Last week, my wife decided to clean up our photo albums. She went through a few albums and discarded duplicate photos, photos with closed eyes or turned heads, and photos that didn't have any emotional importance (to her). That included some photos I took at The Living Room, a cozy concert venue, circa 1998, located in Goleta, California. Aptly named, The Living Room actually had some couches you could sit on, at least until the show got started. It was an all ages club that we used to take our kids to.
These photos were developed 7-22-1998, so it's safe to assume the show took place around that same date. First up, AFI...
I last saw AFI in 2019 when they opened for Rise Against at the Santa Barbara Bowl. They followed Anti-Flag, who put on a GREAT show. And, to tell the truth, I missed the 1998 AFI. The 2019 AFI was more about a light show than about good music. Sad. Oh, well. Back to The Living Room...
Next up, the headliners. From Santa Cruz, California...Good Riddance!
Good Riddance put on a heck of a show that night but, then again, they always put on a good show. Come to think of it, I wore a Good Riddance tee-shirt when I saw that 2019 Rise Against show in Santa Barbara. Good times!
For those not familiar with Good Riddance, here's a concert from the same error, filmed in Seattle. The set list is in the first comment:
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