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Archive for 2005

Depeche Mode @ Allstate Arena

Wednesday, November 30th, 2005

This was a tremendously good show. Prior to the show, Jim and I were a bit concerned with our seats directly to the side of the stage. But they turned out to be great seats with a good view, and closer than I had been at Allstate before. They played nearly all my favorite songs [...]

Andrew Bird @ Logan Square

Sunday, November 27th, 2005

Not much to say about this show other than an event spent watching Andrew Bird perform is always an evening well spent. Even moreso when he’s backed by Dosh, who also performed an opening set to boot.

Echo and the Bunnymen @ Metro

Saturday, November 26th, 2005

When Ian has an off day, he has a REALLY off day. His monitors were too low throughout their set, which apparently made it difficult for him to put on a good vocal performance. It was bad enough that he brought the mixing engineer out on stage to hear just how bad it was. Then, [...]