It is happening. Ladies and gentlemen this is not a drill. Today Bruce Springsteen’s social media accounts posted a video with highlights from 2016’s The River tour with “Born in the USA” in the background. The end of the video said “May 24th, 2022 brucespringsteen.net.” Do you know what that means? That means that Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band will announce a tour tomorrow. I have not seen a Bruce concert (excluding Broadway which is beautiful but more a show than a concert) since 2016. I have been itching for it for so long and it seems like tomorrow I will at least know when I will be able to scratch the itch. Big things people.
I also want to take a moment and thank people once again for reading these and reading them so intently week to week. It means a lot to me and to be honest, I did not expect it at all. But you guys seem to like it and I have fun writing it so we shall continue. It is funny; a lot of times I do not remember what I write here and someone will say something to me about my life or my thoughts and I am like “how in the world do you know that?” It is all good stuff though. I love all my readers, shoutout you.
I have been home for over a week now and it is nice. I feel like I am recovering from abroad because while it was the greatest experience of my life, it ran me down. I have been working on tons of music and demoing all the songs that are in the pool for my next release. The hope is that I will be able to take these demos to a studio or a home studio or even a living room of a house (fantasy I have) with proper recording gear. I am writing new songs as well although, I do have a lot of songs, I feel something is missing and I do not have enough. I have never really run into this problem before; however, I am not so sure that it is a problem, just a slight dilemma. This upcoming weekend I am going to Solid Sound. I have said what that is here I am pretty sure, but if I have not, it is Wilco’s music festival at Mass MoCA. I am so excited. This is the first time I am seeing the band since the last Solid Sound festival in 2019. Plus, there are amazing other acts that I am excited to watch and listen to. Oh, and Ron Swanson (Nick Offerman) is doing comedy there.
Grateful Eight
* Wilco. There are many reasons why I am grateful for Wilco, but here is the reason I will share right now. Wilco is coming out with an album on Friday, and premiering it at Solid Sound. The band sent all Solid Sound ticketholders a secret code to download the album early (for free!) to become familiar by the time they play. What other band does this?
* Playoff hockey. Whenever I watch playoffs in any sport, I always think that the given sport is the greatest playoff sport out of the four major ones. Well…I actually do not really think this about the NBA, especially this season. Nonetheless, playoff hockey may mean it when I say it is the greatest playoff sport. Let’s go Rangers!
* The Mets are…good?
* The fact that my basement is not used enough by any other member of my family, so I have been able to turn it into a little bit of a studio.
* Air Conditioning. Saturday was a hot one, wasn’t it?
* Bruce and the band getting out on the road again.
* I wish I did not take advantage of European beer, because let me tell you I am grateful to have had it, and American beer kind of sucks in comparison.
* Henry got groomed, so my allergies have been better. Also, the air filters. Knock on wood!
This Week’s Rare Mnemonic Advice/Josh Carus Recording: Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town (Pearl Jam)
I love Pearl Jam and I am so confused why they get a lot of hate sometimes. The songs are good, the players are good, the singer is good and Mike McCreedy is definitely the best lead guitarist from the grunge era. Sorry Jerry Cantrell, Sorry Kim Thayil. Eddie Vedder and I have a similar vocal range and so I tend to sound good when covering Pearl Jam’s stuff. This is a band I desperately need to see live. I do not have a whole lot to say about this one. However, since you guys are all so swell, I will be posting two more bonus Pearl Jam covers for you guys. It will be on my profile page.
