I bought concert tickets today. It isn’t until September.

It’s a festival actually. Outdoors. Just off the boardwalk. A legendary venue. The Stone Pony in Asbury Park.

And I may be soft as butterscotch pudding but I flat out welled up when the confirmation popped up.

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Playing on the radio was “Everybody Lost Somebody” by the festival’s organizer: @jackantonoff and @bleachersmusic.

Pretty apt soundtrack for the moment.

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Man, it has been a long year.

It may be months away but come September at least, I’m gonna be outdoors at the Jersey Shore catching a show at the famous home of the guy on the Bleachers’ latest single.

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And, hey, if you wanna join me, we can buy each other beers; toast to shit getting better; and just drink in the pure joy of live music, outdoors, with a crowd that knows the words.

It’s called the Shadow of the City Festival (@sotcfestival).

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