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@bkeske
Thanks for the Mark Eitzel stories! His concert monologues are legendary. I can only imagine what he is like to talk to. I lived in Ohio for 3 years in the 80's, and my job frequently had me on High Street near the OSU campus. There was a great record store in that area that I think was called Singing Dog Records.

One of my favorite concert stories happened in Columbus. I went to the Agora Ballroom to see The Psychedelic Furs. Right before the show started someone walked up to me and asked "what I thought the first song would be?" This contest idea had never occurred to me, so I went with the first song that came to mind, which was "Into You Like a Train." Turns out I was right; and, the bewildered look that he gave me was priceless!

@mitchagain

Yep, Singing Dog Records was right around Crazy Mama’s. Popular record Store at the time, along with Moles Record Exchange further north on High Street. ‘We’ (my friends, I included), put on a performance at Singing Dog with an ensemble we called The Null Set, which was basically an avant-garde performance art group which played on the surfaces in the store, among other things. Fun times back then, and very creative things going on.

I saw the Psychedelic Furs at the Agora in Cleveland (the original Agora). I always liked that band. But, saw many great shows at the Columbus Agora over the years as well, including The Band (sans Robertson) the night before Manuel killed himself. That was a shocker, but glad I saw them before that happened.

Anyway, back to the original subject...

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Tiny Tim