8/05 Concert flashback #78: Tinted Windows at Black Cat in 2009, my only time seeing any members of the pop supergroup outside their respective bands. Then I went to see Extreme at Jaxx later that night.
8/10 Bonus video concert flashback #1: I’ve been a long time collector of concerts I’ve been to. After I moved to Herndon in 1999 I bought a JVC miniDV camcorder to start recording my own concerts, and recorded from 2000 to 2009. By that time I’d purchased a 2nd JVC unit that had a IEEE 1394 output so I could make DVDs with my DVD recorder, but it developed a “condensation error” and stopped working. By that time I had a Flip video recorder and soon acquired a Sony digital camera that shot video as well. But I still had 4 boxes of miniDV tapes, the majority of which I had not converted. 3 years ago my dad gave me a Panasonic miniDV camcorder he got at a yard sale and I managed to convert about 15 more shows (part way through 2003) before it gave out. This year with listening to all these concerts I’ve been to before, I decided to see if there was a way to fix my camera, and Google was my friend as taking it apart, cleaning a sensor and resetting the camera did it. Now I’ve finally finished the first box of videos, and this week I’m going to share some of them, starting with this: Everclear – Wonderful at Celebrate Fairfax in 2003
8/18 Concert flashback #87: Phish at Merriweather Post Pavilion in 2009. Fun fact: at this show and the one the next year at the same place, they ended with a cover of “Good Times Bad Times”.