ISO - Apollo 1 Ticket

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Best part of a smart tv is going down the YouTube music video rabbit hole. I just watch music videos and see where it goes. I will say this, and I'm a little biased, but the 90's ages so well. Best decades for music (70's and 90's). That shit could've been made today. And we would say they are really talented with a big future. 

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Amazing performance by the band last night. These songs are going to sound amazing live. 

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I loved Eddie's Joker prop. That was the mask Ledger's crew wore in The Dark Knight's opening. I do wonder whether he was thinking more along the lines of Phillips' Joker and the anarchy Phoenix's character inspires. 

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I've been listening to Springsteen for a long time. I remember when 41 Shots (American Skin) was getting played and people were protesting the song's content but if you listen to the song now it's startlingly relevant. And listening as a parent it's just hard to listen to. 

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The kids had Aladdin on and I always forget how amazing Robin Williams was. Not just in this movie but overall. As I get older the more tragic I come to understand suicide really is. It's not that I ever thought it was a shrug, but now that I have kids and see lives so often cut short the thoughts are unbearable and I wonder how families go on. It must be a pain unlike any other. 

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I remember a time when guns were political. Now it's face masks and I just don't get it. Science is good. And it's unprejudiced. 

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Rocksilde - 20 years ago. The 9 lives. 125,000. Lives should be loved and taken into consideration at all costs. Otherwise, what's the point? 

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I don't know how many out there feel like they're losing their mind with the shut in and social distancing but I'm going to take July by the horns and hit up local nature preserves for hikes. Once a week, a new park in the county where I live. 90 degrees? Sure, it'll suck. But I don't have mountains, so I have to take what I can.

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I'm not a restaurant guy, and I've left my bar days behind but I've been craving food and drinks I reserve for bars. My wife thinks I'm nuts with the stuff I want to try to cook at home but man I want crab cakes and home made garnishes. Deep dish pizza. Why not do take out? I just don't think it tastes as good. 

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Covid has a weird way of messing with time. I went to the store today and it was slammed. I didn't even realize it was because the 4th of July is tomorrow. Strange days.

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I've never been a 4th of July person. Not that America's independence isn't fascinating. But adults in flag shirts and hats make me cringe. Not sure why. I know I'm an odd duck. 

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Maybe it's all my time inside this year but the heat has been so oppressive to me. I love summer and  never had a problem before. Am I getting old? Is my body just this adjusted to the inside. Running in my basement instead of outside has become a zone out habit. 

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I'm not usually a musical guy but Hamilton is amazing. Emotional. Enlightening. Rapturous. Inspiring. Smooth. Diverse....it's everything you want in entertainment. Well in anything. 

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Been listening to a lot of Springsteen lately, the dude has  such a deep catalogue and digging through 45 years of live offerings is great. He's got a song for everything. 

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Sitting in a webinar about what schools will look like in the fall. So that's a cluster fuck. Good luck parents, teachers, students....

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I think all this is teaching me that a day off work, or losing a night of sleep to see a band or be around people is something I'm going to take way more chances on. Post Vaccine I'm going to become a new man. 

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War on Drugs, Vampire Weekend, Phish, Metallica, Elton John, The Killers (I've got a weak spot)...all on my list of must sees when COVID ends. Springsteen and PJ are givens. I will say that I think I'll make more traveling to concerts a thing. I was watching some videos and realized I need to see Glastonbury at least once. No desire for Burning Man or Cochella. Bonaroo was cool but there's something fascinating about Glastonbury. 

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I love the Springsteen vault bootlegs that come out at the beginning of every month. I don't purchase them all but I've been binging recently and I just picked up Philly 99 and it's amazing. One of the best setlists and shows I've ever heard. What is it about Philly crowds? They're amazing. 

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I think I've listened to U2's "Every Breaking Wave" as much as their major songs and the lyrics finally came through the other night. I love when a song you just know turns into something else. Beauty of music. Or Bob Dylan's "Hurricane" taking on a disturbing and relevant meaning in the wake of George Floyd's murder. Music is indeed experience and human history.

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Since I feel like I'm living Groundhog Day it was nice to have a distraction in a movie that's like it; check out Palm Springs. Awesome and hilarious and free on Hulu. Should be a cheap imitation but somehow pulled off a vibe unto itself.