John’s Substack
John ColliusMy personal Substack
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Mr. 200
After Wednesday’s Angine de Poitrine 9/9/2026 lpr show, I had reached 194 concerts for the year and I was well on my way to get to the 200 concerts I was targeting after falling short in 2025. I’ve also been trying to get to the milestone o...
Angine de Poitrine: The Hype Is Real
Photo by Scott Harris (that’s my hands with Khn in the background)
I don’t remember the exact date but it was sometime early this year (likely in January just after New Years Eve) when Javier sent me a video of Angine de Poitrine. I think...
Music Is the Best
Music is the Best. I grabbed of a bunch stickers that said this during my run of shows this last week and I couldn’t agree more.
When I’m asked what I love about music, I can only reply like Russell did in Almost Famous when William asked...
Miles Davis, Grace Potter Rocks My Socks Off, Redemption for Ripe and a Bunch of Grateful Dead Music
If you see the Concert Schedule I post for each month, you know by now that what is on the schedule for the week and what I actually attend usually are two different things. Of course there are events where I buy tickets ahead of time but t...
The September Concert Schedule
I didn’t include it in the schedule but Phish is playing Dicks Labor Day Weekend and the Iron Blossom Festival in Richmond, VA and the WXPN Xponential Music Festival in Camden, NJ are both the 3rd weekend of September as well. Sunday is a m...
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Writing and Ranting about my adventures in the live music scene in Philly and the surrounding area.
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