i spent many of nights in that second story and a few at jakes and some at my not so fav bluebird. tell me your favorite shows at second story here are a few of mine frank black,superchuck,guided by voices bee thousand tour antenna w/ed ackerson archers of loaf and i saw speed luxury w/walking ruins tear the place down i sure do miss that place. do you?
Cynics were a great show. To this day I can't remember if I saw the Feelies or not even though I love them to death (especially Good Earth) due to the Old Milwaukee fog. Also Universal Congress Of, Slint, Meat Puppets, Fetchin' Bones Anybody? Nice Strong Arm? Royal Crescent Mob? And can't forget the mighty Rosebloods. Somebody please compile an archive of shows, that would be awesome.
i saw brown betty open for the (typically alt-country) blue mountain in '92 or '93 at second story. blue mountain decided to play a punk rock set which included "brown betty," a different take on ram jam's "black betty." weirdly, they were one of the tightest, loudest rock acts i have ever seen.
Permalink Reply by Liza on January 19, 2009 at 2:40pm
I'm die-hard when it comes to GBV, so I guess I'd say the GBV Bee Thousand show is pretty high on my list as well. Other than that, I remember the Medicine show (Sixteen Deluxe opened) being the absolute loudest show I'd ever seen in Bloomington. Or anywhere, for that matter. I didn't bring earplugs and had to spend half of the show outside on the steps.
I'll be there during the music portion - arriving late 3/16 and leaving Sunday, 3/21. I'm not playing this year, just down for business and fun. I'm on a panel on Wednesday, 3/17 (discussing music industry contracts). If you're going to be down ther…