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Jer Lance @tehjer.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Spent the day being relentlessly stabbed by Zoe (imaginary_rubbish on Insta) to continue work on my back collage adding 7 new albums to the mix. This is coming together so well! Thanks for being an amazing collaborator, Zoe!

Album art from Recovering the Satellites, Green Eggs and Crack, The Crow Soundtrack, and Days of the New on my left upper back

Album art from The Battle of Los Angeles and lyrics from 13 Songs on my left mid back

Album art from American Thighs on my right upper back

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Jer Lance @tehjer.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

First: 20 Front St is a fantastic venue...intimate, comfortable, great sound...A++ First, again: if you haven't kept up with Jenny Owen Youngs, get caught up! The newest stuff is amazing Also first: if you aren't familiar with Northcote, get familiar...great stuff In all, a dope date night!

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Jer Lance @tehjer.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I am in love with the listening room where tonight's Jenny Owen Youngs and Northcote show takes place! I will absolutely find more shows at 20 Front Street !

A pair of acoustic guitars and an upright piano on a diminutive stage with pew-style seating rising up in front of it

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Jer Lance @tehjer.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I'm about half way to Ocean's Calling, which has been looking to be my second mud fest in a row...but it looks like they're gonna save me from myself for at least one of the days...

The weather report showing a rainy weekend in Ocean City and the announcement from Ocean's Calling that Friday is cancelled

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Jer Lance @tehjer.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Last night was a much warmer, much drier, much less muddy show... The Shins and Silversun Pickups (and I have on good authority, Weezer played) at LCA. A fantastic show to bridge the gap between music festivals...

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Jer Lance @tehjer.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

"Be nice to each other tonight...be nice to reach other always...decency is punk as fuck" -Silversun Pickups

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Jer Lance @tehjer.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

This will easily be the least number of hours I've spent at a Riot Fest while actually in town for the show. Hoping I can still catch some of Daisy Grenade, The Beths, Pennywise, Patti Smith, Alanis and others in a soupy mess! #riotfest #riotfestsucks

The announcement that the festival will be delayed until at least 2, my now defunct plan of attack for the day including Daisy Grenade, Pretty Girls Make Graves, Sincere Engineer, Patti Smith, The Beths, Pennywise, Alanis, and Elvis Costello...and a picture of some rain

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Jer Lance @tehjer.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Yesterday's Riot Fest was cut short for me when the folks behind me used a crowd surfer's head as a spear into the back of my noggin resulting a brief nap. (I'm fine)...today is flood warnings and rain. I'm still hoping to catch Social D, The Descendants, a Bright Eyes, and more today though!

Flood Watch alert and my tentative schedule that includes The Suicide Machines, Destroy Boys, Bright Eyes, Thrice, Descendants, Social Distortion, Bad Religion, and Tool

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Jer Lance @tehjer.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

It's time for Riot Fest, LFG! Looking forward to finding some new bands, but also... Alkaline Trio, Bayside, Pixies, and Rise Against!

Left: me at my first full set of the day. Right: tentative schedule for the day

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Jer Lance @tehjer.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Pretty excited about that forecast for next week's outdoor music festival!

the 10 day forecast with a 35% chance of rain on Friday and an 84% chance on Saturday, but a mere 20% chance on Sunday

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Jer Lance @tehjer.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

What a great night! Sincere Engineer put on an incredible show, and I was introduced to the music of Smug LLC and Stay Inside! Added bonus, dinner beforehand at Alpino...all with great friends. I give tonight a perfect 5/7

Stay Inside on stage in front of Sincere Engineer's backdrop, which I've helpfully added a "not" to

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Jer Lance @tehjer.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Today we added 4 more artists/albums to my back...when I say "we", I actually mean that I sat there whining about the fact that tattoos hurt while Zoe did all the (amazing) work. I absolutely adore how this is coming together! Who can spot all 6 artists/albums represented?

Pieces of art from album covers tattooed on my back. The Breeders, Nirvana, Smashing Pumpkins, Soundgarden, Fugazi, and Audioslave represented so far

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Jer Lance @tehjer.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

With Google Maps misnaming bodies of water on behalf of fascists, it's time for a change. Next up, starting to unwind the rest of the Google services from my life.

Mapquest showing the correctly named Lake Ontario

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Jer Lance @tehjer.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Toto was unsurprisingly great last night, but the big shock was what a solid show Christopher Cross put on!

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Jer Lance @tehjer.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Last night: Dashboard Confessional and The Fray...tonight The Romantics, Christopher Cross, and Toto. Finish August at 21 days of concerts!

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Jer Lance @tehjer.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

People keep yelling at me not to eat this ice cream with my paws...maybe that's what they mean!

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Jer Lance @tehjer.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

A beautiful night for dinner Dashboard Confessional!

Just me and Dashboard Confessional...and a bunch of other people

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Jer Lance @tehjer.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Today Zoe from Hive Tattoo Studio started work on my next long-term tattoo project: my back will feature artwork from albums that were important to me in my teens and early twenties. Today's ink was from Smashing Pumpkins and The Breeders. I'm so in love with this work!

Tattoos on my back in black and grey. Left: the heart from The Breeders' album Last Splash...right: the star and girl from Smashing Pumpkins' album Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness

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Jer Lance @tehjer.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Catching the "3 Pianos" show by Something Corporate/Jack's Mannequin/Andrew McMahon was absolutely worth the storm-delayed trip to Philadelphia. An outstanding show that takes me over the half -way point of concerts for the year!

Me at the Highmark Mann venue with Philadelphia in the background

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Jer Lance @tehjer.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

It turned out to be a pretty nice evening though...

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Jer Lance @tehjer.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Unseasonable cold, dangerous heat, and severe storms...this outdoor concert season has been a rollercoaster! Let's see how much they mean it when they say "rain or shine" #3pianostour

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Jer Lance @tehjer.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Seeing Foo Fighters, Queens of the Stone Age, and Mannequin Pussy was a fantastic 17th day of concerts on the year! Absolutely killer!

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Jer Lance @tehjer.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

When "Marigold" dropped as the b-side on my "Heart Shaped Box" cassette, I played it until it literally wore out. Tonight I got to hear it live for the first time. ❤️❤️❤️

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Jer Lance @tehjer.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

August is a very busy month! Already I've done Evanescence and worked the election, tonight is Foo Fighters and QotSA, and the rest of the month includes MCR, Toto & Christopher Cross, sobbing my way through The Fray and DBC, and going to Philly for the 3 Pianos tour.

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Jer Lance @tehjer.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Today is a day to get out there and vote!

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Jer Lance @tehjer.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

An absolutely huge crowd for a great show by Evanescence tonight. Nova Twins were a nice surprise too, I'm a big fan now!

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Jer Lance @tehjer.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Pine Knob filling in early for Evanescence/Spirit box!

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Jer Lance @tehjer.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

There are days that have you looking up the rules on retiring early...this has been a week of those days...

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Jer Lance @tehjer.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Absolutely go see the new Spider-Man movie, avoid spoilers and go right now. I need to see it again to be sure, but it might actually be my favorite in the franchise now.

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Jer Lance @tehjer.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

The tour of the music of my 80s and 90s continued on the 15th day of live music for the year... Toad the Wet Sprocket, Men at Work, and Shonen Knife! An absolutely fantastic show!

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Jer Lance @tehjer.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Best...bookmark...evar! Perfect for my copy of Bear!

A bear bookmark on a copy of the book Bear

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Jer Lance @tehjer.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

What a great day for Detroit Festival of Books. I'll just go ahead and not check what I spent AT ALL. Also, if you want to talk to infinity people, wear a Book Slut t-shirt and sparkly purple nails! It was a very social day for me! Nap time.

Romance was heavily represented and had some of the best covers and titles

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Jer Lance @tehjer.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Let's check out the book festival, I'm sure there won't be many people there...

the crowd at shed 5 at the Eastern market

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Jer Lance @tehjer.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

This week was bookended by two fantastic shows. Muse on Monday and Candlebox tonight. Both still sounding incredible after decades!!

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Jer Lance @tehjer.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

I was worried that it was going to be too hot out for an outdoor concert... #muse

Me, outdoors, in the sun, inset in the NWS extreme heat watch alert for right here, right now

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Jer Lance @tehjer.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

It's been at least a week since live music, so let's jam to a day of ska!

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Jer Lance @tehjer.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Ronan Sparrow was bringing back building materials for his little home on our doorway when we came home. He's over here asserting squatter's rights... UNACCEPTABLE. Look at his smug, dumb face up there waiting for us to go inside.

Ronan Sparrow waiting patiently on my roof for us to go inside so he can return to nest building

Roman Sparrow on my roof and his nest on my door

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Jer Lance @tehjer.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

It's "Dress Slightly Like a Grown-up" week while I head into the home office. If you think the shirt is bad...I'm wearing PANTS!

me...in a button-down shirt. pants not shown

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Jer Lance @tehjer.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Last night's show at The Magic Bag was outstanding! Horsegirl was amazing, I really dug Nine Perfect Lives' vibe, and was surprised by local band Sleep Tight Tiger who I'll definitely be catching again...in all, a great night with great humans!

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Jer Lance @tehjer.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

"If you step right over here they can stamp your hand..." "Oh, do you need to see ID?" "Nah, YOU'RE definitely good" Ouch! 🤣🤣 Almost time to catch Nine Perfect Lives and Horsegirl

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Jer Lance @tehjer.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Day 10 of live music for the year was Jimmy Eat World...I forgot how great the Bleed American album is!

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Jer Lance @tehjer.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

May is MUCH lighter than was April, just two events. I mean, one of them is 4 days long and both are back-to-back, but just two things! #winning I'm so hyped for Yellowcard and Sonic Temple this week!

Banner images for the Yellowcard ⬆️⬆️⬇️⬇️ Tour and Sonic Temple

My schedule for the 4 days of Sonic Temple, including Tool, Shinedown, My Chemical Romance, and over 40 others!

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Jer Lance @tehjer.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Sometimes all of my role playing groups that happen on different cadences align on the same week...this is one such week! Monday was the Cosmere system. Today is Sentinel Comics. Friday is D&D 5e. Saturday is, I assume, a long nap.

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Jer Lance @tehjer.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

Under 30 minutes before I start streaming to raise money for Extra-Life! I'm matching all donations during my stream 1:1 up to $1k Also -$20 for each unique viewer I got on Twitch -$20 x the highest concurrent Twitch viewers-$20 for each new subscriber/gifted subscription jer.wtf/eldonate

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Jer Lance @tehjer.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

To sweeten the pot a little, you can cost me some money in two ways: I'll 1-to-1 match donations on Saturday up to 1k, and also at the end of the stream I'll donate $20 for every unique view I get and $20 * my highest current viewers!

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Jer Lance @tehjer.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

This weekend marks roughly the half way point between last Extra-Life and the next one. To celebrate, we'll be doing a bit of streaming this weekend to fundraise. Come say hi and maybe donate between 10am and 10pm ET on Saturday! jer.wtf/eldonate

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Jer Lance @tehjer.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

I'm trying to go to less shows that require travel this year (largely unsuccessfully), but when Soul Asylum is doing an acoustic tour and NOT coming to Detroit, you make an exception. Doubly so when Corey Glover is opening! A fantastic night in beautiful Kent, OH.

Corey Glover and guitarist Mike on stage

Soul Asylum (minus one drummer that they promise exists) on stage

The Kent Stage marquee advertising Soul Asylum and Corey Glover (and other shows)

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Jer Lance @tehjer.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

See, I do things that aren't concerts! Tonight's musical full of pop songs is "& Juliet" 🤣

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