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hunter

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90. I don't remember. My mom worked in radio, knew a lot of artists, and got free tickets.

Sat Sep 20, 2025, 12:43 PM

Sep 20

Even without those connections concerts then were hardly any more expensive than going to the movies.

I suppose this would have been paradise had I been interested in music but I was a weird kid more interested in electronics and computers, obsessively so. At smaller venues I'd be bothering the audio and lighting guys if I got the chance.

It's not a concert, it's an off-Broadway musical, but I remember Godspell was a pretty big deal so maybe that counts.

The first concert I attended as a wild young thing with an actual girlfriend, not a kid dragged along by family or peer pressure, was Rickie Lee Jones. It was not a good time for Jones, she required a whole crew to prop her up, much like Ronald Reagan did during his second term. The audience was subdued, haunted by memories of Janis Joplin.

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