Greatest regrets:
Zappa -- I could have travelled 3-4 hours to see him on his last tour . . .
Sun Ra -- passed up a chance to see him, and then he died a couple months later.
Woulda been regrets except they came true:
SO GLAD I got to see Mission of Burma -- twice! I never thought that would happen, the idea that they would reunite and still be at it after 8 years still seems too good to be true.
Also had the priviledge of seeing Kraftwerk twice: one of their last "console" tours in the 1990's, and again with the new "laptops" (but without Florian) around 2008. Think they've only played about a dozen times in North America in the last 20 years, so that's pretty lucky I'd say!
Actually did see them, but it feels like I didn't:
Public Enemy -- opening for U2 in a stadium. It was like watching ants crawl around from across the street. The sound wasn't much from the nosebleed seats either.
Still on my list:
Neil Young (with an electric band.) He better not go dying on me anytime soon!
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