dave grohl will miss me

so I just sold my tickets for tomorrow’s Foo Fighters concert. definitely a bummer for me b/c I love them, but probably more of a bummer for Dave Grohl- b/c he loves me (could be true- you don’t know).

I have been trying to fight off bronchitis since Sunday, but not working. I guess it is also a sign of old(er) age that I choose to try and get healthy faster vs. going to a rock concert. Man, I remember in 1990 sitting outside in the cold in front of Radio City Music Hall after a B52’s concert thinking, “I will die tonight of pneumonia, but it will have been worth it”.

I think my decision is also about tarnishing memories. It isn’t that this Foo Fighters concert won’t be great, BUT I have seen them in amazing venues, at private shows, in intimate settings. I really don’t think it could get much better than the memories I already have. So how would going to the show with a bronchial infection, coughing my way through each song, really compare? It wouldn’t. I may as well save the $160 and sit home listening to their latest album.

It is the same reason I probably won’t ever go see Bruce Springsteen again. Huge fan, don’t get me wrong, but I have had some incredible Bruce experiences. Back stage at the Garden, on the field at Shea Stadium. Great memories. I can’t recreate them and I don’t think I can beat them.

I do want to create new memories, and I know I will, but tomorrow night, I think I will watch the presidential debate and leave the rock concert to the healthy kids!