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  1. Compared to what has happened to the price of concert tickets?? I am on the verge of being priced out of live music, but tomorrow I will see two movies at AMC for $5 each on Discount Tuesday.
  2. I had never heard anything by this band until just now when I watched their performance on James Corden from the other night. It was definitely interesting, and it’s always good to hear a new band that plays rock music. I will check out their first album based on your recommendation.
  3. Marshall did a very good job! They were all very respectful of Pat’s memory.
  4. Same. 40 minutes from my house, but still free and no transportation hassles. Transportation hassles/lack thereof has become an increasingly important deciding factor for me these days.
  5. In NJ, it hasn’t been outrageously hot, but it’s been outrageously dry. Everything is dying. We had a solid day of rain yesterday, but it was too late for a lot of plants. My astilbe garden is dead. It was fine until it wasn’t. Everywhere you look, there are dead shrubs and trees. I’ve never seen it this bad.
  6. The Dizzy Heights show here was also fantastic. No special guests, but it was in a tiny venue (Le Poisson Rouge), and the entire thing was pure class. It’s incredible to me that was 9 years ago, and was the last time I saw Neil! I saw/heard the Glastonbury set and sorry but was not impressed with Neil’s grandson! LOL. There comes a point where including everyone in the family gets to be ridiculous. How old is Buddy? 7 or so?
  7. I was talking with my local Finn fan friend today and we realized the last time Neil played in the NYC area was 9 years ago, in support of Dizzy Heights. (Not including Fleetwood Mac, which I did not attend, as I am solidly in Camp Lindsey.)
  8. That's two shows gone for me. I fully expect the show in Red Bank, NJ to be canceled due to low ticket sales. Shows in Ohio and Detroit have already been canceled. Last I looked a few weeks ago, those were selling poorly as well. I'm sorry Elroy is injured, but color me just a little suspicious about the timing of this.
  9. Fleet Foxes, very unexpectedly!
  10. Her album of Dylan covers is very good, isn’t it? I have to admit I didn’t expect it to be as good as it is.
  11. Looks like whoever is sick, must have got sick in NYC. Sorry you have to miss out again.
  12. Today I was going to buy a $35 ticket to see Demetri Martin in September. Went to check out and the total was $55. That’s a 57% increase in the ticket price due to fees. That may be a record, as far as what I’ve come across. I cancelled the sale. Sorry Demetri.
  13. Yikes, you thought about going to a hospital? Sorry to hear. I’ve been very successful at concerts wearing a KN95, although the last two I’ve been to (most recent was last night), I was one of only a small handful of people wearing any mask at all. I felt like an idiot, but was undeterred. I have my last show for a while on Sunday. Cases are dropping around here. I feel like I’m going to have to suck it up and just get it and get it over with in the near future, because I don’t think it’s going away. I have a serious health condition, as I know you do, but I don’t think it wi
  14. Glad to hear! I’ve been wondering how you’ve been doing, so I’m happy you checked in. It sounds like it wasn’t an easy bout of it for you though.
  15. Wow, talk about bad luck. Thankfully he does not seem to have punctured a lung, which is what happened to my cousin’s husband recently when he was in an accident that broke a similar number of ribs. Hoping John gets well soon!
  16. So sorry to hear! I have been to two very crowded standing room shows in the past two weeks, was one of about 5 people at each show wearing a KN95. I honestly thought I would catch it anyway, but amazingly, I have not! Good luck with the Paxlovid. My doc said call him ASAP when I get Covid and he will prescribe Paxlovid for me as well. And yes, at this point I know it’s when, not if. I hope you don’t get Paxlovid rebound!
  17. Did they enjoy it? He must seem like an ancient man to your kids, no?
  18. I find it odd that there would be such heated discussion regarding masterpiece/non-masterpiece for an album that was released just four days ago. I have only been able to listen to the album a few times because I did not have early access, and it was a busy holiday weekend. What seems to be happening with me is that the album is slowly revealing itself to me over time. There is no way I can have any opinion at all about it yet, let alone decide if it’s a masterpiece or not!
  19. I spoke to two teachers today. One who still works in the district I worked in ten years ago when Sandy Hook happened, where there was an emergency faculty meeting in the very early hours before school where everyone was distraught. The other works in the district I retired from 7 months ago. Both teachers told me their districts completely ignored the recent events in Texas. I was shocked, although I probably shouldn’t be. It did cement in my head that retiring from public education was a very good decision. Best of luck to all the teachers here. You will need it.
  20. I was a teacher when Sandy Hook happened. They called us all into school very early in the morning the next day for an emergency faculty meeting. Everyone was beyond horrified and thought for sure it could never happen again. Ten years later and here we are again. I’m retired now, but am guessing there will be emergency faculty meetings again this morning. And, more local to me, where I go, and how I travel, there’s the man who was randomly shot dead on the subway in the Canal St. area of NYC while on his way to brunch on the other day. Ten people gunned down in
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