Oh shit, you reminded me about the other reunions I went to (but never paid for)

T.S.O.L- I was on the film crew, filming the Chris Grayson memorial, in which all the members of TSOl got together. To say it was a train-wreck of a disaster would be an understatement. Todd was drunk, Jack & Ron were fucked up & fighting. The equipment was failing. Jack was (as usual) abusing the fuck out of the audience and their roadie. More than one tumbler glass was tossed at Jack's head with intent to do damage, and the audience was on the verge of breaking into a full-scale, drunken, violent riot.

And in the middle of it all, here I was, defending a $10,000 camera, which was capturing the all chaos.

Man, I flashed back to the days of The Mab!

It was an appropriate send-off that Chris would've appreciated. Unfortunatly, the tapes will never see the light of day. Dirk was understandably not happy with the night, and does not want to release the tapes. To a degree, I don't blame him. One of the bands was East Bay Ray's Skrapyard, who managed to drive the crowd away in a matter of minutes. But still, I've urged Dirk over and over to release that set, with other footage. But I doubt it will ever happen.

When The Buzzcocks first reunited (with Howard Devoto), I had set-up an interview with them when they were to play SF. When they arrived, Howard had dropped out because of a nasty cold. A sucky, smarmy, kiss-ass video-show had slittered their way in, and were asking the dumbest questions imaginable ("how long have you been together?" "What type of songs do you like playing?")
But my interview was still on. The first question out of my smart-assed mouth was "If your first incarnation were to travel through time and see you playing tonight, would they call you a bunch of old farts?" To say it blind-sided them, would be an understatement. But they belly-laughed, and gave an honest answer (Answer: Pete probably would, but we're doing what we've always wanted to and doing it with everything we've got. Or somthing like that). Later, they put on a great show.

I've heard that Mission of Burma is still a must-see, but I've never seen any dates on the east coast, so I don't know. I'd probably see them just because '....Certain Fate' is one of those songs that saved my life.