{"id":4959,"date":"2014-05-19T07:46:52","date_gmt":"2014-05-19T13:46:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/?p=4959"},"modified":"2014-02-23T14:19:44","modified_gmt":"2014-02-23T20:19:44","slug":"concert-flashback-garbage-iv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/2014\/05\/concert-flashback-garbage-iv\/","title":{"rendered":"Concert Flashback: Garbage IV"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/12garbage.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-5605\" alt=\"12garbage\" src=\"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/12garbage.jpg\" width=\"277\" height=\"525\" srcset=\"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/12garbage.jpg 277w, http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/12garbage-158x300.jpg 158w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 277px) 100vw, 277px\" \/><\/a>With the Cubs on the road, I was able find parking across from Wrigley Field well before the start of the show, Garbage&#8217;s first in Chicago in 7 years. \u00a0Prior to heading downtown to meet Tina for dinner prior to the show, I walked past the Metro just <a title=\"I\u2019m Riding High Upon A Deep Depression\" href=\"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/2012\/08\/im-riding-high-upon-a-deep-depression\/\">in time<\/a> to see Shirley Manson and Butch Vig mingling with the fans, signing autographs and taking pictures.<\/p>\n<p>In the less than 2 years since this show, I have lost any and all thoughts about White Mystery, the opening act. \u00a0We showed up in the middle of their performance following a delightful dinner at the Weber Grill. \u00a0Once they finished, Garbage came out and, led by Manson, put on a riveting 90 minute show that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.setlist.fm\/setlist\/garbage\/2012\/metro-chicago-il-7bdcd238.html\" target=\"_blank\">combined<\/a> the bands hits from the past 17 years along with songs from their newest effort.<\/p>\n<p>The night was hot, and not just because of the music or Manson. \u00a0By the end of the show, my shirt was completely soaked through. \u00a0But it was worth it. \u00a0While I missed their return performance the following spring, I&#8217;m looking forward to them coming back to Chicago once again and dragging my old self out to see them, reliving my youth for an evening.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With the Cubs on the road, I was able find parking across from Wrigley Field well before the start of the show, Garbage&#8217;s first in Chicago in 7 years. \u00a0Prior to heading downtown to meet Tina for dinner prior to the show, I walked past the Metro just in time to see Shirley Manson and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[87],"tags":[2461,120,183,681,415,1359,2494,4380,595],"class_list":["post-4959","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music","tag-butch-vig","tag-cubs","tag-garbage","tag-metro","tag-shirley-manson","tag-tina","tag-weber-grill","tag-white-mystery","tag-wrigley-field"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4959","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4959"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4959\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5607,"href":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4959\/revisions\/5607"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4959"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4959"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4959"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}