The Flash Acoustic X-Mas (Sarah McLachlan, Cause and Effect) - Spreckles Theatre, San Diego, California - December 19, 1994

This was the first of two annual holiday shows we went to in San Diego. This one was put on by the Flash, I believe, and had a lot of bands verging on Adult contemporary. I think all of the bands played acoustically as well – it might have been called Acoustic Christmas, but to be fair, I really do not remember that much about it.

It was neat to see Cause and Effect – I had been a fan of theirs for a while but this was the first time I had seen them in concert. What was interesting is that they seemed to re-release their same album, only with a different name and cover. I went back to their website to check and I was right – their first two albums are virtually identical. They were probably touring to support their third album at this show.

Sarah McLachlan has never really been one of my favorites, but she does put on a pretty good show, and she sounds better acoustic. And, as with all Sarah McLachlan shows, it attracted a lot of lesbians. I guess she must be a hot babe.

I don’t really remember much else about the show. At this point I think we were still pretty giddy about being able to see so many concerts and were going to whatever looked even vaguely worthwhile. I think after this we got busy and more selective.