I actually had the unbelievable pleasure of seeing my favourite band last July. I remember July 7 as the happiest day of my life! I drove a few hours with my best friends to make it to Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada a day before the festival began (EdgeFest ’99–hosted by MuchMusic) The next morning we finally made it to the show, where we saw Big Wreck, Moist, Silverchair, Finger 11, and Hole play! Hole was last to perform around 10:30 I believe. Anyways, when the stage lights came on, and the marijuana started flowing, I knew that I was in for the official time of my life! I could hear the classic Hole anthem playing, and then suddenly the members of the band sneaked on to stage as a loud roar from us die hard fans let out! (apparently the look on my face was like nothing that my friends had ever seen before, a look of complete bliss that I couldn’t manage shaking!) Courtney bellowed something out then immediately started to play “Awful” which was amazing to me because “Awful” is one of my faithful favourite songs! then more songs while I sat just behind the mosh pit avoiding getting beaten down and just mellowing out to Courtney’s soft yet rock lyrics! Courtney would chat with us between songs, smoke a cigarette during a song, talk to Melissa about anything while she had a second to spare, and most of all clime all over the amps and speakers! i liked this because I am mildly short and I could see Courtney from head to toe, and this was shattering to me! During the start/middle of “Dying” I whispered to my friend Kathleen “why would they play this song, it is sort of quiet and depressing, we should be rocking!” and then at one point of the song, they just souped it up, making the loudest bang, then silver tinfoil pieces blew into the mosh pit at rapid speeds with infinate numbers, it was like floating for a few brief seconds, litterally a hush fell over the croud! I scrambled to the ground to pick some up to save as small memorabilia! I shoved them into my purse. About ten songs past then they were ‘finished’ and I said to my friend Jennifer “How can they go without playing “Celebrity Skin” no this isn’t happening?!” and the croud screamed for them to return, and naturally they did to play two more euphoric songs for us, including “Celebrity Skin” now my day was completely perfect! and that’s about it, the day that I will always remember! PS-oh yeah Melissa bagged Courtney to flash us, and of course she did, and so I have actually seen Courtney Love’s rack in person, special eh?