{"id":573894739,"date":"2022-08-30T21:07:38","date_gmt":"2022-08-31T01:07:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/wordpress\/?p=573894739"},"modified":"2022-09-01T19:06:50","modified_gmt":"2022-09-01T23:06:50","slug":"the-past-is-gone-but-something-might-be-found","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/wordpress\/blog\/2022\/08\/30\/the-past-is-gone-but-something-might-be-found\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;The past is gone, but something might be found&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Funny, how quickly back-to-normal gets you back to normal. I&#8217;ve been a bachelor the last two weeks, but my lovely bride returned from a much-deserved family trip yesterday. We, of course, hopped back in the car and went over to Cincinnati for the rock &#8216;n&#8217; roll show. We got back just around midnight last night. And this morning it was the alarm, a quick bike ride into work, and watching the work over at the half-gone Poplars Building.<\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/photo\/aug22\/aug80.jpg\"><\/center><\/p>\n<p>I wonder if I can call it the Pop Building, then.<\/p>\n<p>This evening it was leave promptly for a quick bie ride back to the house. We had to return a rental car and that place closes at 6 p.m. After that, dinner, catch up on the new Game of Thrones show, House of Exposition And Time Jumps and then get ready for bed. <\/p>\n<p>Back-to-normal happens quick.<\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/blog\/banners\/bannermusic.jpg\"><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Yesterday in this space I shared some clips from the rock &#8216;n&#8217; roll show. Toad the Wet Sprocket opened the show. Here&#8217;s photographic proof. They had an eight-song set.<\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/photo\/aug22\/aug81.jpg\"><\/center><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve been listening to them for almost 30 years, now, and I&#8217;ve seen them twice. Both this summer, 18 songs total. Worth the wait is a weird expression here &#8212; particularly since the first show was supposed to be in 2020, and the Monday show was a spontaneous add-on that was, itself, postponed from last month, and &#8212; why did I wait to see a band I enjoy? Surely, somewhere along the way, there were intersecting opportunities. Right? But who knows?  <\/p>\n<p>Toad opened the show, and the Gin Blossoms were the featured act. They did a six-song pure nostalgia set (down from the nine songs we saw from them in July). And that was fine. I&#8217;ve managed to see them a half dozen times, I think. Same jokes, same material. You&#8217;re there for the vibe, and to try to reclaim the unreclaimable feeling of a younger day. It&#8217;s illusive; it&#8217;s Sisyphean; it&#8217;s impossible and melancholy. <\/p>\n<p>So, then, Gin Blossoms are perfect for that.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_Cgdi44H7PA\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s a hasty, from-the-hip mix I made on my phone just now. I am surprised how well it works. <\/p>\n<p>The rest of the week we&#8217;ll fill out this space with Barenaked Ladies. (Lots of clever lyrics for titles, too!)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Funny, how quickly back-to-normal gets you back to normal. I&#8217;ve been a bachelor the last two weeks, but my lovely bride returned from a much-deserved family trip yesterday. We, of course, hopped back in the car and went over to Cincinnati for the rock &#8216;n&#8217; roll show. We got back just around midnight last night. 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