles in the radio stations production room.

Before getting into 4AD, I was into some art rock/ambient-type music that would've fit on 4AD -- Japan/David Sylvian, eno, Roxy Music/Bryan Ferry, etc..

by PositionPlayerProd on Jan 17, 2008 6:51 PM PST up reply actions  

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Stu Miller
Limeliters (first concert my parents took me to)
Louis Armstrong at the Circle Star (first concert my best friend's parents took me to)
Dillards (first concert I took myself to)
Bruce Springsteen at Wembley Stadium, England (first concert I went to courtesy of my employer)

by NearestNorwich on Jan 16, 2008 7:02 PM PST reply actions  

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the Dillards.
sweet.
"cynical yet whimsical giants related signature"

by The Gene Hackman on Jan 16, 2008 8:57 PM PST up reply actions  

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They were still ok when they moved to LA and got mixed into the Byrds/Buffalo Springfield crowd, but the albums they did before they left the Ozarks for good may be the greatest bluegrass of all time.

by NearestNorwich on Jan 17, 2008 5:46 PM PST up reply actions  

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I agree about their early albums being great, but all their albums were made after they moved to LA. I think they recorded a single before leaving MO, maybe two. But they were already based in LA and appearing on Andy Griffith when "Back Porch Bluegrass" came out.
2008: The year the Giants begin to stop sucking.

by EliminateMe on Jan 17, 2008 6:12 PM PST up reply actions  

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Edwards Guzman and Neil Diamond.

by keithr on Jan 16, 2008 7:23 PM PST reply actions  

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Ed Goodson and The Ramones.
Hillary: Will cry for votes

by rxmeister on Jan 16, 2008 7:34 PM PST reply actions  

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John Boccabella and the Beach Boys, at the Palais de Moo.
Twenty-seven years of waiting has come to an end.

by trapper9 on Jan 16, 2008 7:49 PM PST reply actions  

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Danny Darwin and Metallica

by justinohan on Jan 16, 2008 7:49 PM PST reply actions  

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Bobby Bolin and It's a Beautiful Day at CSM 1969

by geezer123 on Jan 16, 2008 7:51 PM PST reply actions  

It's a Beautiful Day
White Bird is an incredible song. Have you seen their performance on YouTube?
The SF Giants: we're not much, but you should check out our team in Augusta!

by Lyle @ McCovey Chronicles on Jan 17, 2008 7:53 AM PST up reply actions  

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Dave Kingman with Body Count/Metallica/Guns n F'n Roses

My choices can beat up your choices.

by Stoned Slacker on Jan 16, 2008 7:55 PM PST reply actions  

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Kingman couldn't beat up anyone - he'd swing and miss.
2008: The year the Giants begin to stop sucking.

by EliminateMe on Jan 17, 2008 10:29 AM PST up reply actions  

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...and I spelled it wrong.  Just great.  Where's my edit button?  That's Def Leppard.

by paboperfecto on Jan 16, 2008 8:14 PM PST up reply actions  

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Candy Maldonado - The Beach Boys

However, the Beach Boys was some weird reunion gig that they did at Great America when I was in like the third grade or something.  The first concert of choice was.... Primus.

by Sigualicious on Jan 16, 2008 8:16 PM PST reply actions  

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Randy Kutcher - Reel Big Fish
"natto is just weird and gross in smell, texture, and taste" - BVCE

by SF Pete on Jan 16, 2008 8:24 PM PST reply actions  

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Steve Carlton - KISS (Dynasty Tour)
Where is the next Willie Mac?

by wbig on Jan 16, 2008 8:37 PM PST reply actions  

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Just came across an article on all-juice team.  Kinda funny, if you have a sense of humor that way.  Of course, they have Barry on it.

http://mlbfleecefactor.com/2008/01/16/all-time-teams-the-all-juiced-team/

by ET90210 on Jan 16, 2008 8:44 PM PST reply actions  

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Oh well, the name I was going for first is gone already (ah, Rikkert, we hardly knew ye!) and so was my second (Randy Elliott...), so I'll go with a triple play in honor of the 2008 Giants offense:  Gary Thomasson, Rich Murray, and David Green.  Oh, and the one non-star who got away and I wondered why, Dave Bergman.

My first concert, I think, was Information Society; paid, that is, else it was the band playing their concert every Sunday at Lake Merritt in Oakland during the early 70's (right after feeding the ducks).  

"I'm a Giant now... I like watching the ball get up there" - Wendell Fairley "I'm really proud to be on this team." - Nate Schierholtz

by obsessivegiantscompulsive on Jan 16, 2008 9:04 PM PST reply actions  

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Bill Mueller and The Get Up Kids
"I'd take pleasure in gutting you boy" Oh and ignore the spelling. I do.....

by someguynamedg on Jan 16, 2008 9:24 PM PST reply actions  

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Jamie Brewington / The "Alternative Nation" tour of 1993, featuring The Screaming Trees (two tons of fun), Soul Asylum (pre-Wynonna), and the headlining Spin Doctors (how far the mighty have fallen).  Hard to believe, but Soul Asylum actually kinda wailed live--and some of their earlier records are pretty swell, too.  "Hangtime" is a great post-Huskers blast of '80s Amerindie that holds up pretty well even today.

by candymanhackman on Jan 16, 2008 9:39 PM PST reply actions  

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Terrell (15 for 34) Lowery and UFO/RUSH.

by dumolds on Jan 16, 2008 11:16 PM PST reply actions  

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Billy Swift and Spin Doctors.

(Great topic)

by dan22 on Jan 17, 2008 12:30 AM PST reply actions  

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Mark White lived across the street from me in Queens NY, and I always saw him as a kid walking around carrying a guitar. I almost fell off my couch when I saw him in the "Two Princes" video.
Hillary: Will cry for votes

by rxmeister on Jan 17, 2008 7:07 PM PST up reply actions  

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How sad is it that this thread's got more comments then any other thread since the Rowand signing?
"They invented the All-Star game for Willie Mays" - Ted Williams

by Cookyman on Jan 17, 2008 4:49 AM PST reply actions  

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People love music and their Giants. Nothing sad about that.
"But I AM a stepchild!"-Pedro Feliz

by Smotheredinhugs on Jan 17, 2008 5:06 AM PST up reply actions  

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I think it's sad more for the fact that the Giants have given us nothing, nada, nichts, doodly squat else to talk about.
2008: The year the Giants begin to stop sucking.

by EliminateMe on Jan 17, 2008 10:31 AM PST up reply actions  

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Willie Mays
Dianna Ross
yankeefan "If I had played my career hitting singles like Pete (Rose), I'd wear a dress." Mickey Mantle

by yankeefan57 on Jan 17, 2008 8:31 AM PST reply actions  

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Jim Weaver and Barry Manilow(Concord Pavilion!)

Weaver was a Giant for 12 games in '89---the one game I saw, he managed to run face first into the centerfield fence going after a ball, then the next inning hit a single and fall between first and second.  My Dad and I started calling him "Crash" and then he disappeared.

by bisquik on Jan 17, 2008 9:09 AM PST reply actions  

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Dennis Littlejohn and The Kinks at the Cow Palace in...81? It was the "State of Confusion" tour. At least that was my first concert without my parents, who no doubt took me to many in their hippie days.
"There's not enough bases out there to intentionally walk everybody you want to." - Grady Little

by leftymalo on Jan 17, 2008 10:43 AM PST reply actions  

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I saw The Kinks once.  They're a lot of fun.
Barack Obama: 1-1

by Goofus on Jan 17, 2008 12:43 PM PST up reply actions  

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4-26-83 was the date of that Kinks show. One of my favorite all-time bands. First time I saw them they kicked every other band's ass at the Us Festival, except maybe Oingo Boingo's of all people.  
Twenty-seven years of waiting has come to an end.

by trapper9 on Jan 17, 2008 10:56 PM PST up reply actions  

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Was that the same year that the Pretenders were at the Us Festival and Chrissy dedicated "Stop Your Sobbing" (written by Ray Davies) to Ray Davies only weeks after having left him for (ugh!) Jim Kerr.
My boy ain't fat, he's just big boned. Big bat, too.

by Roger on Jan 18, 2008 8:03 AM PST up reply actions  

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No, I think the Pretenders were at the one in '83. '82 had the Talking Heads, B52s, Gang of Four, Ramones, etc., plus the Grateful Dead at like 8:30 in the morning.
Twenty-seven years of waiting has come to an end.

by trapper9 on Jan 18, 2008 9:34 AM PST up reply actions  

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Johnnie Rabb and AudioFungus at the Cactus Club.

by GaryEdmundCarter on Jan 17, 2008 12:56 PM PST reply actions  

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Billy O'Dell--The Beach Boys--Santa Rosa 1964.
"I'd rather be in a prison cell with Mike Tyson, and let him beat my butt all day long, than go through that again." - John Kruk, on the last place '92 season.

by getnby on Jan 17, 2008 2:20 PM PST reply actions  

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Ah Billy, it was a toss up between him and Stu Miller for me.

by NearestNorwich on Jan 17, 2008 5:44 PM PST up reply actions  

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Al Hargeshimer and the KEEN country music festival at the Santa Clara County Fairgrounds in 1975. The show featured Willie Nelson, Loretta Lynn, Freddie Fender, and Waylon Jennings among others. Of course, I was 6 at the time, so I don't know if it counts.

The first concert I ever paid to see was the Day on the Green 1985 with the Scorpions, Ratt, Metallica and Rising Force.

by Teh Nuschler Face on Jan 17, 2008 4:54 PM PST reply actions  

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Chili Davis and Megadeth at San Jose State University when I was 15.
Attempted murder? Now honestly, what is that? Do they give a Nobel prize for attempted chemistry? Do they?

by mbedard on Jan 18, 2008 8:08 AM PST reply actions  

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Nate Oliver and Altamont...

by snakesquasht on Jan 18, 2008 10:44 AM PST reply actions  

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Giant: Mike Laga
Concert: Beastie Boys
"Branca throws..."

by Takimoto on Jan 18, 2008 12:43 PM PST reply actions  

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Dave Dravecky and Def Leppard and I WIN. Thread over.

by zenbitz on Jan 18, 2008 7:18 PM PST reply actions  

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Jalaal Leach

Pretenders/Alarm 1982 at the great Capital Theater in Passaic NJ. Still one of the best shows I've ever seen.  

by samboo on Jan 18, 2008 8:49 PM PST reply actions  

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I can't tell whether this is actually such a compelling comment starter (the potential in these combinations is, without question, inspirational) or a true low point for the once-proud franchise we call the San Francisco Giants.  Perhaps this is a sign of hope, that we can rally together in mindless, albeit amusing fun in these darkest of days, instead of disbanding, pursuing other obsessive pastimes such as women or rare bossa nova LP collection, hoping that no one happens to utter the words "run" "offense" "corner" or "hit" which can be so psychicly abrasive, in our presence ever again.  We could pretend that baseball is a pitching-only sport- runs, who needs 'em when we have curveballs! Ha!, but no!  We choose to read and participate in this forum, deep in the off-season that hope forgot, eating the lotus of Oberkfells and Maldonados and Damon Minor with Lilith Fair...huddling together with only our good cheer to keep us from the blistering cold.  It is this comment starter, specifically, and the fact that I felt motivated to post for the first time in months- this tiny internal spark towards participation in the world of Giants; reminding me that other fans in other towns might actually be excited about an upcoming baseball season- that really struck home what a low point we're at.  Here's hoping this is Rock Bottom.  (I know it could get worse.  We could trade Matt Cain & Jonathan Sanchez for Joe Crede, as that astute White Sox fan pointed out.  No, foolish youth, our Master Sabean would never do that.  Joe Crede can't play center field.)  

Craig Lefferts and Smokey Robinson.  
(Appearing one night only, at the Warfield Theater.  Ladies, don't forget to wear those special panties, and toss 'em onstage one more time.  Make Smokey feel like it's '88 all over again!)

"No matter how hard you try, it's not easy." Armando Benitez, 9-12-06

by leftyodoul on Jan 19, 2008 10:45 PM PST reply actions  

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Al Oliver and Alice Cooper (Portland Memorial Coliseum 1974.

by aftermath on Jan 20, 2008 12:34 PM PST reply actions  

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