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Monday, July 15, 2019

New (Old) Things Are Coming Very Soon!

This blog has been in a bit of a dormant stage for a while.

First because I had a kid and didn't have the time to go to many shows.

Then because I moved to another country and there weren't that many shows (locally) to go to - plus I was a bit broke.

And lastly because I got saddled with a couple of chronic illnesses that make it hard for me to go to shows.

But that doesn't mean that there isn't content to be had.

I read a music blog today called Tinnitus Tracker suggested by the great as always kottke.org and I was suitably inspired.

Soo, here's a thing I don't think I've ever mentioned before.

I am a lover of ephemera.
I love all the little bits and bobs that come along with our daily living, like train tickets, and museum handouts and well, concert tickets.

One of my first world complaints is that there's almost no paper tickets to be had anymore as many venues either only do electronic tickets or do print at home abominations - Ack!

And i've been collecting all of this stuff, i.e. concert tickets, since the first concert I ever went to - spoiler! Depeche Mode @ Giants' Stadium, NJ 6.16.1990  - and have even organized them chronologically like the nerd that I am.

Seeing that I have this treasure trove of stuff - plus lots of photos (analog *and* digital) that have never made it to this blog - I thought I'd try to put all of my gigs online. Some entries might have tickets, others might have a memory or two, but the goal is to have an entry for each and every show I've ever gone to, because well, why the hell not?

I hope to get started this week and will update as I can until I run out of shows - it'll be a while 😉