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Lifer, here 'til the bitter end.

[briankeithdiaz]

We Are All the Road Crew

Today, we honor all road crew through the spirit of just one of them: Nick Alexander, who lost his life Friday night.

As touring people, we never consider the danger of what we do for a living. Living in public, in a public space, surrounded by strangers, sometimes thousands, who by and large have good intentions. We all are looking for a way to escape reality and be entertained. I believe that it’s human nature to create and appreciate creativity. When we are in our “safe spaces” the last thing a lot of us are considering is potential tragedy. A lot of my friends on here are but small cogs in the giant wheel of music touring and creating for others. I’m not saying I speak for all us, and you’d think judging by my anger and sadness that I’d be demanding some sort of post-9/11 knee jerk reactionary change to security measures at concerts, but here’s the thing…

I don’t.

It’s exactly what they want, whoever this nebulous “they” may be. They want us to live in fear and abandon our passion for creativity and for entertainment and our love of enjoying life. They want us to live in fear and be crippled by that fear. Truth be told I don’t think any measure of security could have saved Nick’s life, or the life of anyone who was there to enjoy life and escape.

Nick Alexander was someone who had no horse in that race. He was a good person doing what he loved when he was cut short by people who wanted us to give in to our fears. I toured with Nick for nearly 2 years, and some of the other people I consider my tour family I’ve toured with for many more years. I’d be grieving just the same had this happened to any one of them. Is it going to change my mind about doing what I do for a living? No. Fuck no. Not at all. After 20 years of doing this I’m not going to let this shake me and as an industry of touring professionals we are going to grow stronger and tighter. I truly believe this. Nick didn’t die in vain. In fact, to me he didn’t die at all. His spirit will always remain in my heart. He was and always will be One Of Us.

Thanks for putting up with these sad-guy posts the last few days. I’d be lying if I said I was over it and didn’t miss my friend. I’ll forever miss that chains-and-rings-jangling-when-he-walks, leather jacket and boots wearing, handsome British devil. I’ll have a drink today in your honour, mate.

Anyway, linked here is an article which expounds on that feeling. This writer captures that - a lot better I do. Feel free to donate in his memory. Thanks.

[jackiekashian]

Like everyone; I have opinions. Sometimes they are backed up by facts. Sometimes they are colored by personal experience giving me more sympathy. I try not to react to situations with anger and fear. I’m not always successful but I’m also not dead yet. So there’s hope for me.

[peace-to-the-mountain-deactivat]

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Begin hyper communication.

Restore our vision of natural progression.

Rise in groves to reclaim the source, the center.

We will be the salvation the Mother seeks.

Traversing in all directions.

[djeishndjaoskdnd]

[expressivity--blog]

And after a while, you learn that you don’t need anyone else in order to survive. No one is ever going to always be there, no matter what they say or what they promise you. You just gotta suck it up, accept it.

[beanmaru-blog]

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— Hey Arnold

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[wnq-anonymous]

I still get very high and very low in life. Daily. But I’ve finally accepted the fact that sensitive is just how I was made, that I don’t have to hide it and I don’t have to fix it. I’m not broken.

Glennon Doyle Melton  (via thatkindofwoman)

[iloveyoursoul]

[hugclub]

[brutereason]

The trend of labeling women “crazy” is part of the culture that socializes women to go along to get along. When women are told over and over again that they’re not allowed to feel the way they feel and that they’re being “unreasonable” or “oversensitive”, they’re conditioned to not trust their own emotions. Their behavior – being assertive, even demanding or standing up for how they feel – becomes an “inconvenience” to men and they’re taught not to give offense and to consider the feelings of others before their own.

On Labeling Women “Crazy” | Paging Dr. NerdLove - Part 2 (via brutereason)

[fygirlcrush]

[beanmaru-blog]

Amy was in the middle of some such nonsense with Seth Meyers across the table, and she did something vulgar as a joke. I can’t remember what it was exactly, except it was dirty and loud and ‘unladylike.’

Jimmy Fallon, who was arguably the star of the show at the time, turned to her and in a faux-squeamish voice said, ‘Stop that! It’s not cute! I don’t like it.’ Amy dropped what she was doing, went black in the eyes for a second, and wheeled around on him. ‘I don’t fucking care if you like it.’ Jimmy was visibly startled. Amy went right back to enjoying her ridiculous bit. I should make it clear that Jimmy and Amy are very good friends and there was never any real beef between them. (Insert penis joke here.)

With that exchange, a comic shift took place. Amy made it clear that she wasn’t there to be cute. She wasn’t there to play wives and girlfriends in the boys’ scenes. She was there to do what she wanted to do and she did not fucking care if you like it.

[beanmaru-blog]

This is going to be awesome.

[beanmaru-blog]

This will be tomorrow’s WTF podcast.

[ryan-reynolds]

[beanmaru-blog]

He's never delt with a woman like me before. He is used to girls. The lack of drama has thrown him off, and now Mr Impeccable is making lots of mistakes at work. I can't help but feel that maybe he is bothered by this abrupt end to our "friendship".

[listenuppnow]

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[melisica]

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