Needles & Grooves

It's happened to me a couple of times recently. Turns out spending 2+ hours getting to and from a venue in DC and paying $30 for parking on a Tuesday night was a much less tempting prospect once I got past the ticket buying FOMO.

I have pre-bought instores for some huge in stores at Grimey's lately with Needtobreathe and Brothers Osborne. Didn't go to Needtobreathe one because it was raining and today is the Brothers Osborne one and I don't have much interest in going. Granted Grimey's is like 45 minutes from my house. Least they will still sign my record even if I don't go so there is that.

I’ve missed concerts cause sick or conflict but I’ve never just been like “meh don’t feel like it.”

In the ~4 years I've been going to shows up to now, I've never had this thought cross my mind, like with @Lee Newman.

I will say this though, I don’t go to shows like some of y’all. I’ve been to two since lockdown. Would’ve gone to third but it got cancelled.

I've been there. Especially since I moved farther from venues (f'ing suburbia). I like to tell myself that at least I'm still supporting the artists?

We get so few good shows around here, that’s never an option (covid days notwithstanding).

@mgp Yeah I live the far western suburbs of Nashville. The shows that work best for me are 7:00 a clock on a school night when I am already around Nashville for work. Weekends shows are usually a tough sell unless it is someone I really want to see.

I do however always buy two tickets and like 80% of the time I only use one. So, like, partial credit?

@Lee Newman Yeah I usually go to 5 plus shows/instores a month. Maybe I am just burnt out.

I started that when I lived in Louisiana and would have to drive to Houston to see shows. Especially when I went back to school. Now back in Nevada, I’m trying to be a lot better about it because I was mostly a hermit for 2.5 years.

Yes, I call it a “contribution to the arts”

I don't buy tickets if I feel like I'm on the fence. Then if it sells out I think "That's okay, people who really wanted to go get to go instead." that's happened like 3 times this summer with Big Thief, Kurt Vile, and Dinosaur Jr.

Yeah it’s happened to me on a couple of occasions. Channel Tres and Isaiah Rashad most recently. Usually a mix of fatigue which creates a sense of crowd anxiety as a result. I always trust my body in those moments.

If I show up at a concert and my body is exhausting and I have to wait for a few hours to see the main act then I know I won’t enjoy it and will wish I had that night to rest