My concertgoing habits have not exactly been the stuff of legends: I have seen some great bands, and in some cases, I have seen some great bands multiple times.  But it seems I’ve found new and interesting ways to miss some of my favorite bands, time and time again, until they’ve broken up and I missed my chance altogether.

By “great bands,” of course I mean the bands that I hold dear.  Whether or not you share my opinion as to their greatness is irrelevant.

Bands I’ve managed to see: R.E.M. (repeatedly… like 9 times now), Throwing Muses (also repeatedly), Kiss (though, oddly, it was without the makeup), Foo Fighters, that dog, Wilco, Ben Folds Five (never solo), Hooverphonic, Living Colour, Sarah Harmer, Nine Inch Nails, The Amps, Tammy & The Amps, eels, Fugazi, They Might Be Giants

(OK, I’ve seen more bands than that… and this doesn’t even account for some of the best shows I have seen, but these are bands that I’ve  listened to so much that I should have seen them.)

Bands I never got around to, or haven’t yet gotten around to: Luscious Jackson (had tickets, but my sister made us late and we missed them, for which I have never forgiven her), Soul Coughing, Smashing Pumpkins, Pearl Jam, Queens of the Stone Age, Pixies, Radiohead, Decemberists, Metric, Sloan, Jane’s Addiction

Bands which are currently on the latter list, but for whom I have tickets! Duran Duran (May 21) and The Breeders (June 12).  Aw yeah!