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Anyone who knows me knows I've never been one to revel in the past. I'm the last one to cast a misty-eyed glance back at the "good old days". In my experience the people who take this angle are usually the ones who weren't there. Whatever mistakes, false starts and missed opportunities I've had the pleasure of having, I was wherever I was for better or worse.

This blog is not meant to romanticize any choices I made or any particular era. It's simply a place where I share stories and take stock of where I've been as a way to figure out where I might want to go next. I'll celebrate some people along the way, some of them you'll know or know of, others will be new to you. I'm glad to have known every one of them.

The posts are in no thematic or chronological order. The date at the end of the post's title refers to how the content of the post relates to me personally. I make no claim about the accuracy of my recollections I only promise that I'll be as honest and accurate as I can be. If you were there and you remember things differently than I do, or you find evidence that contradicts my memory (I wouldn't be surprised or upset) feel free to let me know.

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March 21, 2012

BLACK FLAG SUBHUMANS SACCHARINE TRUST NORWAY CENTER SEATTLE 1982

Thisis a flyer for the Black Flag show I was talking about in my post about Alex from Green River. I remember this show for a few reasons:

1) I was a 14 year old kid seeing five-piece Black Flag in 1982 for christ’s sake!

2) Ron Reyes (BF’s old singer) did a song with them. I had recently watched The Decline and was way stoked about this.

3) Nig Heist nearly started a riot. I’d never seen that kind of mayhem.

4) Vancouver Subhumans were also one of my fave regional bands and were awesome.

5) I met Henry, Dez and Ron Reyes at the show. They were actually nice to me.

I’ve since heard that also attending this particular show were: Buzz Osbourne, Dale Crover, Kurt Cobain, Krist Novoselic, Bessie Oakley, Jone Stebbins, Calvin Johnson, Mark Arm, Lois Maffeo, Bruce Pavitt, Tom Niemeyer, Duff MacKagan and as I mentioned Alex Shumway and many more. There were probably only a couple hundred kids there. I hope I still have a copy of this flyer somewhere. I got the image seen here off the web.

4:29pm | URL: http://tmblr.co/Zl8DhvIMMulS

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