MUSICAL YOUTH: THE VASELINE GANG

One of my favorites!

A picture of myself with Justine Frischmann from Elastica, taken in June, 1995, at the 91X Sunfest in San Diego, CA.

My guess is I broke the cardinal rule of wearing a band's shirt to the concert because it was a festival show and I wanted people to know I was not there to see Sublime. Or, actually, more likely, noticing the darker collar underneath the light blue, I was tired of carrying it around by the end of the day.

I worked at Dark Horse then and gave the band comics to take on their tour bus. When I saw them months later in Seattle, they asked if I had any more. I also gave Justine an Adam Ant picture disc 7" with "Goody Two Shoes" and "Red Scab" and she gave me a kiss--so take that Britpop-come-latelies.

Current Soundtrack: Lusine, The Waiting Room

MUSICAL YOUTH II

While I haven't scanned anymore photos of my groupie days since my original Musical Youth post, the lady on the right of this photo, Alex, posted this photo of us with Gene-frontman Martin Rossiter to Facebook this morning.

I look absolutely awful. Judging by the size of my hair, I am guessing this is post-show, so I am all pit-wrecked from being down front. This would have been from Seattle in1995, I think, from Gene's first tour of the States. They played Moe's. I got my vinyl copy of Olympian signed.

Alex and I went on to co-host @lright, the infamously terrible cable-access show about Britpop, a few years later.

Martin Rossiter released his first solo album last year. It's positively lovely and worth seeking out. In fact, it's only an $8.99 download at Amazon.

Current Soundtrack: Martin Rossiter, The Defenestration of St. Martin

MUSICAL YOUTH

Found some photos of me meeting bands in the early '90s.

With Harriet Wheeler from the Sundays, Blind tour 1992.

Brett Anderson from Suede, just before their debut Hollywood show, 1993.

Adam Ant, Wonderful tour 1995.

Current Soundtrack: Silver Linings Playbook OST