bjberkow

I'm a super senior at UNCG, I am a dj at WQFS (90.9fm) on Tuesday 10am-12pm as well as on Thursdays from 12-4pm. David Bowie is my favorite musican other fav include the beatles, the flaming lips, u2, radiohead, arcade fire, arctic monkeys, bloc party, wilco, the rolling stones, pink floyd, beck, bob dylan, bright eyes, john lennon, paul mccartney, george harrison, muse, klaxons, secret machines, r.e.m., tv on the radio, deerhoof, the clash, blur, the good the bad and the queen, just to name a few.

The bands/performers I've seen live are as follows.
Bruce Springsteen - Six Times (Once solo, Once with the Seeger sessions band, and Four times with the E Street Band) (Charlotte, NC November 3rd 2009 is the best show I have ever witnessed, the Bonnaroo concert on June 13th 2009 is the 3rd best show)
Arcade Fire – Four Times (Met Win and Regime at the Greensboro Show)
Wilco – Four Times
David Bowie - Three Times (the June 5th 2004 show is the 5th best concert I have ever seen)
The Flaming Lips – Three Times (Met all of the Lips at the concert in Raleigh)
Arctic Monkeys – Twice (Met all at the concert in Atlanta, GA)
Bob Dylan - Twice
Coldplay - Twice
Death Cab for Cutie – Twice
The Hold Steady – Twice
Lewis Black – Twice (Met at book signing)
Morrissey – Twice
The National – Twice
Nine Inch Nails - Twice
The Rolling Stones- Twice
SuperChunk – Twice
U2 - Twice
Annuals – Once
Ash – Once (5th Worst Show Ever, opener for Area 2)
Barenaked Ladies – Once
Be Own Your Pet – Once
Billy Bragg – Once
Billy Joel – Once
Birds of Avalon - Once
Bloc Party – Once
Bon Iver – Once
The Bravery – Once (4th worst show ever, opener for Weezer)
Busta Rhymes – Once (For 3 minutes, he was at Area 2, I walked around the concert venue and left my father to suffer, since I only stayed for 3 minutes I can’t honor it with a worst show ever title)
The Cribs – Once (Worst show ever, opener for Franz Ferdinand, way too much feedback)
David Byrne – Once
Dawn Landes - Once
Dead 60's – Once
Elbow – Once
Elton John – Once
Final Fantasy – Once
Franz Ferdinand – Once
The Good, the Bad, and the Queen - Once
Green Day – Once
Health – Once
Hot Hot Heat – Once (Met all at show at Downtown Greensboro)
Institute – Once (2nd Worst Show Ever, opener for U2)
James Brown – Once
Joss Stone – Once (3rd Worst Show Ever, opener for The Rolling Stones)
Liars – Once
Lou Reed – Once
The Loved Ones – Once
M. Ward – Once (saw when I met Norah, he was a douche)
Moby - Once
Modest Mouse - Once
Muse – Once
My Chemical Romance (opener for Green Day, I only stayed 3 minutes before I wanted to kill myself, but since I only stayed for 3 minutes I will not award it the worst concert ever title.)
The Noisettes – Once
Norah Jones – Once (Met her with Aoife at the Greensboro Coliseum)
Paul McCartney – Once (2nd best show I ever seen)
Phish - Once (Only three songs)
Phoenix – Once
The Polyphonic Spree – Once
R.E.M. – Once
Radiohead – Once (4th best show I have ever seen)
The Redwalls – Once
Rilo Kiley – Once
Robyn Hitchcock and The Venus Three - Once
Rodrigo Y Gabriela – Once
The Second Shift – Once
The Shins – Once
Sonic Youth – Once
Stardeath and The White Dwarfs – Once
Swell Season – Once (Met the band with Aoife at the concert in Raleigh, supremely kind and funny.)
The Thievery Corporation – Once
Trey Antiso (sp) - Once
TV on the Radio – Once
The Wailing Souls – Once
We Are Scientist – Once
Weezer - Once
Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Once
Who I Still Need to See Are (No Particular Order):
Blur
Depeche Mode
Elvis Costello
Flight of the Conchords
Gorillaz
Graham Coxon
Jarvis Cocker
The Killers
The Last Shadow Puppets
Leonard Cohen (Thou I know I missed my chance but it was worth it to see Bruce)
Massive Attack
Murder Mystery
Neil Young
Nick Cave
Paul Weller
Pearl Jam
The Raconteurs
The Rifles
Scott Walker
Secret Machines
The Stooges
The Strokes
The White Stripes
The Who
Who I would see if I could go back in time
1. The Beatles (Circa 1965)
2. David Bowie (Circa 1976)
3. Bruce Springsteen and The E-Street Band (Circa 1980)
4. The Who (Circa 1970)
5. Joy Division (Circa 1979)
6. New Order (Circa 2005)
7. The Clash (Circa 1978)
8. John Lennon (Circa 1971)
9. Paul McCartney and Wings (Circa 1976)
10. Bob Dylan (Circa 1966)
11. U2 (Circa 1987)
12. Pulp (Circa 1995)
13. Johnny Cash (Circa 1968)
14. George Harrison (Circa 1972)
15. The Rolling Stones (Circa 1967)