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A Young 50 is a concert review newsletter. Every time you go see a live band, there is an old guy standing alone in the corner watching. I'm that guy. And I write atypical show reviews.
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Best Night Ever? Best Night Ever! (opens the original)
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I love surprises. In my mind they are a uniquely powerful source of true joy. But that’s not an opinion of mine that has been encouraged through my life. My mother hated surprises so much that when she caught wind of her surprise 50th birthday party - after most of the guests had already arrived - I had to spend an hour on the phone with her begging her to show her face. I paid for that for years - and the party wasn’t even my idea. My wife Tricia hates surprises, too. Responsive to the needs of
How To Save The World In 8 Easy Steps (opens the original)
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We live in a world, entirely due to our own stupidity, where we are forced to hope AI can save us before it kills us all. Or, maybe just that AI can find the brakes before we slam into the wall. It’s not our best work as a society.Resistance against our AI overlords is crucial. And the best way to resist is to embrace art. Art is AI’s silver bullet.Machines can’t make human art. But they try to every day. And they make us all lazy - about defining art, creating it, seeking it out, and judging th
READ THIS: You Have Just One Job! (opens the original)
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Too lazy to read a whole post? Skip to the end. Learn what to vote for, and where to vote for it. Then do it daily until August 21. With my thanks. You know how on the news they have that banner underneath an interview subject that contains just one phrase that somehow perfectly sums up all we need to know about them?Stephen, 56 - Tried to stop the lemurs from fighting;or Maggie, 41 - Knew the mushrooms were poisonous.Mine would say T.O., 50 - Obnoxiously obsessed with
Stampede 2026 - A Musical Journey in 5 Parts (opens the original)
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In the fall of 2009 when my wife Tricia was pregnant with our son, Tristan, we created our own personal, hidden in plain sight music festival we called TnT Fest. Over two months we strung together several shows - mostly here, but with an acoustic Garth Brooks show in Las Vegas as the headliner. I had hoodies made up with the lineup. It was a grand last hurrah. And ever since then I have been obsessed with the idea of building your own music festival - combining the shows around you into somethin
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