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| - wellp, time to get out my rocking chair, reading glasses, and suspenders.
modified was hands-down the best venue in town back in 2003, when i saw my first show there. black eyes, q and not u, and french toast. one of my favorite shows ever.
i hate to say anything negative about the place, but i think there is one tiny nitpick worth mentioning. since 2003 the venue has changed bookers multiple times. there is still usually some good shows every month, but the shows in general have gotten a little more conventional - for lack of a better word. the local support for shows here used to be a little bit more representative of the pastiche that is phoenix's rad local music scene: country bands playing with metal bands, joke rap with thrash bands, etc etc.
i think the trunk space is more geared towards that now. modified is still a great place to book/play/see a show, though. just don't hesitate to make suggestions to the volunteer staff who run the sound - sometimes they need a little guidance.
the person who started it, kimber lanning, is a bad ass.
the venue is tiny, like everyone says, but definitely not as tiny as everyone makes it out to be. i've been to countless sold-out shows there, and it definitely feels smaller when it is the summer. but that's part of what can make a dance party so memorable.
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