A Decade of Tintinnabulation

Best Opening Bands I Had Never Listened To Prior To The Concert:

1. Ssion, for Fischerspooner
2. IMA Robot, for Hot Hot Heat
3. Datarock, for Ladytron
4. The Presets, for Ladytron
5. Sahara Hotnights, for the Hives

Concert Which Unsurprisingly Ruined My Hearing Forever:

Psychic Dins/Serena Maneesh, Empty Bottle, Portland, 12 March 2006

Concert Which Surprisingly Ruined My Hearing Forever:

Atlas Sound/Broadcast, Doug Fir, Portland, 1 November 2009

Concerts I Have Walked Out On:

Sufjan Stevens, Lo-fi Cafe, Salt Lake City, 28 July 2005
Spiritualized, Berbati's Pan, Portland, 15 September 2008

Band Seen The Most Times:

Tie: Subtle, Junior Boys, Ladytron (5 Times)

Best MEGALinesups:

Thanksgiving/Vetiver/Joanna Newsom/Devandra Banhart, Kilby Court, Salt Lake City, 7 June 2004
Mogwai/Rapture/Interpol/Cure, USANA Amphitheater, Salt Lake City, 18 August 2004
Immaculate Machine/Destroyer/The New Pornographers, 20 October 2005

Most Miles Travelled To See A Concert:

2,895 for Gas, Miller Theater, New York, 29 May 2009

Times Taken Down At A Concert:

Still only once. And still embarrassingly at Jimmy Eat World, Arena, Madrid, 31 January 2002

Band With the Douchiest Fan Base:

My Morning Jacket (Radiohead comes in at a close second, but its mediated in my mind by the following)

Most Money Made Off A Resale Ticket:

9x Face Value, Radiohead

Best Awesomely Soporific Ambient Show:

Stars of the Lid, Holocene, Portland, 17 April 2008

10 Best Concerts of the Decade:

10. !!!, Doug Fir, Portland, 29 August 2008
9. The Go! Team, Metro, Chicago, 29 October 2005
8. Subtle, Abbey Pub, Chicago, 15 April 2006
7. Ladytron, The Metro, Chicago, 21 April 2006
6. Gui Boratto, Holocene, Portland, 24 January 2008
5. Junior Boys, Doug Fir, Portland, 24 April 2007
4. Björk, Sasquatch Music Festival, George, 26 May 2007
3. Basement Jaxx, Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles, 17 July 2005
2. The Rapture, Empire Ballroom, Las Vegas, 17 November 2006
1. Blur, Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas, June 12, 2003