Thanks to Pete @ Blogness on the Edge of Town for pointing me towards this great essay courtesy of former Sleater-Kinney member Carrie Brownstein – SO awesome….
I used to have such an awesome ticket stub collection prior to three moves in a year and a half…..I keep hoping that one day that I’ll have it all back together again.
My ticket stub collection, that is.
There might be no hope for the rest of me 😉
There’s still something beautiful about a threadbare concert T-shirt, or about an album so worn that the needle can’t find its groove. No one would ever doubt who or what was your favorite if those were the yardsticks. Today, there are more ways than ever to advertise and prove our adoration for music, but I still like a little physical evidence hanging around. After all, it’s nice to know that your love has left a lasting mark on something.
Thanks Matt for reminding me I am getting OLD. haha.
I have a cigar box I keep all my ticket stubs in. Once in a while I open it and just look at all the shows I have been to. I like to look at if it were GA or assigned seating. I look at the prices sometimes and laugh that I might have actually paid that much to see a band I can not even stand any more.
That box is a reminder of my love for music and is one of my greatest collections.
It never ceases to amaze me how expensive concert t-shirts are. . .I think the last pricey ones I was tempted by were a $35 “vintage” Sigur Ros t-shirt and $30 Tori Amos t-shirt! And, if my memory serves me correct, I *almost* bought Jose a $40 Morrissey shirt when we saw him last year.
Fortunately, lesser known bands usually charge around $12 or $15 — I adore my Au Revoir Simone and Lovely Feathers t-shirts not only b/c they’re cool, but b/c they’re priced how they should be 🙂
i think an overly inflated priced BNL tee was 25 and i used my last coin on that shirt. they didn’t take plastic.
the nerve… the nerve, i tell you… it was 2007, geesh!