Post-show blues

[theninastorm]

Thanks all.  Things are getting better day by day.  Thinking about the potential for a new album/tour/new JJ solo(?) in 2016 definitely helps.  That and the small chance that I'll be in Boston 11/20 due to work.

The crazy thing is I go to shows all the time (which does indeed help) and have been able to see some really great shows by bands I love, but no other band puts me in this stupor.  On a positive note, here's to being fortunate enough to be able to see this incredible band performing better than ever!      

I feel the same way at dawn. No other live band show does what MMJ does. They are in a league of their own. From what I understand, the Dead had this magic also (obviously bc their fans are even more insane for them). I have it on good authority that there WILL be early 2016 dates announced. Both the band on their social media has hinted at it, and I know someone with management who said they are "figuring it out". Keep your ears to the ground!

[Shug]

Yeah, I saw the 3 SF shows and then PHX and its killing me to not have any more Jacket shows on the calendar.  If I could get to the Beacon, I'd do it in a heartbeat,  Jacket are so ON FIRE right now!

Shug, have you downloaded the SF show links? I was not at those shows and am SO thrilled to listen to them. The quality is incredible! You guys really got lucky with the three in a row.

Yes, those are very nice sounding indeed, great job by the tapers and those whose effort allowed us to share, gluvmiller, whippy and JohnnyYacc, thanks!  Yeah its no secret, two, three or four night runs are the way to go to hear deep cuts, variety and pretty much guaranteed awesome performances!  I always look for runs of shows to go to if I can.  We are lucky for sure to have Jacket playing so well for so many years and doing the setlist variety that they do.

[parkervb]

Be Careful - Post Show Blues can lead to dramatic reduction in PTO, increased credit card debt and a constant state of FOMO during tour legs.

I won't have to use PTO for my next shows but the credit card debt is happening and I'll definitely have some FOMO but come 11/27, I'll be very happy.

[Lonndown27]

Be Careful - Post Show Blues can lead to dramatic reduction in PTO, increased credit card debt and a constant state of FOMO during tour legs.

I won't have to use PTO for my next shows but the credit card debt is happening and I'll definitely have some FOMO but come 11/27, I'll be very happy.

you gonna be at  the Beacon, parker? Nice!

[parkervb]

Be Careful - Post Show Blues can lead to dramatic reduction in PTO, increased credit card debt and a constant state of FOMO during tour legs.

I won't have to use PTO for my next shows but the credit card debt is happening and I'll definitely have some FOMO but come 11/27, I'll be very happy.

you gonna be at  the Beacon, parker? Nice!

yup, flying up from VA with with my friend on Friday morning, flying back Sunday at 7:35a!(yikes)

Have tickets for Friday and on the lookout for some good Saturday tickets.

[Gina]

Consoling my broken soul with the light at the end of the tunnel at Beacon....

[walterfredo]

Parker, had to google FOMO, only to discover I'm fully inflicted with FOMO over the beacon run. I'm terrified. Can't sleep. I need help.

[pattilovesmmj]

9 shows this year, and I'm still wanting more...........
As the Tom Petty song goes:  The waiting is the hardest part.
Each time a show/tour is announced or a new album, I'm so crazy happy that I have something to look forward to.

[parkervb]

Parker, had to google FOMO, only to discover I'm fully inflicted with FOMO over the beacon run. I'm terrified. Can't sleep. I need help.

Jacket FOMO is real and it is strong. 

[mahgeetah]

Did 7 shows this year (OBH2, Forecastle, and SF x3), which got me up to 22 shows since summer of '06.... it is a high...neurotransmitter wise in particular. Creates cravings and attachment issues. Seriously a neurological explanation for what's going on there. Godspeed everyone.

[johnnYYac]

From Facebook, fairly accurate...

The 9 Phases Of Post-Concert Depression

By Cassie Whitt

For any rabid music fan, there's a sort of grieving process that follows an event as momentous as seeing a favorite band live. It's often referred to as "post-concert depression" around the web, and it goes a little something like this.

Phase One: Euphoria
These are the remnants of what you felt while standing front row, singing (possibly crying) along to your favorite song. It enfolds you into the night, past the merch table and onto the sidewalk where you'll either choose to battle traffic, or wait by a fence near their bus hoping your favorite musicians come outside to say, "Hello." Euphoria will extend if you do the latter.

Phase Two: Reflection
You will take a moment to register everything that happened­–either loudly with your friends who were there or quietly on your own. Some people choose to use this phase of their post-show life to write a review or to upload photos. During this phase, you may find yourself writing grandiose statements about how your life is changed forever, or how yes, My Morning Jacket* can save rock and roll and you'll take that to your grave. (Too much?)

Phase Three: Realization
Wait. You just said this show changed your life. At this moment, you will take in the full weight of that feeling. And here's where the sadness starts to set in: You start to realize you'll never experience it again and that all the photos and descriptions in the world can never, ever really capture the beautiful thing you just experienced.

Phase Four: Reality
The next day, you will return to your everyday life, which will seem exceedingly inferior after the night you just had. You may just go through the day-to-day motions and wonder, "What's the point? This isn't life. Last night's show–that was life. That was being alive. This is merely living."

Phase Five: Feeling Outcasted
To cheer yourself up, you may find yourself grasping to go back a few phases to "reflection" and share with people who weren't at the show. Most humans will respond with a half-hearted "Oh, that's cool" or "Sounds fun." And it's just like, "But you don't understand. It was so much more than that!"But what it means to you is impossible to articulate.At this point, you realize no one understands you, and the people who do aren't anywhere to be found, probably because they're at a show, which leads to...

Phase Six: Stalking
Okay. Maybe the people who immediately surround you don't get it, but there are definitely friends within the fanbase who do. You want a second taste and you'll live vicariously through others to get it. You hunt down your friends who are going to upcoming dates, Twitter list them and refresh the shit out of that list continuously until the night is over for any sign of photographs or a glimpse at the show. You scour the Tumblr tags and YouTube and creep on the venue and tour staff–anything you can do to just get a teensy peek.

Phase Seven: Lack Of Impulse Control
You realize your lonely lifeless existence can be sated only by more of what put you in your current predicament to begin with: a show. You may find yourself on LiveNation, looking at that next date seven states away thinking, "Yes, this is a good idea." And, you know, I can't argue with that. You might spend money (like, a lot of it) to feel alive again... Wow, this sounds like an addiction. Holy shit, do we have an addiction?

Phase Eight: Acceptance
Yes. We have an addiction, and yes, we're going to go to that show seven states away, because we can justify it. What if this is the last tour for a long time? We can't wait that long. Here, you will either buy those tickets and repeat the cycle, or realize that circumstances are out of your hands and that you're just going to have to tough it out until next time.

Phase Nine: Living
Eventually, all the bad post-show symptoms will fade, and you will be able to look at your photos from the show not as soulless reflections of a night you'll never have again, but as memories, and those memories will sustain you. Until the next time you more than willingly put yourself through this torture again.

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