This soul/pop punk band from Chicago is ending a quick East Coast swing in Pittsburgh before heading home to play summer dates. JC was kind enough to participate in this latest installment of First/Last.
- The first album you ever bought?
- Blind Melon’s self-titled album in 7th grade
- Your last album bought?
- Janelle Monae – Metropolis: The Chase Suite
- Favorite album(s) of all time?
- Skunk Anansie – Paranoid & Sunburnt Mos Def & Talib Kweli are BlackStar Parliament – The Motor Booty Affair Steely Dan – Gaucho and Aja
- Least favorite/most disappointing album?
- I kinda’ just forget about albums I don’t like–sorry.
- First concert attended?
- period: Janet Jackson (during the Rhythm Nation tour) @ The Spectrum in Philadelphia, PA
- alone: The Offspring/Quicksand/No Use For A Name @ The Expo Center, Pennsauken, NJ
- Last concert?
- Janelle Monae @ Schuba’s, Chicago
- Favorite concert ever?
- -Red Hot Chili Peppers/Silverchair/The Rentals in Philly, ’96
- -Spearhead @ Berkshire Mountain Music Fest (early 2000s)
- Least favorite concert?
- Mos Def/MF Doom @ The Congress Theater, Chicago 2010 (too may openers and headlined by a ‘Doomposter‘).
- Any thoughts, experiences about Pittsburgh?
- Too many to list -I lived there for 6 years during and after college.
Thanks JC. Hope to see you May 9th.
