2012
Surprised to count more than 200, a new record. Doesn't seem like that many, it seemed like a slow year probably because I got so many invites and was skipping most of the shows on my calendar as well as most shows more expensive than free. Best times would be the Punk Rock Picnic, Make Music Pasadena and Culture Collide due to overwhelming content, otherwise my favorites were CSS & Batwings Catwings or Concrete Blonde & Best Western (the country version of The Hangmen). All the free summer shows were once again a highlight. Probably the absolute best thing about living in Southern California in the summertime. Almost completely gave up on big arena level shows. The only one I paid full price for was 1 Springsteen show because I scored an excellent lower level seat almost on the stage. Also got really lazy toward the end of the year, decided I don't like to go out on weeknights anymore and if a band is playing after midnight on a weeknight, they wer