Slowdive, biches

Sitting in the Tampa airport waiting to get back to the sorghum fields of west Texas, I got to thinking about my relationship with music and specifically concerts that gave me an intense, ecstatic, transcendent, experience like what Kerry Howley describes in her great book, “Thrown”.

Here’s a semi-chronological list:

Luxuria,  Hollywood bowl, LA CA

Neil Young, / Wolf Trap

Luna, Knitting Factory, NYC

Morphine, Tipitinas, NOLA

The National,  Austin TX

Built to Spill, multiple occasions

Car Seat Headrest, Opolis, Norman, OK

Slowdive, Tampa FL

I can sometimes get this at home on the stereo, I’ve built / curated over the last 20 years but only with quieter music, like:

Sufjan Stevens

Pernice Brothers

Palace Music

Bon Iver

Mazzy Star

Sparklehorse

Most all music sounds great on my stereo, but this type can get me super close to the out of body type experience I got at the concerts listed above.

At this point in my life, I am pretty much willing to chase this feeling anywhere I think I might be able to find it. Suggestions welcome!!