{"id":3904,"date":"2016-01-26T16:07:37","date_gmt":"2016-01-26T23:07:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cynthiasamuels.com\/blog\/?p=3904"},"modified":"2016-01-26T16:08:31","modified_gmt":"2016-01-26T23:08:31","slug":"can-you-hear-me-now-bruce-springsteen-in-a-new-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cynthiasamuels.com\/blog\/2016\/01\/26\/can-you-hear-me-now-bruce-springsteen-in-a-new-way\/","title":{"rendered":"Can You Hear Me Now? Bruce Springsteen in a New Way"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"bruce-in-chicago\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Classy as ever, Bruce and the band posted their Chicago River Tour concert for 2 days of free download<\/a>. \u00a0It’s so far beyond amazing that I’m back in mourning that we’ll be\u00a0out of the country when he comes to SFO.\u00a0 I’d almost recovered but this is a major – if probably brief – relapse.<\/p>\n

There’s nobody more capable of evoking super highs, and then tears – as he takes us on a journey with him. \u00a0This time though, my journey is different: \u00a0Springsteen was born in 1949; I’m a first-year Baby Boomer, born in 1946. \u00a0We’re no longer kids, certainly, but still grateful for the music and where it can take us. \u00a0For me, Bruce is the number-one tour guide. \u00a0Always will be.<\/p>\n

Now this next thing is hard. \u00a0I listened to this concert a whole new way — my iPhone is paired with me new (hang on) hearing aids! \u00a0I was so mortified when I learned I needed them and a nervous wreck when I went to be fitted but they’re great. \u00a0I met a woman in the (where else?) ladies room at a big event yesterday and we were laughing at our worries and how\u00a0surprised we were at what a difference they make.<\/p>\n

Nothing – not the embarrassment or the nervousness or the appalling cost of these little things – none of that – comes close to the feeling of being\u00a0able to walk around without headphones, sit at my desk without headphones — do almost anything without headphones – and still hear Thunder Road and Meet Me in the City and 31 other LIVE performances.<\/p>\n

So hearing aids mean aging and I have to face that. \u00a0But they also hosted a real party today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Classy as ever, Bruce and the band posted their Chicago River Tour concert for 2 days of free download. \u00a0It’s so far beyond amazing that I’m back in mourning that we’ll be\u00a0out of the country when he comes to SFO.\u00a0 I’d almost recovered but this is a major – if probably brief – relapse. There’s … Continue reading Can You Hear Me Now? Bruce Springsteen in a New Way<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,4,6,7,8],"tags":[192,189,3703,3704,3702,3700,1429],"class_list":["post-3904","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aging","category-baby-boom","category-culture","category-life","category-music","tag-aging-2","tag-bruce-springsteen","tag-hearing-aids","tag-meet-me-in-the-city","tag-river-tour","tag-the-river","tag-thunder-road"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4gBq8-10Y","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cynthiasamuels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3904","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cynthiasamuels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cynthiasamuels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cynthiasamuels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cynthiasamuels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3904"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/cynthiasamuels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3904\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3909,"href":"https:\/\/cynthiasamuels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3904\/revisions\/3909"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cynthiasamuels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3904"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cynthiasamuels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3904"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cynthiasamuels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3904"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}