Tenacious Hand Stamp

I am officially declaring the end of the 2009 concert season. I’m done for this year. Now, although I’ve been documenting most of my concerts for the last 2 1/2 years now, it’s only been this year that I started to actually keep a count of all the concerts i go to… you know, for tax reasons. And so here it is. The final count is 80. That’s 80 tenacious hand stamps.

Here are some some numbers:

22 shows @ The Independent

10 shows @ The Fillmore

7 @ Bottom of The Hill

6 @ Rickshaw Stop

6 @ Mezzanine

5 guys in a band crashed in my 1BR apartment.

3 shows in London, UK

2 in Los Angeles

1 game of pop-a-shot with Nate Mendel of the Foo Fighters.

Choosing the top 10 shows was much easier than I thought it would. I’ve also added links to videos or my reviews of the concerts where available. If you were at any of these shows I want to hear from you! Reply with comments. So here are my top shows of the year:

#10 - Starfucker @ Bottom of the Hill (10/07)

#9 - Portugal. The Man @ Independent (09/23)

#8 - Passion Pit @ Bimbo’s (05/26)

#7 - Eagles of Death Metal @ Fillmore (02/05)

#6 - Wolfmother + Heartless Bastards @ Fox Theatre (11/23)

#5 - Los Campesinos! @ Slims (04/15)

#4 - Metric + Silversun Pickups (Bimbos) (11/06)

#3 - Phoenix (Warfield) (09/17)

#2 - Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros @ The Great American Music Hall (12/12)

#1 - Does It Offend You, Yeah? @ Heaven nightclub in London UK (10/29)