Dave Grohl Can Write For DOL Any Day

Yesterday,  Dave Grohl published "The Day the Live Concert Returns" on The Atlantic about live music and its current state of limbo due to the Covid-19 Pandemic. The front man and sometimes drummer's perspective on the beauty of, and power that live music has on us is getting a MUST READ sticker slapped on its pick-guard.

​​Of all the non-life or death things affected by the big C, music has taken one of the biggest hits. (I feel like I have to throw that life or death caveat in there because some people be too stupid to understand that the most serious adverse effects {thousands of deaths, people losing their jobs, small businesses closing, etc.} of the big C are implied)

Sports without fans will be weird, but at least we can still watch the game on internet-tv.  There's going to be that distraction/entertainment; whatever word is best for you that we all need right now sooner rather than later. We have to adapt for the time being, but it'll be nice to have a slice of normalcy for a few hours.

Not all entertainment mediums are as lucky. You just can't do everything from home. There is no replicating the experience that is live music.  Sure, the Post Malone Nirvana live stream was siiick, but you can't feel the vibration of front row speakers against your entire body on Zoom.  There's no reproducing being in the same line of vision as the artists who created the music that tells the story of your life. Grubhub doesn't deliver joints that have been half-smoked by complete strangers (at least I don't think so).  I don't want to be a part of the disease spreading...I'm trying to do the right things, but because of C people are becoming more secluded. Have you gone out to get anything the last two months? People are more afraid to interact than ever before. There's a long division between us like 5th grade math.  Daps are at risk! Don't get me wrong. I'm never really trying to conversate at Stop N' Shop, but I am at the Xfinity Center!  I don't want to live in a world where I don't have music as an icebreaker or way to meet random couples in their 50s and experience life together for a moment because we both like Kings of Leon.

(Notice her shirt, 2017)

Live music is one of my favorite things about being alive (unless it's a random dude with a guitar that nobody came to see poorly covering 70's songs at an indoor restaurant).  Last year I saw Florence + the Machine, John Mayer, Jimmy Eat World, Third Eye Blind and Mac DeMarco live. This year I was ready to top it.  I was scheduled to see Thundercat at House of Blues in Boston on March 21st with legit like eight people.  We were sooo close. 

The show I was looking forward to the most this year was Boston Calling; my big Christmas gift from my Dad. I had a weekend pass to see Dave Grohl himself with the Foo Fighters plus Red Hot Chili Peppers, the 1975, Orville Peck, Rage Against the Machine (miracles do happen) and many more acts at my first ever Music Festival.  I couldn't wait to go experience that with my best friend. Three days of music and everything that you associate with music festivals. The Black Keys and Gary Clark Jr. were supposed to be touring together.  I had tickets for New Found Glory in the fall.  It was gonna be a big concert year for Ole Dozo.

From spending my first 45-90 minutes of my day deciding what song to post a 15-30 second clip on my IG story to get clicked through instantaneously; to conspiracies about Kurt Cobain.... music is everything to me. This blog isn't to complain about missing out on the 1975 (even though it's as heartbreaking as Somebody Else). It's about how awesome the concert experience is and how much I hope it isn't forever altered because of this C Pandemic.  Concerts are one of the most intimidate things you can share with 20,000+ people. They're responsible for some of the best feelings, moments, stories and adventures of my 28 years on this rock. Whether it's a show that you had planned with your friends for months, or a random Wednesday why tf not? We need these experiences. They cannot fall victim to the Big C too.

I understand that it's going to be a LONG time until life is back to normal (unless you live in a red state). C is the new 9/11 in the sense that things will NEVER be the same again. I'm just a blogger with two liberal arts degrees; I don't have all the answers or solutions...I just hope someday soon things can go back to normal.  Of course I want people to be safe and live as long as they want, but I also want to be able to live life how its supposed to be lived again/for the first time.  A life without music is not life to me (sorry deaf people). Not only is Dave Grohl one of the most accomplished musicians in rock history, but he can write awesome articles about Bruce Springsteen being in the audience too. I guess it makes sense when you consider he wrote These Days (the Foo Fighters song I was looking most forward to hear/scream along with live). In short; we need concerts. I miss concerts and that's some Doz on life.