not very poetic ode to willow

time: 10:08
tunes on the iPod: spacehog "resident alien"
memory: age 17, cold wintery night, walking with robbie and andy from fairhaven...could we have really walked all the way to willow? to see the new obsession of ours, spacehog. it was january 26, 1996. we hung out upstairs for most of the night, but were right in front of the stage (and the bassist's crazy blue suede sneakers)for the entire show, singing along to "zeros" and "space is the place" and duh, "in the meantime." the show was amazing. obviously, i still remember it and it was almost 10 fucking years ago. despite the large quantities of vivarin that were consumed.

time: 10:14
tunes on the iPod: (hang on, lemme shuffle...)sElf "subliminal plastic motives"
memory: age 17, at willow street, with the gang (the seven sisters and our boys)and we're standing by the merch booth. lisa and i are checking out this hot (but short) guy with greenish spikey hair. and somehow, she ends up with a backpack full of sElf tees (i still have mine, faded as it is). and somehow HE ends up on stage. because of course he is matt mahaffey, lead singer and pure genius behind sElf. we freak out. but keep the tees.

time: 10:17
tunes on the iPod: (what the fuck did i listen to when i was 20??? ilyssa???) okay, this is random, but it reminds me of the era... the prodigy "the fat of the land."
memory: age 19. it's after a performance...of a play...at the CASTLE. shit, what was it? maybe our random play of various scenes? but brian beadle was there...was he in it? god, i don't remember the details. i remember it was coldish, early spring. our old and wonderful theater group was there (ilyssa, dean, anthony, felicia, michelle, and of course brian who i've mentioned already). we were there to see funky espresso (sorry!) and somehow brian got me a bracelet so that i could hang out upstairs AND drink! and since i was only 19, this was awesome. we had so much fucking fun upstairs that night, playing pool, just hanging out. i love my sister, ilyssa!!!

time: 10:21
tunes on the iPod: (i know exactly what i need here...)the misfits "the misfits"
memory: front of the crowd once again, but this time at the misfits show with rebecca and todd squad. and next to the cutest little goth boy you could ever imagine. i think he was like 14. that night, dean and joe were there. despite the fact that it was a misfits show, joe was wearing his work clothes. like business attire. and so were tommy and sandra, but they wouldn't talk to me. i still don't know why. the crowd broke down the in-front-of-the-stage-barriers. and todd got on stage after the show and was so nervous about talking to the misfits that he tripped over a cord and fell down. hahaha.

time: 10:24
tunes on the iPod: (i'm seriously changing cds every time) H2O "Go!"
memory: oh boy. this is the best show. i'm 20, attending manhattanville, and it's the ultimate peak of the hardcore scene in westchester. we're all at the show, including andy somehow. and becky and danny who were boyfriend and girlfriend (!)and jen schayg. and maybe kevin? and becky is only 16 yet she buys herself a red stripe and yet the motherfuckers won't serve me. and there is this kissing fiasco. becky kisses jen. and then danny kisses jen. by the end of the night, becky breaks up with danny. because he kissed jen. after she did. and we're all getting on stage and stagediving and it is just so much crazy fun!!!!

time: 10:29
tunes on the iPod: (i miss H2O Go! i'm glad i listened to them for a second.) echo station "claire, live and rare" (you know damn well i'm listening to leia!)
memory(or, prediction): age 28. an insane amount of people from the past, present and future are gathered at what was once a beacon of awesome rock shows and is now the bane of what has happened to westchester in general. four amazing bands take the stage (without any technical difficulties) and rock the pants off the entire club. the managers/owners are so impressed by the turn out and amount of alchohol sold that they decide to scrap the whole $2 hooker thing and start inviting bands back. bands like cKy and less than jake. and echo station.
(now i'm listening to the echo station ep, and getting pumped up by "i am jack's broken heart" YAY i am so excited for thurday night!!!)