Much love to the many friends I had the honor of sharing bits of space and time with this year. Y’all rock and are so talented :)
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I counted around 175 events/days of tour in my calendar this year. Here’s a photo from a gig each month.
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(I didn’t take most of these, so I’ll start with the photo credits):
*📸 @joey_wharton (legend)
^📸 @r3mediava (legends)
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January: Illiterate Light at 9:30 club *
February: IL at Snug Harbor
March: 540 Fashion Show II ^
April: IL at One Big Holiday
May: Delfest w/ Southard Audio
June: IL at The National*
July: NFF Bike Stage w/ IL*
August: (need I say more??)*
September: Tron-a-Tron at Ruby’s Arcade ^
October: Wallows at JMU w/ Southard Audio
November: Tron-a-Thon II ^
December: Palmyra at Pinhook
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Go to events with your friends. Throw events with your friends! Both options are a great way to spend a day.
Build more spaces that invite strangers in! Use your home as a community space! Open more doors than you close!
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Below are some quotes that I find relevant to our times:
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“Just 4.1 percent of Americans said they “attended or hosted” a party or ceremony on a typical weekend or holiday in 2023. In other words, in any given weekend, just one in 25 US households had plans to attend a social event.”
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“Between 2003 and 2024, the amount of time that Americans spent attending or hosting a social event declined by 50 percent... Last year, Americans aged 15-to-24 spent 70 percent less time attending or hosting parties than they did in 2003.”
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“You shall treat the stranger who sojourns with you as the native among you, and you shall love him as yourself, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the LORD your God.”
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Sources:
1 + 2: Derek Thompson on Ellen Cushing/American Time Use Survey
3: The Bible
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Hit me up if you want help throwing a party/show, or if you want to find one to go to. Both are pretty easy and both do a lot of good. There’s something for everyone.
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It’s been some beautiful months of beautiful adventures with beautiful people! Always an honor.
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A lot is happening right now, make sure to take care of one another. It’s critical to be listening, learning, and engaging with your community!
Lots of shows and lots of traveling lately, but one of my favorite endeavors (ever) is in Harrisonburg: Gaelen and I have opened a studio!!!!
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We’ve been open about three months, and the space has been such a blessing. We’ve already done a bunch of recording (check out Gold or Silver, by Gabrielle Hope!). We’re starting to do live sets too, the first is up now on YouTube. We recorded a @club.tronatron set for a proof of concept, it turned out great, and now we have like 10 more videos in the works.
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I’m so psyched for more of these songs and videos to be out in the world. Hit us up if you want to come record or use the space!
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(There’s a few pictures of the studio in here, but if you want to see more go check out the studio page @traffic.court.studios )
I worked on 219 shows with my friends (and family) this year. I’m really happy about that. Above are photos of a show from each month, except the first pic which is just us loitering around downtown hburg. Much love to 2024 and the many wonderful people who came with it!
Grateful for the adventures with friends lately! Here’s some older ones from the camera roll, I’ll post some of the newer ones soon too :)
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Also go follow @club.tronatron if you don’t already! The project is an effort from Hernan and I to combine two of our favorite things: music and hanging out with our friends. We’ve only played a handful of shows and they’ve all been magical <3
