09-29-2023, 11:53 AM
Wow. That brings back a blast from the way back machine. Like summer solstice 1975 way back. Got recruited to see Yes at the HoBo w/ bunch of old UCLA buddies. Merch booth babe really took a liking to younger me, and loaded me up Yes t-shirts, posters, cassette tapes, and her phone number. She ended up being too much of a doper for my puritan tastes back then, plus, I had just recently met a tall (5' 10") OC hottie who would shortly thereafter become my GF for the next almost five years.
The posters were first to go, then the cassette tapes, though I don't remember what happened to every one of 'em; I'm sure the old Blaupunkt head unit in my (what would now be) vintage Buick Regal happily dined on them along the way. The t-shirts were the real winners from the merch haul. I did give a few away shortly after the concert, but the several I kept lasted long enough for Baby Buzz to wear them as "sleeping shirts" (as differentiated from pajamas) into the mid 00's..... so ~30 years was a pretty good run.
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The posters were first to go, then the cassette tapes, though I don't remember what happened to every one of 'em; I'm sure the old Blaupunkt head unit in my (what would now be) vintage Buick Regal happily dined on them along the way. The t-shirts were the real winners from the merch haul. I did give a few away shortly after the concert, but the several I kept lasted long enough for Baby Buzz to wear them as "sleeping shirts" (as differentiated from pajamas) into the mid 00's..... so ~30 years was a pretty good run.
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