rock bands and pop tarts

I haven't been to a concert, an actualy live band type concert in months.
This is weird. I have been to plenty of clubs and parties containing electronic and hip hop but damn I have not seen some live instrument action in a while. I need to do this, and I need to listen to more local bands, check them out, see smaller hole in the wall bar shows, because I remember playing those, and the weird but intimate relationship you could build with people there. Some of them were all of the sudden you're biggest drunken fan. They worshipped you, bought a cd for half price because it's what they had left, so you give them a t-shirt and they rave about how they will tell everyone about you. And they probably will say something about it the next day when they see your cd and remember pieces of the night. Some of them will start to come to your every show, and although they may get incredibly annoying at times, you can't complain, they are what you live to make music for, the people who FEEL your music, not just listen to it.