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February 2011, 40 Watt, Athens, Ga. Midway through the sold-out show, a sweat-laden Jim Adkins made apologies. “It’s like the front row at Sea World, sorry about that guys,” the
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August 2002, Pompano Beach Amphitheater, Pompano Beach, Fla. It is a famous, or infamous, show — depending on who you ask — but fitting for Oasis. This is a band
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November 1985, James L. Knight Center, Miami, Fla. I figure by the time I’m done with this experiment I will have written 50,000 words (which seems like a lot), and
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June 2012, Georgia Theatre, Athens, Ga. It was the night there was no need for an encore. There was no way to follow up on what Explosions projected into the
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June 1987, Orange Bowl, Miami, Fla. There’s a guy, he’d be about 31 or 32 now, and back in high school he was a big fan of Staind, or maybe
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April 1983, Miami Baseball Stadium, Miami, Fla. When I tell people I saw Journey back in the day, I withhold the other part — that on the same day I