ISO - Apollo 1 Ticket

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When I think about 2020 and find the positives I heard a lot of great music. Quarantine really gave me time to listen to entire catalogues and delve into albums and artist from this year I wouldn’t have given a huge chance to. I didn’t love all of it but I found a new appreciation for artists like Jay-Z but still can’t crack Kendrick Lamar. I’ll keep trying.

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If you would've told me that a year when Pearl Jam, Dylan, and released records but they all come in a distant second to Taylor Swift in listens I would've said you're nuts. Then again you could've told me about 2020 as a whole and I might've walked away. 

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I can't remember the last time I slept in past 7:00 - kids make life strange in that regard. You change everything and the little things that were routine become your white whale - sleep is beautiful but sleeping in is divine. 

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It's funny, I never thought I'd be a person so ready for a New Year. Even when I was younger and going out for New Years was a blast, I was just going out for the party...this year I'm ready for a reboot, like anyone on this board I'm ready to see what new can come and how we can actually make 2021 wonderful. I just realized yesterday Vampire Weekend has a song on their latest called 2021 and it's a calm song, well over a year old and yet, says enough about forgetting that we can all move on with some clarity. 

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Enjoy your family. Be safe and travel well if you're out and about. 

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Merry Christmas!

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Funny - I wasn't interested in Eddie's 7' but now that they've added it to becoming an EP, I want a copy. Other than "All the Way," I just don't think I'll ever want a vinyl single but an EP, I love those. 

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For poster enthusiasts check out Tom Petty's Wildflower lithographs, they're amazing. Smaller than PJ posters but solid and gorgeous. 

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Back to normal after the holidays but so much hope that we're really going to get back to 2019 normal. 

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Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross did the music for Soul and Mank; fascinating dichotomy. 

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First big snow storm of the year and it's welcome. Maybe because we're shut ins and now there's actually a reason to be shut in. 

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I've never been a big New Years Eve guy, and not that I think midnight will change anything immediately but I have hope things will be better next year. Be well and be safe. 

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May 2021 be better for all. Keep an eye on the corner cause we're turning it. 

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I love movies (you know, from the comfort of my own home, even before Covid I couldn't find time to go) and I'll watch anything. I don't love it all but who can? I do most of my viewing from the treadmill (doesn't bode well for heavy hitting dramas or comedies - can't laugh and run) but I still watch and re-watch. I took a week to rewatch The Lord of the Rings, and they hold up. It's amazing how well those movies were filmed and how groundbreaking the technology was that it couldn't be done better today (after all, the hands of the director are key). 

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"Last Kiss" is a fun song. I remember it coming out but I wasn't on the boards at that point. I wonder whether the popularity was polarizing because it really isn't anything like any Pearl Jam song before or sing. They've done catchy but it's such a fascinating detour. 

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Until I had kids I totally forgot how great puzzles and coloring were....some things you just can't remember until it's jarred back into your consciousness. Kids have a way of doing, having you kindly look backwards and recollecting the simplicity of the world around us. 

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The other day my daughter was asking me about presidents. I told her about a few and she asked me who the first girl president was..when I told her there hasn't been one, her jaw dropped...she couldn't conceive that we never had one, or why that was even possible. The untainted eyes of a child are fascinating and sometimes heart breaking. 

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Two posts yesterday? Accident. One can only bump so much for something that will only theoretically exist at some point. But I won't give up hope. 

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My son loves music, anything with a heavy guitar and drum beat is fair game but he's yet to get into Pearl Jam until last night when "Even Flow" came on. He was in the bath adn the kid just went crazy, it was awesome - he was jumping and splashing like a mad man in a mosh pit. It really made me re-evaluate the song and take in the nuances that I've forgotten or ignored for the past 20 years. 

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I'm revisiting the album shows and it's interesting I just don't know how much I'd love attending one. I went to see Springsteen do Born to Run and The River; cool shows but I love hte unpredictable nature of the live show. Now that being said, PJ never says they're playing an album, the possibility is neat which could make up for it but both bands play the album and hits to placate casual fans. It's a cool experience but I just don't know if it's something I need to see. That being said, I'd take any show of any kind at this point. All those shows are well paced nad the albums sound great, it's just song to song I love the anticipation.