Fortunato Posted:

I was living in norway and one friend of mine was a big snob and knew indie rockers so he suggested we go to see explosions in the sky. They were awesome.

Wow. You should brag to BoP about this.

Beirut gave me the best goosebumps. I thought my chest was going to explode when they started playing Nantes. I want to climb inside Zach Condon’s body and just live there. I almost didn’t get tickets, both SF shows sold out immediately. Amazingly, I found an artist dude that sold me the tickets at face value.

Runner up: even though I’m not so into them anymore, I was able to get incredibly good tickets to The Decemberists when they were backed by the L.A. Philharmonic at the Hollywood Bowl. I was about 20 feet from the stage. Something about the proximity combined with the power of the full orchestra made it magical. Plus Andrew Bird opened for them and he puts on a hell of a show. I’ve never seen someone shred a bow like that. I wonder how many he goes through in a tour.