In 2024 I made it to a total of 9 live shows. That's one better than 2023!
Favorite Show: The Pist, runner up: The Beths again! (seen also in 2023)
I also bought tickets to these shows but couldn't make it for one reason or another:
- The Pist, record release show on Feb 16 in CT. Going on vacation the next day.
- Ministry, at Roadrunner on March 18. Family stuff going down.
- Death to All, at Middle East down on May 25. It's Memorial day weekend and I saw John Garcia on Monday.
- Metallica, at Gillette Stadium on Aug 5. Caitlin's birthday. Duh!
- Sour Widows at Deep Cuts (Medford) on Sep 14. Coming back from Desert Fest NYC.
- Testament at House of Blues on Oct 6. Spent all day at CT Ren Faire. 🧙♂️
2024 was significant for the fact that my hearing was permanently degraded. I listen to everything with Headphone Safety enabled at 80 decibels. I've recently noticed that its getting harder to hear things.
I can think of two things that were the potential cause:
A) practicing drums with IEMs that were too loud for a few months (D'oh!)
B) being upfront for the BTBAM Paradise show which was the loudest show in a long time (Ooof!).
Will be slowing things down in 2025 until I get with an audiologist.