ISO - Apollo 1 Ticket

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In a 5 year period or so Tom Petty, David Bowie, Prince, Aretha Franklin, and Chris Cornell....I listen to Petty a lot and it's weird to think of a musician like losing a family member. 

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I've always paid attention to wild fires, hurricanes, derechos but this year they have new meaning. The pandemic amplifies all of these occurrences to a terrifying degree. I'm reminded via virtual instruction just how weird 2020 is wrapping up. 

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When you have kids you say goodbye to sleep forever. I'm assuming when they get older and seep they keep you up just by virtue of the terror that comes along with growing up. 

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It's interesting as kids go back to school (virtually) that we see schools did little to nothing new to protect the people in their buildings. In fact, I'm seeing throughout the country jobs are being slashed. I understand state and county taxes go to education but I was fascinated to see that last year we spent 79 billion on education and 729 on military spending (with only 9 billion being mandated)....think about that and think about the lack of care taken when looking at opening schools this fall.

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I thought we'd be mostly back to normal in July. After I was crushed by the realization that wasn't feasible, I figured maybe March but now....now I'm wondering if shows in 2021 will even happen. It seems the country has decided that corona virus isn't a thing anymore. What happens to all the industries that require crowds in order to thrive, just merely survive (barely if that)?

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What was there to post yesterday that we don't already know. What is there to post today to make things better or make sense? 

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The irony of Chadwick Boseman passing away on Jackie Robinson Day is tough to stomach. 

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I took a hike with my wife yesterday, 18 miles. It was probably the most gorgeous day of the summer, 75 with a breeze and sun. Lake Geneva Wisconsin isn't far and the trail is fascinating; nature and wealth in the oddest ways imaginable. What I was most struck by was how calm everyone we met was and how easily the world seemed to pass away...I wonder if we took more time to spend outside with our thoughts or out loved ones if we might be in a better place in the world. We went to eat afterwards (a Covid first for me) and the crowds were a little removed from our table but they were deafening. It was business as usual but it didn't feel like it, not to me. It was jarring and I just wished everyone took some time for that kind of walk in the woods. 

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Are Zoom meetings the worst? I'm pretty sure I can't get used to them and not hate them.

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I was always hoping this show would happen in 2021 but my pessimism is getting the best of me. And in all honesty, with the world burning what does it all matter?

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Yesterday I was listening to Metallica's "One" (the new S&M2 is awesome) and I wondered if this song was metals "Free Bird." The slow burn that climaxes into an otherworldly carnage of guitar and drum. Check it out with that in mind. 

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I've been spreading my musical wings and I'm ready to give a shot to some rap/hip hop with Paul's Boutique and The Blueprint. I've heard songs but I don't think I've ever dug in album wise and in my opinion the hallmark of greatness is the album. 

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Well at least Eddie is also bummed about the Apollo: 

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/pearl-jam-eddie-vedder-still-030333280.html

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Football is less than a week away and I haven’t given it a single thought until that realization dawned on me this afternoon. 

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No matter how old I get I feel so fortunate that when I visit my Home town I still feel at home.

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It's funny how much different driving is with kids...music, noise, comfort, calm (mostly lack thereof). 

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Today is one of those rainy days you always want to happen on a lazy Sunday but seem to hit at the beginning of the week.

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So vault tomorrow right?

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I love the "vote" component the band has put on this web site. I get how people can be rankled when their band gets involved but what I'm seeing these days are people with all the power doing jack and the people with a voice are sometimes doing what those in power should. Why does a band have to advocate for this? Well because the voices that should be aren't. 

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You would think that with all our technology that we could educate properly....guess what? Can't do it. Not easy. Not by a mile.