Concertina: Spin Profile #25

Concert Going-Ons In The Past Week:
Last night I went to the O.A.R. outdoor concert with my Best Buddy, Emily, on Penn's Landing. Despite a severe thunderstorm following the opening act, perilous body surfers, beer bottle throwing, and a moderate rain throughout, the show was wicked fun. Everyone was dancing and singing along; generally very happy and content. The rain actually added to the magic of the show, as the stage lighting made the air sparkle and glitter. If only Guster and Ben Kweller had been there too...

Last week, I was asked to a show by one of my workout buddies, Greg. His explanation of who we were going to see: There's this guy playing...I don't know what kind of music it is or where, but we know his dog from Doobies [Bar]...

Unbelievably, I still agreed to go to the gig even though from his description, I thought we were going to see some dude and his dog play guitar or something.

We went to KungFu Necktie in Northern Liberties--a really awesome venue despite it sketch location in North Philly--and met up with another friend, Naomi, who fortunately had more details. Amazingly, not only did I know the band, but it was my bass player's (Jory) fiance's band EAST HUNDRED. Really awesome local, indie rock band (www.easthundred.com). They won Battle of the Bands last year at World Cafe Live.

Sure enough, as soon as I entered the bar, I saw Jory and Susan, who were very surprised to see me there! Spontaneous run-ins are the best!

Next month, I'm seeing Dave Matthews Band and hopefully Journey. In light of all these great shows, I decided to make a spin profile featuring music from concerts I've been to.

Here's a list of the biggest shows I've been to:
Neil Diamond, America, Madison Square Garden, 5th Grade, John + Dee & Family
Billy Joel, River of Dreams, 6th Grade, with Band Director Bob Lassonde + Family
Guster, Goldfly, The Shell, 8th Grade (first Guster concert, not going to list all)
No Doubt, Tragic Kingdom, 8th Grade, with Pam Hershey, etc, in white limo
Smokin' Grooves, All High School Years
Lilith Fair, All High School Years
Janet Jackson, Velvet Rope, Junior Year HS, Lara Clemenzi
Usher, Junior Year HS, Lara Clemenzi
*NSYNC, No Strings Attached, Senior Year HS, Chris Pearson, surprisingly very good!
College:
Guster multiple times @ Tufts, Bates, The Shell
Rusted Root @ Colby
O.A.R. @ Bowdin
Post-college:
Ben Kweller @ Festival Pier, @ Johnny Brenda's
Guster @ Festival Pier, with Cristin
Guster + Akon @ Franklin Field, Penn with Emily
O.A.R. Festival Pier/Penn's Landing
East Hundred, @World Cafe Live with Jory, @The Khyber with Jory, Jeff, Grant, Todd, Melissa, + Kevin, @KungFu Necktie with Emily, Greg, Naomi (and Jory).


The profile:
Four sets. Three song set.
1) Climb
2) Run/Jump
3) Sprint

Start out at highest resistance, slowest pace and work your way down to lowest resistance + fastest pace.

1. Love and Memories by O.A.R. (3:25)
2. Only The Good Die Young by Billy Joel (3:53)
3. Spiderwebs by No Doubt (4:28)

4. Ants Marching by DMB (4:31)
5. Cherry, Cherry by Neil Diamond (2:43)
6. Center of Attention by Guster (4:07)

7. We Takin' Over by Akon (4:30)
8. Bye Bye Bye by *NSYNC (3:20)
9. Rhythm Nation by Janet Jackson (5:31)

10. Deadpan by East Hundred (4:50)
11. This Town by O.A.R. (3:36)
12. Two Step by DMB (6:27)

13. Need You Back by Ben Kweller (3:17)/**1st min: climb, 2nd min: run, 3rd min: sprint!
14. Heard The World by O.A.R. (5:01)/CD
15. Slow Burning Crimes by East Hundred (4:09)/CD + stretch