Graffiti16, Farewell Milwaukee & O.A.R.

I love music.  Particularly anything acoustic. It reminds me of sitting in the 'underground' coffee shop on Wednesday nights in college, listening to traveling bands make their rounds throughtout colleges all over the county.  I met some of my current favorites on those Wednesday nights - Blu Sanders, Matt Wertz, Ellis... And after last night, I can add three more to my list.  Mike & I went to the Cities97 Sampler 23 Release Party at First Ave in Minneapolis, which is one of my favorite venues. So many great artists have played there - most notably for me, of course, was the Hanson concert two years ago. There is some incredible history there.  Anyway, it was very random...one of those neat perks to his job - VIP passes from a sponsor of some sort. It was such a chill night. We stopped at Jimmy Johns & Caribou off of Penn Ave (which is always oddly busy, by the way) and then headed to First Ave.

Graffiti16 was first, followed by Farewell Milwaukee and the O.A.R. They were all great but I particularly loved O.A.R. We had a great time, listening to beautiful music, chatting with some of Mike's work buddies. If you ever get a chance to see a concert at First Ave, do it. Speaking of...December 1st Chris Kluwe's band 'Tripping Icarus" is playing there. You should all join us! :)

Look at this awesome venue...

Farewell Milwaukee 

O.A.R.