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My 12 Favorite Concerts - #11 Guadalcanal Diary

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#11Guadalcanal DiarySept. 15, 1989, Center Stage (Atlanta)I've had a lot of favorite bands through the years, but the one that held the top spot through my senior year of high school was an Atlanta band called Guadalcanal Diary. They played literate rock songs on topics as varied as the Trail of Tears and unexplained visions of The Three Stooges. The music veered from stately Rickenbacker college rock to loose-as-hell rockabilly. They were smart and fun. Problem was, they were on the verge of breaking up soon after my discovery. So my first time to see them happened to be their...  read more

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My 12 Favorite Concerts - #12 Radiohead

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I was recently digging through a pile of ticket stubs I've saved, finding cool show after cool show, from high school, college and especially, these last six years since we started Paste magazine. There are some big omissions—I've still never seen Springsteen or The Stones. I've only in the last few years checked off Dylan and Prince (neither made the list and only Prince was close). Some of my favorites are obvious choices. Others are more offbeat or just personal. But all are seared into my memory; for each night, I stood (or occasionally sat) in awe of the performance...  read more

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