Axelson, far right, remembers more than you do.

Yesterday, in the course of chasing page views, I began gathering memories of the Dismemberment Plan, the beloved D.C. band that just announced its reunion. I talked with a rock critic, a guy who toured with them, a fan who saw them more than 30 times, and the band's bass player, Eric Axelson.

When talking to Axelson I mentioned that the one of the people I talked to remembered seeing him play in sandals.

"I’ve never played a show in sandals," Axelson said. "I’ve played barefoot before."

I asked him how he could be sure.

"I have a really good show memory," Axelson said, and told me a story about a guy he met at one of the group's 2007 reunion shows. They'd met at a house party in Cincinnati in 1995. The guy introduced himself by saying something like "You probably don't remember me..."

Axelson remembered him. He remembered who played the show with them. He remembered he had recommended that this person, then in high school, check out a couple of artists. He remembered which artists, and asked him how he liked them.

I told him that Matt Borlik, a former member of Q and Not U and a onetime neighbor of Axelson's in Mount Pleasant, wasn't sure, but thought his group had toured with Dismemberment Plan: "maybe a week with them, maybe longer." He also remembered sandals.

"We did two shows with them: Hoboken, and a warehouse in Brooklyn," Axelson said.

"I had Birkenstock sandals that I wore around town. I’m 99.9 percent positive I never wore sandals onstage," he said.

When Dismemberment Plan used to tour, he said, his memory "was like a party trick."

And now this memory is at your service. Axelson has agreed to fact-check your memories of the Dismemberment Plan. Send me some, or send me your phone number so I can interview you (time permitting), and I'll run as many as I can by Axelson. He will tell you how well you actually remember your youth.