I only got to know Jane's by accident. I used to be a very active member on another music message board, back in the day. 2002 was the first year I ever went to an outdoor music festival. It was Pukkelpop 2002. I knew fuck-all about music, so I'd posted the line-up on the board I would frequent at the time, asking for advice on what bands I should go check out. This guy Tom mentioned a bunch, including Jane's Addiction. I'd never heard of them before, and later found out that the head organizer of the festival was a huge Jane's fan--which was the only reason they were playing.
The way I remember it, Perry came out to Up The Beach, thwirling and swigging a bottle of wine, looking like this:
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and I was just sold. Immediately.
I went out and bought NS and Ritual right after, followed that up with XXX and KW, and eventually P4P followed. I think by that point, I'd already found Xiola.
Originally I didn't even remember the set list (because I had no point of reference while hearing all those songs for the first time).
I had some press photos and I remembered there was a short segment shown on a festival report after (which I think had Hypersonic in it?).
At first I tried finding a boot through the ususal channels: ask around, shop around, check the internet. Nothing. It took me until 2010 to start digging. Through a radio show host who was a big fan, I was put in touch with a recording studio who did the recordings, but they didn't own the rights; those belonged to the festival, or at least partially, because there was another media company I needed to get in touch with first who--
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In the end, I only hit dead ends and buried my dream.
Until I met my friend Ayke. Whose dad's new girlfriend runs a huge anti-HIV charity. Who have worked with the festival before. Ayke is a cute blond who suddenly found herself on the receiving end of a friend request by the aforementioned festival organizer. I'd told her about the 2002 show that sparked my love for what is probably still one of the most formative bands from my youth. She took it upon herself to try and hunt down the footage for me. I don't know all the details, but at some point she was posing as a 40 year-old celebrating her wedding anniversary who wanted to surprise her husband with said footage--? I don't know, man.
Spoiler: as of today, I now have the boot in its entirety. My personal Jane's grail that I'd been chasing for the past 14 years.
I'm honestly a bit scared to watch it, because I'm pretty sure it'll be a bad show. But there's no way I can't.
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(will report back after I've actually watched it)
Hi everyone!
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