dah wrote:it looks like if you are not of the 150 people that the band put on a list, you probably are not getting into this show. The place supposedly holds 250.

http://www.chicagoist.com/archives/2006 ... _is_it.php

that is my source for all of this. so i could be way off base. it was, however, enough for me to say "forget - it".

think i should reconsider?

Yeah, I dunno man, sounds like it might be a tought to get in. We'll see.

I was there and the boys put a a hell of a fucking show. Outside a couple incidents with overzealous security guards early, their set was great from start to finish. Since I was too young to see them before, it was definitely the highlight of my show-attending life...

you actually got into the show! that is excellent! how many people actually showed up? 100's? 20's?


i saw Raygun play many times. But never in a place in that small. I would have loved to have been there.

I'm not very good at estimating numbers, but it didn't seem too crowded when the first two bands were playing. Then while I'm waiting for Raygun I realized that I could not move. So the entire stage area of Cobra Lounge was completely full, and I'm not sure who was in the front area. So I'd say darn close to capacity by the end, maybe 200...

Last question:

Did they or did they not play Soldier's Requiem, in all its OH-OH-OH, or however you'd spell that oh'ing.

They did not play Soldier's Requiem, but made up for it with a bevy of other WHOA-HEY-HO'able songs. The bookends were The Strip and Managua...

Grammer question - is it WHOA-HEY-HOable, WHOA-HEY-HO'able or something else entirely?

Oh yeah - has anyone ever seen Eric Spicer and Morrisey in the same room before?

I think WHOA-HO-HO'able. or maybe the hyphen? WHOA-HEY-HO-able.

I am contacting Jeff as we speak to see if he can send me scan's of his diary entries from 1988. I am sure he had to have written that out several 100 times.