 Among local audiences, "there's a saying that if Beatle Bob is there, you're at the right show".Matonis claims to have been to at least one live show every night since Christmas Eve 1996, and seen over 10,000 bands over the last decade, which he has chronicled in a "dance diary".On 10 August 2010, Matonis hosted a show at the Blueberry Hill Duck Room in St. Louis to mark his 5,000th consecutive day of live shows.