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From The Mind Of Adi #83: Christian Bland’s Firsts
Firsts: Sh*te that happened before other sh*te happened.
Today: Christian Bland’s Firsts! This time, we examine what inspired Christian Bland, prolific local musician and purveyor of all things psychedelic. Besides being a member of brilliant acts such as The Black Angels, The Viet Minh, and Christian Bland & The Revelators, Bland is also one of the founders of the emerging annual gathering known as Austin Psych Fest. If you didn’t make it to last year’s edition, pick up the brand new Austin Psych Fest 2 DVD to see what you missed; catch Bland and the Revelators at The Mohawk tomorrow night for free.
- 1st favorite song: “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)” - The Beatles.
- 1st favorite musician or band: The Beatles.
- 1st vinyl purchased: Endless Summer - The Beach Boys.
- 1st album recorded on a cassette tape: Licensed to Ill - Beastie Boys.
- 1st CD purchased: Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Heart Club Band - The Beatles.
- First personal band: The Black & Green Scarecrowes.
- 1st recording: “Nowhere Man” for a guitar class at Florida State University in Spring 2001.
- 1st live performance: Tallahassee, FL @ a graduation party, June 2002.
- 1st national (or international) tour: First US tour w/ The Black Angels in June/July 2005; First international tour w/ The Black Angels February 2007.
- 1st “something” I didn’t ask you about: First record to hear that made me want to play the guitar: The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn (Pink Floyd), June 2000.
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Past Firsts:
- Adi’s Firsts
- James Petralli’s (White Denim) Firsts
- Chris Rose’s (Car Stereo (Wars)) Firsts
- JP’s (Built By Snow) Firsts
- Lauren Larson’s (Ume) Firsts
- John Farmer’s (What Made Milwaukee Famous) Firsts
- Martín Perna’s (Ocote Soul Sounds) Firsts
- Adrian Quesada’s (Grupo Fantasma, Brownout!, Ocote Soul Sounds) Firsts
- Marcos Cabral and Jacques Renault’s (Runaway) Firsts
- Ben and Jeff Brown’s (No Show Ponies) Firsts
- Jeramy Neugent’s (Learning Secrets) Firsts
- James Moody’s (The Mohawk) Firsts
- Nancy Whang’s (LCD Soundsystem, The Juan MacLean) Firsts
- Jen Rea’s (Team Fabrication) Firsts
- Richard Henry’s Firsts
- Matt Ragland’s (Nelo) Firsts
- Shane Lawlor’s (Electric Touch) Firsts
- Graham Williams’ (Transmission Entertainment) Firsts
- Jaylinn Davidson’s (The Boxing Lesson) Firsts
- Daniel Ash’s (Love and Rockets) Firsts
- David Garza’s Firsts
- Shay Tisdale’s (Oak is Keeping) Firsts
- Bryan Keplesky’s (Misprint Magazine) Firsts
- Steve Terebecki’s (White Denim) Firsts
- Kyle Robarge’s (The Calm Blue Sea, Murdocks, Frank Smith) Firsts
- Roy Dank’s (My Cousin Roy) Firsts
- Scott Telles’ (My Education, ST 37) Firsts
- Rob Dickinson’s (Catherine Wheel) Firsts
- Bill Baird’s (Sunset, Sound Team) Firsts
- Hung Nguyen’s (Foot Patrol) Firsts
- Jonathan Meiburg’s (Shearwater, ex-Okkervil River) Firsts
- Mark Sultan’s (The BBQ, The King Khan & BBQ Show, The Almighty Defenders) Firsts
- Zach Duran’s (The Eastern Sea) Firsts
- Rick Smith’s (Torche) Firsts
- Steve Brooks’ (Torche) Firsts
- Nicholas Saldaña’s (Visitors) Firsts
- Z Lynch’s (The Steps) Firsts
- Candice Jones’ (The Coathangers) Firsts
- Erin Mikulenka’s (Team Fabrication) Firsts
- JG Wilkes’ (Optimo Espacio) Firsts
- Aasim Syed’s Firsts
- Black Joe Lewis’ Firsts