Monday, October 12, 2009

THE LAST BASTION OF AFFORDABLE SPORTS SEATING: Jon Pareles on the last BRUUUUUCE! show at Giants Stadium, with a setlist featuring Born in the U.S.A. in its entirety. Jen and I will be going Wednesday for one of the final four Spectrum shows, which is scheduled to feature all of Darkness on the Edge of Town, about which I am very, very excited. One of my favorite bootlegs (and widely available online) is from an August 1978 show in Charleston, WV, at the start of the Darkness tour, and it's just a revelation listening to a band that's still selling every song -- raw, passionate and a bit desperate -- just listen to that night's version of the title track. We will go out Wednesday night, and find out what he's got.

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