“Somehow I’m no longer a teenager, no longer a young adult. I woke up one day and I’m 40. I have seen LTJ countless times, amongst hundreds of other punk rock bands every weekend at the Rave, Summerfest and Warped tour in Milwaukee. I even worked security at Summerfest 2003-2005 because it was more cost effective for me to work basically minimum wage and see all the bands I wanted. It was amazing! I loved closeness to the music and being with so many people that loved the music as much as I did. You could always find me in the pit or body surfing.
I finished college and started my career in biomedical research, became a manager, became a wife, then a mother. My son was 6 weeks old at the time I went to the last warped tour in 2018. While I think we all thought there’d be more, there weren’t. A pandemic came and sucked years from us. In addition, parenthood and careers can take over without you realizing your self becomes less of a priority in the mix, sometimes even lost.
Last Dec, I was in a rare occasion riding alone in the car. I stumbled upon this podcast, trying to find something wasn’t Baby Shark and for just me. I binge listened until I caught up. Each episode allows you to reminisce about fantastic songs and times I hadn’t thought about in years but kinda miss sometimes. Back in the day of CD covers, I’d listen to songs over and over analyzing and memorizing lyrics to interpret them instead of doing homework.
To be clear, I can’t read music. I have no understanding of music theory. I can’t play an instrument. None of this is needed to love this podcast. Chris and Chris work some sorcery to make you fall in love with the music all over again and bring it back to modern life. Love it! Thanks so much guys!”
Andream327 via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
04/26/24