Mog profile

Dale

Sports Teams - on the off-chance anyone cares

Songs You Should Be Listening To

  • Free music video of 505
  • Free music video of Charming The Flames
  • Free music video of Empire
    Empire *
  • Free music video of Drain Cosmetics

My First Album Was

My First Concert Was

  • Depeche Mode/OMD/Wire/Thomas Dolby
    The Rose Bowl
    June 1988

Top Songs This Week

  • Free music video of From Time To Time

Recently Added to Music Collection

My Trusted MOGs' Top Songs This Week

  • Free music video of Ada
  • Free music video of Reinventing The Wheel To Run Myself Over
  • Free music video of Fever
  • Free music video of Awake

Vital Signs

Mogger Since:
June 21, 2006
EMCD:
= Evil Music Crack Dealer
MOG's resident:
Data demon, PC-geeking, weight-dropping, no-drinking nice lil' Mormon boy :D
No:
I did not spill paint on these Docs; they came that way.
Record Labels I Love:
Factory, Creation, 4AD, Domino, Labrador, Safranin Sound
According to the big hourglass:
I'm 38
Best compliment, from the MOGfather:
"wow, you are the king of all moggers."
SRSLY:
How the heck am I gonna live up to that?!?
Family:
Lovely wife and three boys at home, twin sister in Greece, sisters in Portugal, Philly, Denver, and Seattle (did I miss any?)
Words To Live By:
"When an individual is motivated by great and powerful convictions of truth, then he disciplines himself not because of demands made by the Church, but because of the knowledge within his heart" - Gordon B. Hinckley, 1910-2008 RIP

Lyric Of The Week

  • "My neck hurts, cause i've been cutting moons/my hands hurt, cause i cut them from you"
    The Organ - There Is Nothing I Can Do

  • "These things I know/you're unknown"
    Maps - To The Sky

  • "I don't feel well/I've got this rattling in my chest/And the doctor says I should give it up because I'm clinically obsessed."
    Long Blondes - Lust In The Movies

  • "Pandora's box reveals a new surprise/can't wait to see your eyes/now you've been tantalized."
    The Church - Tantalized

  • "Well I've gone restless, well I don't care/I got fifteen bucks worth of savoir faire"
    UNKLE (w/Josh Homme) - Restless

  • "Tonight make me unstoppable/And I will charm, I will slice, I will dazzle, I will outshine them all"
    Bloc Party - The Prayer

  • "You listen to trash but it's not rock 'n' roll"
    Howling Bells - Low Happening

  • "What you get is all real/I can't put on an act/It takes brains to do that anyway"
    XTC - The Mayor of Simpleton

  • "Is it my own reflection I see/If you take the weight off, take the weight off me?"
    The Mary Onettes - The Companion

  • “But I crumble completely when you cry/it seems that once again you had to greet me with goodbye”
    Arctic Monkeys - 505

  • "Please say you'll stay/If I told you once I told you/Twice not to believe a word I/Say, you're the only one to make me feel that way"
    Velocity Girl - My Forgotten Favorite

  • "I sympathize with your new cause, I've fallen in love with all of your flaws"
    For Against - The Effect

  • Miscellaneous Placebo lyrics

Favorite Albums of 2007

  • #01: Arctic Monkeys - Favourite Worst Nightmare

  • #02: Ceremony - Disappear

  • #03: The Mary Onettes

  • #04: A Place To Bury Strangers

  • #05: New Young Pony Club - Fantastic Playroom

  • #06: UNKLE - War Stories

  • #07: Cinematics - A Strange Education

  • #08: Bloc Party - A Weekend In The City

  • #09: Emma Pollock - Watch The Fireworks

  • #10: The National - Boxer

My Nominations for the MOG Great 501

  • Day 1: Mew - And The Glass Handed Kites

  • Day 2: My Bloody Valentine - Loveless

  • Day 3: New Order - Power, Corruption And Lies

  • Day 4: The Jesus and Mary Chain - Psychocandy

  • Day 5: Bauhaus - In The Flat Field

  • Day 6: Curve - Gift

  • Day 7: Lush - Split

  • Day 8: Public Image Limited - Second Edition

  • Day 9: The Radio Dept. - Lesser Matters

Posts

This post is an outgrowth of two things. First was a comment I wrote for a post on Howard Jones, that after reading felt like a post starter more than a comment. It has been reprised here in its entirety. Second inspiration was Blair's often-hilarious Craigslist missed connection musical dedications, which show that your garden-variety "missed the show b/c I was broke" won't work here. No, there's some REAL pain involved.

Please don't misunderstand, this is no plea for pity. I've seen some great shows in my time. How can we really appreciate the sweet if we do not suffer the bitter, though? Know what I mean?

And so, we begin ...

1985, I'm a sophomore in high school, and not exactly the height of popularity. (shocking, no?) There's a new concert arena that opens not far from home (Irvine Meadows, not sure what it's called now), and Howard Jones plays there. I go ahead and get a ticket, but can't find a ride with any friends. My mom bails on giving me a ride, so I miss the show. The next day, HALF the student body is wearing HoJo concert T-shirts, and I'm left with a burning desire to cut my eyes out. :(

A few years later, I find myself in Tucson for college. At the time, Tucson is a bit of a wasteland; only one decent radio station, and not a lot of shows by bands I recognize. Invariably though, a band I would want to see, such as Nitzer Ebb or My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult (slight industrial phase, heh) would come through ... on Sunday. Gaaaaaah!

1999, and I'm now living in Longmont, about 30 miles north of Denver. The local station, KTCL , manages to organize a electronic festival, "Rave on the Rocks", with BOTH Fatboy Slim AND The Chemical Brothers. I snap up a ticket, but before the concert comes, I get in an accident and get my license suspended. Melissa's so upset that I don't dare ask her to drive me, and DEFINITELY don't dare drive myself. Another ticket in the wastebasket.

2001, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club has just released their debut album, and it's begun to really grab my ears. I was casually checking the concert calendar on the local college radio website and find that they're playing at a small dive bar on Capitol Hill in Denver, the 15th Street Tavern (Erin, you ever go there?), and on a night that I can attend. I even have my license back at this point (see previous item). But ... I wuss out. I decide that I spend too much time away from home at work, and bail. I'm now convinced that they've now cursed me so I will never see them live.

The point? I don't really have one. Well, that's not true. First, when you have an opportunity to see a band you like someplace small, GO GO GO ! You never know when you'll catch a rising star, like Erin's recent post on Nirvana. Second, take the time to organize your rides BEFORE buying a ticket.

This has proven quite cathartic, really. So, you guys got any horror stories to add, or have I scared you off? ;)

But hey, at least I've never missed a show because my girlfriend with the tickets knocked herself out with a potted plant in the tub. If you think this is an opportunity to pop in a Cribs video, you know me too well.

 
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amber says:

It is the worst! to miss a show for ANY reason but wussing out???? DUDE !

I've missed various shows, although none that break my heart...the worst is when I forget I bought tickets or once I asked for the wrong day off of work. Dan has dogged me too, staying late at work so I missed some. There's nothing worse than a ticket that goes unused, IMO

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Dale says:

Gee thanks sis. The disappointment in your comment is almost as bad as the curse that I'll never see them live. ;)

Posted about 9 hours ago
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Any post that is a vehicle for The Cribs is a good thing.

Never had a close call to speak of, but then, I'm not the concert goer I would like to be.

Here's fingers crossed for you seeing BRMC sometime soon...

Posted about 9 hours ago
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After having read Mike (zeroskillz) lay out his experience of seeing The Kills in concert, now they drop this ... intense ... video on us for "Last Day of Magic". I personally doubt any malice between the two, but then again, long tours, you never know, right?

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Killer video....pun intention optional ;-)

Posted 1 day ago
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amber says:

wow...is it hot in here, or is it just me?

Posted 1 day ago
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Ow!

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Dust off them backup plans, let's get those posts back! Please?

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Love me some HoJo & I am not talking about the food/lodging chain either !!!

Posted 2 days ago
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Dale says:

Good, then you'll love this.

Picture if you will: I'm a sophomore in high school, not exactly the height of popularity. There's a new concert arena that opens not far from home (Irvine Meadows, not sure what it's called now), and Howard Jones plays there. I go ahead and get a ticket, but can't find a ride with any friends. My mom bails on giving me a ride, so I miss the show. The next day, HALF the student body is wearing HoJo concert T-shirts, and I'm left with a burning desire to cut my eyes out. :(

Still like the HoJo, even if the videos redefine "cheesy 80's".

Posted 2 days ago
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dachmo says:

If half the people in my high school turned up one day wearing Howard Jones T-shirts I would've gone and hid in my attic. I wish I went to your high school!

Posted 2 days ago