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Can I Send You a Voice Memo? (opens the original)
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My friends and I almost never call each other on the phone. We rarely FaceTime. We hardly even text. But somehow, we manage to communicate all the time. We have mastered my favorite form of digital correspondence: the voice memo. Some days, a single conversation stretches from dawn till dusk.Voice memos are like podcasts hosted by your favorite people and devoted entirely to the subjects of your own lives.Most of my friends don’t live in Colorado. One lives overseas, where our waking hours barel
Andrea’s Final Wish (opens the original)
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In the final months of Andrea’s one wild and precious life, it became increasingly difficult for them to breathe. This was the most frightening symptom yet. Their chest was filling with tumors. Cancer was constricting their air. When I saw the scan in the emergency room, I couldn’t understand how they were breathing at all: more masses in their lungs than space.The oncologist suggested hospice, and we enrolled, perhaps with a bit of naïveté, believing we just needed to get the right drugs on boa
'Love Letter from the Afterlife' Is Going on Tour (opens the original)
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Hello Friends ◡̈This November, I am deeply honored to take Love Letter from the Afterlife, the multimedia show built around Andrea Gibson’s final filmed live performance, on the road to fourteen cities across the United States and Canada.The sold-out world premiere at Red Rocks was not only a success. It was a bit of a miracle.When I began creating the show, I hoped it might offer people who never had the good fortune to see Andrea perform live the greatest consolation prize I could possibly cre
The Rainbow Connection (opens the original)
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For weeks, I had been planning a party at my house for the night before the show at Red Rocks. In retrospect, hosting more than a hundred people in my home on the eve of the largest performance of my life was a completely bananas idea. But by the time I realized that, the wheels were already in motion. The catering order was placed. The karaoke booth was booked. The invitations were sent. Our friends were excited to gather in Andrea’s and my home once more.Friends Andrea had known for decades st
On the One Year Anniversary of Andrea's Alleged Death (opens the original)
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Today marks one year since Andrea allegedly died.There are a million stories I could tell today, but I want to focus on one: July 5th, 2026. Red Rocks. The premiere of Love Letter from the Afterlife, the film of Andrea Gibson’s final performance. What many of you have called the most magical night of your lives.I am forever bonded to the ten thousand weary souls who sat beneath that Colorado sky, that juicy red moon. Hardly a phone out in sight. Just presence.<p s
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