one time i gave chad a white rose and he wore it but then it fell out of his head when he jumped.

new orleans, 3/6/2010

(Source: stevelepirate)

i miss this guitar

state of georgia - state radio (or just chad..you know.)

I decided to chronicle my concert history out of boredom last night and it was a pretty interesting experiment, It’s weird since I didn’t really attend many concerts until 2009 but at least I get to see the natural improvement to the shows I attended from the early years until now. I think Loryn might do this too soon and she probably has a lot more shows than me.

WBCN River Rave 2001 (Foxboro Stadium, Foxboro MA)

(Bands I remember seeing)

Aerosmith

Green Day

Everlast

American Hi Fi

Tantric

New Found Glory

Coldplay

Regular Concerts

2001

Reel Big Fish w/ RX Bandits, Goldfinger, Zebrahead and Homegrown (Avalon, Boston MA)

Sum  41 (Apparently Hoobastank opened..haha wow.) (Avalon, Boston MA)

Two Vans Warped Tours in 2001 and 2002…No idea on the bands I saw anymore other than Good Charlotte, Alien Ant Farm, Reel Big Fish (Suffolk Downs Racetrack, Boston MA)

2007

311 w/ The English Beat and Matisyahu (Comcast Center, Mansfield MA)

2009

The Killers w/ M83 (Agganis Arena, Boston MA)

Bloc Party w/ Longwave (House of Blues, Boston MA)

Flight of the Conchords w/ Eugene Mirman and Kristin Schaal (Agganis Arena, Boston MA)

Joel McHale (if comedy counts) (Cape Cod Melody Tent, Cape Cod MA)

Paul McCartney w/ MGMT (Fenway Park, Boston MA)

Pete Francis w/ Will Knox (Café 939, Boston MA)

The Gaslight Anthem w/ Murder by Death, Jesse Malin and Broadway Calls (House of Blues, Boston MA)

State Radio- Calling all crows acoustic benefit concert w/ Chad Stokes/Matt Embree/Pete Francis (Arts at the Armory, Somerville MA)

2010

State Radio w/ Big D and the Kids Table (Workplay Theater, Birmingham AL)

Laura Marling w/ Smoke Fairies and Pete Roe (First Church of Cambridge, Cambridge MA)

Pete Francis w/ The Rescues (Café 939, Boston MA)

of Montreal w/ Noot d’ Noot (Howlin’ Wolf, New Orleans LA)

Islands w/ Active Child and Steel Phantoms (Alabama Music Box, Mobile AL)

Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros w/ We Are Each Other (Trustees Theatre, Savannah GA)

Vampire Weekend w/ Beach House and Dum Dum Girls (Mountain Park, Northampton MA)

of Montreal w/ Janelle Monae (House of Blues, Boston MA)

St. Vincent (UCONN, Storrs CT)

The National w/ Owen Pallett (Wellmont Theater, Montclair NJ)

Local Natives w/ The Ruby Suns and The Union Line (Paradise Rock Club, Boston MA)

Sufjan Stevens w/ DM Stith (Orpheum Theater, Boston MA)

2011

of Montreal w/ Yip Deceiver (Soul Kitchen, Mobile AL)

The Red River (Alabama Music Box, Mobile AL)

Broken Social Scene w/ Zeus (Tipitina’s, New Orleans LA)

i guess andrew and i will just combine on this one, because for the most part we’ve been to a lot of these together, give or take a few.

1. house of blues (boston, new orleans)
- seen here: bloc party (bos), the gaslight anthem (bos), of montreal/janelle monae (bos), vampire weekend (nola), devendra banhart (nola)

2. howlin’ wolf (new orleans)
- seen here: of montreal

3. workplay theatre (birmingham, al)
- seen here: state radio, big d & the kids table

4. trustees theatre (savannah, ga)
- seen here: edward sharpe & the magnetic zero’s

5. wellmont theatre (montclair, nj)
- seen here: the national, owen pallett

6. agganis arena (boston)
- seen here: the killers, flight of the conchords

7. fenway park (boston)
- seen here: paul mccartney, mgmt

8. mountain park (holyoke, ma)
- seen here: vampire weekend, beach house

9. tipitina’s (new orleans)
- seen here: state radio

10. the hangout (gulf shores, al)
- seen here: ingrid michaelson

A picture we took of Chad from State Radio at Workplay Theater last February.