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Houston Dash schedule (all competitions)

Houston Dash vs. Orlando Pride

Competition: NWSL regular season
Date: Saturday, June 3 - 7:30 PM
Venue: Shell Energy Stadium - Houston, TX
Stream: Paramount+

Houston Dash vs. Gotham FC

Competition: NWSL regular season
Date: Sunday, June 11 - 6:00 PM
Venue: Shell Energy Stadium - Houston, TX
Stream: Paramount+
TV: AT&T SportsNet Southwest

Racing Louisville FC vs. Houston Dash

Competition: NWSL Challenge Cup
Date: Wednesday, June 14 - 7:00 PM
Venue: Lynn Family Stadium - Louisville, KY
Stream: Paramount+

Houston Dash vs. OL Reign

Competition: NWSL regular season
Date: Saturday, June 17 - 7:30 PM
Venue: Shell Energy Stadium - Houston, TX
Stream: Paramount+
TV: AT&T SportsNet Southwest

Angel City FC vs. Houston Dash

Competition: NWSL regular season
Date: Sunday, June 25 - 7:00 PM
Venue: BMO Stadium - Los Angeles, CA
Stream: Paramount+
TV: AT&T SportsNet Southwest
NWSL on Paramount+: Majority of NWSL regular season and Challenge Cup games will be streaming through Paramount+. For more broadcasting info, CBS coverage and international streaming, click here.
Dash on AT&T SportsNet Southwest: AT&T SportsNet Southwest will be broadcasting eight Dash games during the 2023 regular season. You may find the full broadcasting schedule here.
Tickets: single-game tickets are sold through Seatgeek, the club's ticketing partner.
Pre-game and Watch Parties: Check with Bayou City Republic for the most current info.
Parking: Lots B and C are open for Dynamo games but plan ahead if the Astros are playing on the same day. There are other paid lots underneath I-69 but I recommend parking on the street anywhere across Emancipation Avenue past the stadium.
METRORail: You can get to Shell Energy Stadium via METRORail by taking the train to the EaDo/Stadium station on the purple and green lines.

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Houston Dynamo FC schedule (all competitions)

St. Louis CITYSC vs. Houston Dynamo FC

Competition: Major League Soccer
Date: Saturday, June 3 - 7:30 PM
Venue: CITYPARK - St. Louis, MO
Stream: Apple TV - (Free game)
Radio: ESPN 97.5 FM (English), TUDN 93.3 FM (Spanish)

Chicago Fire FC vs. Houston Dynamo FC

Competition: U.S. Open Cup - Quarterfinals
Date: Tuesday, June 6 - 7:30 PM
Venue: SeatGeek Stadium - Bridgeview, IL
Stream: CBS Sports Golazo Network

Houston Dynamo FC vs. LAFC

Competition: Major League Soccer
Date: Saturday, June 10 - 7:30 PM
Venue: Shell Energy Stadium - Houston, TX
Stream: Apple TV - MLS Season Pass required
Radio: ESPN 97.5 FM (English), TUDN 93.3 FM (Spanish)

LAFC vs. Houston Dynamo FC

Competition: Major League Soccer
Date: Wednesday, June 14 - 7:30 PM
Venue: BMO Stadium - Los Angeles, CA
Stream: Apple TV - (Free game)
Radio: ESPN 97.5 FM (English), TUDN 93.3 FM (Spanish)

Houston Dynamo FC vs. San Jose Earthquakes

Competition: Major League Soccer
Date: Wednesday, June 21 - 7:30 PM
Venue: Shell Energy Stadium - Houston, TX
Stream: Apple TV - MLS Season Pass required
Radio: ESPN 97.5 FM (English), TUDN 93.3 FM (Spanish)

Austin FC vs. Houston Dynamo FC

Competition: Major League Soccer
Date: Saturday, June 24 - 7:30 PM
Venue: Q2 Stadium - Austin, TX
Stream: Apple TV - MLS Season Pass required
Radio: ESPN 97.5 FM (English), TUDN 93.3 FM (Spanish)

Houston Dynamo 2 - MLS NEXT Pro schedule

LAFC2 vs. Houston Dynamo 2

Date: Sunday, June 4 - 6:30 PM
Venue: Titan Stadium - Fullerton, CA
Stream: Apple TV - MLS Season Pass required

MNUFC2 vs. Houston Dynamo 2

Date: Sunday, June 11 - 6:00 PM
Venue: National Sports Center - Blaine, MN
Stream: Apple TV - MLS Season Pass required

Houston Dynamo 2 vs. Timbers2

Date: Thursday, June 15 - 7:00 PM
Venue: SaberCats Stadium - Houston, TX
Stream: Apple TV - MLS Season Pass required

Houston Dynamo 2 vs. Earthquakes II

Date: Sunday, June 25 - 7:00 PM
Venue: SaberCats Stadium - Houston, TX
Stream: Apple TV - MLS Season Pass required
MLS Season Pass on Apple TV: all regular season, playoff, Leagues Cup, and certain MLS NEXT Pro games are available to stream exclusively on Apple TV through the MLS Season Pass. MLS Season Pass is not included with an Apple TV+ subscription.
Tickets: single-game tickets are sold through Seatgeek, the club's ticketing partner.
Pre-game/Tailgates: Check with the supporter groups for information on pre-game/tailgates.
Watch Parties: certain supporter groups are hosting their own watch parties whenever the Dynamo play on the road, check their social channels for updates.
Parking: Lots B and C are open for Dynamo games but plan ahead if the Astros are playing on the same day. There are other paid lots underneath I-69 but I recommend parking on the street anywhere across Emancipation Avenue past the stadium.
METRORail: You can get to Shell Energy Stadium via METRORail by taking the train to the EaDo/Stadium station on the purple and green lines.

Before y’all say it- I know Houston isn’t walking friendly. Still would like to do something though.
I live near Washington (closer to downtown not the bars) and I walk to Sawyer Yards & the bayou pretty often with my dog. The intersection of Washington Ave & Sawyer St is getting busier with all the new developments, but crossing the street is a mess. I’ve almost been hit 4 or 5 times in the last 2 months. Since there are no crosswalks or pedestrian signals cars are always turning without paying attention.
Who is the best point of contact? TxDot? Congressman? The City?

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Nothing of what happens here is canon unless u/bluefishcake says so, please enjoy.
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March 15, 2019, Houston TX, 8:00 P.M. UTC-6
"Come on hurry up mom."
"Why do we always have to be late to everything." said Miranda, my sister.
"You don't get to complain after leaving things for the last minute." I said.
"Ugh"
“You two quit it.
“Now come say bye to your dad.” said mom
“Mom we are just going to be separated for one day, ONE.” I said
“Just ask for your blessing.” mom said while picking up her handbag
“Fine.” we collectively said while rolling our eyes
“Bendición papá.” we said simultaneously
“Que Dios los bendiga, y que todo me les salga bien en el viaje.” he said
“Amén”
“Now let’s go we have to go through TSA, and knowing Miranda she probably brought all the things prohibited on a plane” I said while walking backwards and towards the security checkpoint
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“See, they haven’t even started boarding” said mom
“Still we shouldn’t keep this habit of being on the clock every single time.” I said while taking a seat at the gate and looking at the tv that was displaying the news.
The several channels displayed reporters and interviews with astronomers talking about weird objects detected outside of the solar system right beyond Pluto.
“Crazy right?” I asked
“What do you think they are?” asked mom
“I say aliens.” said Miranda
“I back you up on that one.” I said
Flight 352 Houston - Charlotte Now Boarding at gate C3
“That’s us.”
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March 15, 2019, Charlotte NC, 11:30 P.M. UTC-5
It had been a rough day for everyone and all they wanted to do was sleep, that’s why they busted through the hotel room door as soon as it unlocked
“Finally.” We all said
“Now to sleep.” I sleep
“But I’m hungry.” said Miranda
“And I am too tired to even feel hunger.
“Good night.”
“Good night son.”
"Buenas noches ma."
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March 16, 2019, Charlotte NC, 9:00 A.M. UTC-5
I was the first to wake up, had this bad habit of waking up early when I can sleep in, but this gives me the chance of going down to breakfast early and have the fresh food.
That until I moved the curtains and looked outside.
There were columns of smoke all throughout the city, other than the confusion from waking up to something like this was ‘damn these room has great noise isolation’ then I looked up and I kid you not what looked like a covenant super-carrier from halo just on a way smaller scale, purple and everything.
I decided to go out to the balcony and peek to the street below, and then I saw them a convoy of what looked like purple mechs, giant purple humvees and on foot soldiers and they looked tall even from a sixth floor.
Then one of them looked up at me straight in the eyes, though I couldn’t tell, they had helmets on, did they even have eyes?
But at that moment all my brain could say was “holy shit” so I scrambled to the balcony door and slammed It shut and rolled the curtain over the glass.
Miranda was already awake and in a mix of confusion and panic after seeing me scared shitless pushing they already closed and locked door.
“What’s up with you?” she said in a half worried half laughing tone
“Ah- a.”
“Spit it out!”
“ALIENS”
“…”
“…”
“Hahahahaha”
snort
“Hahahaha
“Did you have a clown for breakfast or something?” she said after containing her laughter
“I’m serious!”
“Yeah right and Michael Jackson is throwing a concert down the street.”
“Look out for yourself then.” I said while still recovering my breath
By this time mom had woken up “what is it with you two now.”
“Jeriel says there are aliens outside.” said Miranda.
“There are, look outside!” I said while pointing at the closed curtain.
“Whatever just get dressed and let’s go down to breakfast, we can talk about aliens and apples if y’all want” mom said while stretching and getting out of bed.
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When the elevators door to the lobby opened I almost fainted, at ripe age of 17 I wasn’t a tall person coming about 5’7 I was even a little below average, so when the elevator doors open and I see this 7’ish foot tall masked soldiers I was by all the meanings of the word ‘intimidated’.
We all just stood there like a deer caught in the headlights, and even more shocked when it spoke English, a really broken one at that but with a surprisingly female voice a ‘human’ female voice, it took my brain a couple seconds to process what I was hearing and seeing.
For starters ‘she’ that’s what I assumed she was, was a muscle unit with her ‘armor?’ making a good silhouette of her body, especially her upper chest.
It took all my brain power to grab both my sister and mother’s hands and tell my legs to work.
She guided us to the front desk where there were even more of them on seated behind the front desk of the hotel and without her helmet, it looked just like a woman in her twenties give or take, but I didn’t know neither how years worked for them or their anatomy, but they did have purple skin, and tusks.
So if they all looked like this it meant two things, one: we had been invaded by purple space orcs, and two: they were hot.
Then they put us in a line and she asked if we came to the hotel together in a somewhat better English, after I answered yes she asked me where did we normally reside, and before I could answer I felt something clang to my leg, when I looked down, I saw mom.
I saw mom in shock, looking at the television, when I looked I saw a news broadcast with the emergency message at the bottom, but what mattered was the news themselves.
They were reporting amongst the invasion itself, at nuclear attack on the city of Houston.
'Houston.'
'Houston.'
‘DAD!’ was everything I could think of, I wanted to scream but nothing came out, I wanted to cry but again, nothing came out.
After a moment of confusion for the soldier at the desk she asked if everything was ok, all I could do was point at the news broadcast with my shaky hand and say “there.”
We later learned that it was the U.S. Navy who had nuked the city, surprisingly it was not the alien invaders.
After a while we checked our phones and mom had received a message from dad, it was sent overnight while we slept, it was him telling us about the invasion and the chaos there was and how the aliens had taken over, it ended with him praying for us to be safe and hoping to seeing us soon, it was sent 2 minutes before the nuke hit.
The aliens didn’t take him from us it was the humans.
‘Other humans.’
Humanity 1 - 0 Aliens
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Hey everyone, this is my first time writing so all the criticism and corrections are welcome as English is not my first language, and any writing tips in general.
Hope to be able to continue this series.
Thanks in advance.

YOUR PAST AND MINE ARE PARALLEL LINES (TIMELINES)
November 2014: Taylor goes to a The 1975 concert with friends and meets Matt. Matt says in an Australian radio interview that they exchanged numbers that he wouldn’t say no to going out with her.
Around this time, Matt Healy and Taylor Swift are both seen wearing each other’s merchandise.
December 2014: Taylor Swift attends a The 1975 show in New York City with Karlie Kloss. This is where the Karlie Kloss/Taylor Swift kissgate happens. We aren’t getting into that here.
There are some loose tabloid rumors that Healy and Swifty are dating but nothing concrete.
January 2015: Matt denies the dating rumors.
February 2015: Taylor is photographed hanging in the same group as Matt at the Brits. This is also widely assumed to be the night she met Calvin Harris. (This night will come back into play at a later time)
March 2016: Also around this time, Matt makes, and later clarifies, a comment about how it would be “emasculating” to be Taylor Swift’s boyfriend. He says that he admires her and calls her hard working and beautiful. He also said in a post that “Now I may admit to being an idiot on occasion, but I am not a misogynist. This suggestion makes me really sad.” He also said, “I was for a very short time immersed in a celebrity world that I found confusing and scary. At that time, I had fears of being ‘somebody's boyfriend’ (remember this is all speculation as we never dated!) before even being recognized for my music or presence as a person in my own right.”
May 2016: Taylor and Joe are both photographed separately at the MET gala. Her hair is bleached, his is buzzed. She later references their styling in her Rep era song “Dress” which leads many fans to think they met this night. I actually think they were introduced in LA a bit earlier by Gigi Hadid, which is referenced in the Rep Era track, “Gorgeous.” (sunset and vine, anyone?). Their hairstyles would’ve been the same for this, so it keeps “dress” as canon either way. She is also seen dancing with Tom Hiddleston here, but the news of the Calvin breakup hasn’t happened yet. We aren’t getting into this here but this is when this all starts to go down.
October 2016: Taylor and Joe attend the same Kings of Leon concert
May 2017: News breaks that Taylor and Joe are dating
November 2018: Alwyn makes his first appearance on Swift’s social media in a story she makes promoting a film he is in
January 2019: Taylor attends the Golden Globes in support of Joe
February 2019: Taylor skips the Grammy’s and is photographed at some BAFTA’s after parties in support of and with Joe
March 2019: Tabloids begin reporting that Joe and Taylor are talking about marriage
August 2019: The Lover album is released with many nods to positive feelings about marriage (marriage and evolving feelings/references to marriage are discussed in greater detail in a later section)
September 2019: Matt Healy mentions in an interview/talk show that he would love to collaborate with Taylor Swift and make an acoustic album.
December 2019: Joe makes a rare mention of Taylor in an interview and says songs about him are flattering and most tabloid rumors are untrue.
January 2020: Miss Americana releases. Taylor says that she feels like Lover is her last chance to grasp onto this kind of success as a pop star approaching/entering her thirties. She talks about falling in love with Joe and living in his “wonderful, normal” life.
February 2020: Joe and Taylor discreetly attend the NME awards together but are photographed by fans. Matt Healy is also at the show and The 1975 perform.
Here is a video of them talking: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7Y5O--CYm0
Matt Healy and FKA Twigs also begin publicly dating around this time.
August 2020: Folklore surprise drops. New co-writer, William Bowery, is widely assumed to be Joe. Taylor later confirms this in the folklore long pond Disney special in November and talks a bit about Joe creating/writing with her in quarantine, though keeps it pretty vague.
December 2020: Taylor Swift surprises drops Evermore. William Bowery, aka Joe, receives more writing credits on Champagne Problems, Evermore, and Coney Island.
Taylor and Joe are notably incredibly private and keep their relationship private. They both talk about “protecting” it. She is not papped often, but is spotted in Belfast in September of 2021 where Joe is filming.
November 2021: Taylor is spotted visited Joe filming in Panama.
February 2022: Joe says is very happy in his relationship after being asked a weird question by an interviewer on a panel for his upcoming Hulu series.
April 2022: Elle UK asks Joe why he doesn’t comment on his relationship with Taylor. He responds, “We live in a culture that is so increasingly intrusive. THe more you give, and frankly, even if you don’t give it, something will be taken.”
June 2022: Matt Healy and FKA Twigs split up
August 2022: Joe, Taylor, and Lena Dunham are seen having dinner at members only dining club, Casa Cirpriani. This place also will be relevant later.
October 2022: Joe and Taylor are seen walking around New York in October just before the Midnights release. This is the last time they are photographed together.
Both Midnights and The 1975’s Being Funny a Foreign Language release. Taylor says Lavender Haze is inspired by her 6 year relationship and dodging weird rumors, and just wanting to stay in that “all-encompassing love glow.” I don’t think blondie is being truthful here but more on that later.
William Bowery- aka Joe, is only credited as a writer on one song, “Sweet Nothing”
November 2022: Matt says that he and Taylor worked on some songs for Midnights, but they were cut from the final album. He said the cuts were “for reasons that are not to be criticized. She’s amazing.”
Also in November, Joe shares an instagram story of Benjamin Button, one of Taylor’s cats.
Also in November, The 1975 embarks on their “At Their Very Best” tour in support of their new album. “Question…?” is on the pre-show playlist.
January 12, 2023: Taylor is a surprise guest at The 1975 show in London. She plays “Anti-Hero” for the first time live and The 1975’s “The City” acoustically.
Taylor Swift - Live at The 1975's At Their Very Best Tour (2023)
February 2023: Joe shares an instagram story featuring one of Taylor’s cats.
Taylor Swift also attends the Grammy’s and hosts a Grammy’s after party where she’s photographed wearing a leather jacket that looks a lot like Joe’s. They are not photographed together. A photo of Joe and Jack Antanoff from that night comes out so it does look like Joe was present.
The Sun’s article, which will come out in May, suggests Joe and Taylor broke up around this time.
The Mirror will publish an article May 20 will report that a source close to Matty’s ex, Meredith, said Matty started spending time with Taylor in the studio around February. Another source said their studio time was actually in January.
Friday, March 17, 2023: Eras Tour Opening Night, Glendale. The 1975’s “About You” is a permanent fixture on the pre-show playlist. No one thinks anything of it.
Joe does not appear at any Eras shows. It is assumed he is filming or staying private, though it is pretty sus since he has been consistently visible in VIP tents at previous shows (Lover performances and Rep tour, notably). An article comes out saying they’re just fine and he will make it when he can. Sure, Jan.
March 31, 2023: Eras Tour, Arlington, TX. Instead of opening the Folklore portion of her set with “Invisible String.” an obvious nod to her romance with Joe, she instead opens the set with “The 1.” After the next week, this later feels like foreshadowing/a clue.
April 8, 2023: Taylor Swift and Joe Alywn’s breakups appears in the press over Easter Weekend/an off week for the Eras Tour. It is also Matt Healy’s birthday.
April 9, 2023: A tiktok is posted from a previous Eras show of Taylor becoming a bit emotional while singing Champagne Problems, a song she wrote with Joe about turning down a proposal. Taylor is known to really vibe with her songs regardless of content/where she’s at personally, so I don’t want to read too much into this. Her changing relationship with discussing marriage in her songs and how shes marriage, and how that has changed across her recent discography is noteworthy and will be discussed in a later section.
April 10, 2023: Matt Healy deletes his instagram account. This may have happened on the 9th- he wasn’t being “watched” as closely yet so I haven’t been able to confirm exactly what day the instagram went bye-bye but it was within these two days.
April 11, 2023: Taylor Swift is papped walking to have dinner with Jack Antanoff and his fiance, Margaret Qualley. They eat at a restaurant just four blocks away from Cornelia Street- which some fans take as a nod to her Lover era track, “Cornelia Street.” Many take her solo pap walk as confirmation of the breakup, since we haven’t seen her be this public since pre Rep-Era/pre-Joe
April 13, 2023: Celebrity gossip shitposter DeuxMoi posts that Alwyn initiated the break up and leaked it to the press. I disagree with this take and think its balgoney due to the timing of the release being the best case scenario for her touring schedule. The fact that the leak happened during an off week, on Matt’s birthday, right after she swapped out Invisible String for The 1 kind of debunks this theory for me personally.
Also on this day is Eras Tour, Tampa. Before playing “Lover”, Taylor says to the crowd, “Some of these songs are about my life; some of these songs are about fictional characters I created. But my hope in all of this is that, at the end of the day, these songs will be songs that you think are about your own life. And the song that we’re about to play net, it’s just a love song, you know?”
April 18, 2023: Emma Laird, one of Joe’s current co-stars, shares a photo of him on a scooter amongst a carousel of other posts of other co-stars from her time filming a new movie. The photos are part of a March photo dump.
April 19-20 2023: Ryan Reynolds, Blake Lively, the Haim sisters, and Swift’s brother Austin all unfollow Joe Alwyn on instagram around this time, but notably after Emma’s post. Most notable from the Great Unfollowing is Ryan, because he previously wrote a really nice tribute to Alwyn in Time.
Joe is photographed in London looking disheveled (whatever). Taylor is photographed in NYC again, this time with the Haim sisters, Gigi Hadid, and Blake. They go to a private club/celebrity hot spot Zero Bond.
April 21, 2023: just a day after being photographed with Taylor, Gigi unfollows Joe on instagram. This is notable because Gigi and Joe have been friends for a while and she is rumored to have introduced them in LA ahead of the MET gala (sunset and vine .. . ahem)
On the Eras Tour in Houston, during her performance of Look What You Made Me Do, dancers are dressed in iconic outfits from each era in glass cages dancing behind Taylor while she performs. On this night, however, Taylor shoots the “L” forehead “loser” sign to the “Lover” era Taylor. Fans take this as a dig at Alwyn, since that entire album was basically about how much she loved him.
April 23, 2023: longtime Swift bestie Abigail unfollows Joe on instagram
May 3, 2023: The Sun (ew) reports that Taylor and Matt are dating. The article says they have been face-timing a lot since they are both touring.
May 4, 2023: The 1975 add an older track “She’s American” to their show in Manila. Before the first verse, Healy shouts “She sure is!” At this show, Healy is seen mouthing “This one’s about you, you know who you are, I love you” before playing “About You” which is a song off their most recent album and also the song on the Era’s pre-show playlist.
https://youtube.com/shorts/PMWJ8L8n6G8?feature=share
May 5, 2023: Matt Healy appears at The Eras Tour, Nashville, Night 1 in the VIP tent. It is noteworthy that he was in Manila performing the day before (an estimated 17 hour flight away). There are videos of him and Phoebe Bridgers dancing their hearts out to Shake It Off. He is VIBING. It is also worth noting he was in Manila the day before, performing, so being here at all is kind of incredible.
Also notable during the show is, during Cardigan, Taylor can be seen mouthing almost the identical phrase Matt mouthed the night before onstage in Manila. “You know who you are. I love you”
May 6, 2023: Matt Healy appears at The Eras Tour, Nashville, Night 2. He performs alongside Phoebe Bridgers during her opening set and then later is back at the VIP tent, this time alongside Gigi Hadid who grabs his shoulders and shakes him cutely while Taylor plays “Lover.” Matt is also sporting another 1989 tee shirt.
After the show, they were papped in her car, presumably heading to her Nashville home.
May 11, 2023: Taylor and Matt are photographed holding hands at an exclusive, member’s only restaurant in New York. The member’s only club is Casa Cipriani and has an an explicit no photography, no video, and no social media policy. Rumor has it the individuals who took these photos have had their memberships revoked.
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May 12, 2023: It’s Eras Tour, Philadelphia, Night 1. Matt performs with Phoebe Bridgers again. He later joins Blake Lively in the VIP tent. They seem warm towards each other in videos and seem to be laughing a lot.
May 13, 2023: Eras Tour, Philadelphia, Night 3. Matt is spotted not in the VIP tent, but up in a box thing with Taylor’s dad, Scott Swift. They are also vibing and appear to be having a good time.
May 15, 2023: Taylor and Matt are papped leaving Electric Lady Studios (where they both often record with Jack Antanoff) together. Healy has his hand on Taylor’s back.
May 18, 2023: The Sun reports Joe Alwyn is “distraught”
May 20, 2023: Eras Tour, Gillette Stadium, Night 2. Before playing the first surprise song of the night on acoustic guitar (Question . . .?) Taylor says “I don’t know, I have just never been this happy in my life, in all aspects of my life, ever before. And I just want to thank you for being a part of that. Like, you know, I don’t know, it’s not just the tour, it’s like, I don’t know, I just sort of feel like my life finally feels like it makes sense. And so I thought I’d play this song, which brings me a lot of happy memories.”
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-iRxkGUR-c
BLANK SPACES (TIMELINE QUESTIONS)

• When did Matt and Taylor begin work on Midnights/music together?
• When did Joe and Taylor actually break up?

NOTES ON MIDNIGHTS, CONCEPTUALLY, AND INITIAL RECEPTION

• The lead up to Midnights featured 70’s aesthetic design and artwork (a nod to the 1975, perhaps? Or some subconscious inspiration leaking out?)
• The album is announced, and advertised, as the stories of 13 sleepless nights scattered throughout her life
• The cover features her holding a lighter. On tour, during the 1989 set, which is the last full album set before Midnights, the Lover house appears on the screen behind her and is burned to the ground.
• Taylor tells us via instagram/tiktok in September that the back of the limited edition vinyl sleeves make a clock. An instagram account suggests that clocks can go fowards and backwards (counter clockwise).
• Initial reception was positive, but fans were a bit confused by the album artwork, how troubled she looked in photos despite this album seeming to have happy love songs about Joe, and were a bit confused about why she is still singing/writing about early days in their relationship
• It was also noted at this time that she sings negatively about marriage from a more confessional standpoint

I’D MARRY YOU WITH PAPER RINGS . . . or would I? (EVOLUTION OF MARRIAGE THEMES)
While Taylor has consistently sung about wanting a fairy tale, forever romance across her early works, we are going to mostly look at Lover, Folklore/Evermore, and Midnights as they seem most representative of her relationship with Joe and her most recent thoughts/feelings.
Lover

• “I like shiny things but I’d marry you with Paper Rings” - Paper Rings
• “He’d better lock it down or I won’t stick around” - I think He Knows
• The bridge of “Lover” is structured to sound like a wedding vow. She also released a “first dance” version of this song
• In the closing track, “Daylight” she refers to their love as “golden, like daylight” and says she “once believed love would be burning red.” In the Red album introduction, she says that she thinks real love shines golden, and that she might write a whole album about that kind of love if she ever finds it.

Folklore/Evermore

• While Folklore and Evermore were pitched to the public as a mostly fictional albums about imaginary worlds and characters, writers’ own biases are often woven throughout their work This album is riddled with references to infidelity and shows a real thematic fascination with infidelity and the ending of marriage.
• Reviewing the songs about marriage from the perspective of viewing the narrator as Taylor and the husband, or individual/thing she is married to, being her careefame/public life, brings these songs into a new light. Was Taylor writing from this place? We will never know, and she will never tell us. But I do not think it is a stretch to think that she either consciously or subconsciously identified with those feelings and was able to write about them by placing them into this alternative, marriage context within the world of folklore/evermore.

For example, “Illicit Affairs” is about having a secret lover, but the narrator (Taylor) never mentions that she is indeed cheating on someone. She also refers to her relationship in Red’s “All Too Well” as an affair (did the love affair maim you too?). So it’s entirely possible that affair, in this context, just means a passionate, secret relationship. Is this a song about her romantic life feeling like a secret?
Midnights

• Marriage is referenced in the opening track, “Lavender Haze”. “The only kind of girl they see is a one night or a bride” “that 1950’s shit they want from me” and on Midnight Rain “He wanted a bride I was making my own name, chasing that fame”

I PLAY MY SONGS IN THE PARKING LOT(potentially lyrical hints from Matty to Taylor)
Let’s start with “About You”.
This song is off The 1975’s most recent album “Being Funny in A Foreign Language” which was made with Jack Antanoff. This song appears on the Era’s pre-show playlist and it is also the one Matt Healy mouthed “This one’s about you, you know who you are, I love you” before playing right after news broke that he and Taylor were together.
I know a place
It's somewhere I go when I need to remember your face
We get married in our heads
Something to do while we try to recall how we met
Do you think I have forgotten?
Do you think I have forgotten?
Do you think I have forgotten
About you?
You and I (don't let go) were alive (don't let go)
With nothing to do, I could lay and just look in your eyes
Wait (don't let go) and pretend (don't let go)
Hold on and hope that we'll find our way back in the end
Do you think I have forgotten?
Do you think I have forgotten?
Do you think I have forgotten
About you?
Do you think I have forgotten?
Do you think I have forgotten?
Do you think I have forgotten
About you?
There was something 'bout you that now I can't remember
It's the same damn thing that made my heart surrender
And I miss you on a train, I miss you in the morning
I never know what to think about
I think about you (so don't let go)
About you (so don't let go)
Do you think I have forgotten
About you? (Don't let go)
About you
About you
Do you think I have forgotten
About you? (Don't let go)
He also added “She’s American” to the set that night- which is an older song that is likely not about Taylor but it is a potential nod to her.
While I am not convinced it’s necessarily about Taylor, I have also been listening to “When We Are Together” off their album a lot. Something about it feels very Taylor to me- especially the references to both people getting cancelled (slag is british slang for a someone who dates too much/sleeps around)
Our first kiss was Christmas in the Walmart toy department
She said, "I should take you with me when I leave"
When we were searchin' New York for a fancy, new apartment
She said, "Central Park is Sea World for trees"
You ask about the cows, wearin' my sweater
It's somethin' 'bout the weather that makes them lie down
The only time I feel I might get better is when we are together
I like socks with sandals, she's more into scented candles
Oh, I'll never get that smell out of my bag
And it was poorly handled, the day we both got canceled
Because I'm a racist and you're some kind of slag
You ask about the cows, wearin' my sweater
It's somethin' 'bout the weather that makes them lie down
The only time I feel I might get better is when we are together, oh, together
"I'm better at writing" was just a way to get you biting, oh
The truth is that our egos are absurd
I thought we were fighting but it seems I was gaslighting you
I didn't know that it had its own word
You still ask about the cows, wearin' my sweater
Said it's something 'bout the weather that makes them lie down
The only time I feel I might get better is when we are together
The Song “Me and You Together Song” off their 2020 album “Notes on A Conditional Form” is also played on their current tour. Here are the lyrics (and a video of Matt performing it in Manila- after their relationship has leaked and the night before he goes to see Taylor perform in Nashville). He begins the song by singing a later part: “I’ve been in love with her for ages, and I can’t seem to get it right, I’ve been in love with her for stages, my whole life” and then shouts “That’s right” into the mic before the song takes off from the beginning. It would appear this was a dedication to Taylor.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSuCAuheBM0
can remember when we met
Because she didn't have a top on (A top on)
I improvised a little bit
She said my references were spot on (Spot on)
"Can I take you for a drink?"
She said, "Oh God, I'll have to think
Because we're mates, it doesn't feel right" (Feel right)
And I said, "It's cool, " and "I was messing" but it's true
Yeah, it's you, you're the one that makes me feel right
I've been in love with her for ages
And I can't seem to get it right
I fell in love with her in stages
My whole life
I had a dream where we had kids
You would cook, I'd do the nappies (Nappies)
We went to Winter Wonderland
And it was shit but we were happy (Happy)
I'm sorry that I'm kinda queer, it's not as weird as it appears
It's 'cause my body doesn't stop me (Stop me)
Oh, it's okay, lots of people think I'm gay
But we're friends, so it's cool, why would it not be? (Not be)
I've been in love with her for ages
And I can't seem to get it right
I fell in love with her in stages
My whole life
And that's been now way for me to say
That I felt a certain way in stages, oh
I think the story needs more pages, yes
I've been in love with her for ages (And ages)
And ages, I've been in love with her for ages (And ages)
Ages, I've been in love with her for ages
And ages, and ages, I've been in love with her for ages
And ages, and ages, I've been in love with her for ages
And ages, and ages (Yeah), I've been in love with you for ages
For ages, and ages (I've been in love, yeah)
I've been in love with you for ages
MEET ME AT MIDNIGHT (a post-breakup interpretation of Midnights)
We know at some point between 2019’s Lover and 2023’s Midnights, Taylor’s feelings about marriage and her comfortability referencing marriage in a positive way shifted quite a bit. We also know she wrote heavily about turning down proposals, marriages going astray, divorce, and infidelity on folklore/evermore.
I think Midnights tells a different, more cohesive story if you listen to it in reverse order (or perhaps . . . counter clockwise?)
Reverse order playlist here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4CftQN9K0Y91u1rFcDbB1Z?si=0ea1e855cb5146bd
Labyrinth

• This is where things get interesting
• I think this song is a breakup song about falling in love with someone else while falling out of love with another person
• Lyrics like “it only hurts this much right now” “I thought the plane was going down, how’d you turn it right now” “oh no, I’m falling in love again” allude to feeling pain, but also feeling herself slipping into love with someone else and feeling anxious about it.

Bejeweled

• There has been a LOT of discussion on this song
• In hindsight, this song feels less like Taylor’s return to pop music and more of a post-breakup anthem
• She references “The band” in the line “when I meet the band, they ask do you have a man, I can still say I don’t remember”
• The song is about going out and sparkling after feeling unappreciated
• The lyrics I find most interested at this time are: “Sapphire tears on my face, sadness became my whole sky, but some guy said my aura’s moonstone, just ‘cause he was high”
• Sapphire = blue, Joe is often associated with blue throughout Lover and on hoax “don’t want no other shade of blue, but you”
• Matty Healy definitely smokes the weed
• Matty Healy is also known to have synesthesia, which I think is an interesting note considering “some guy said my aura’s moonstone just ‘cause he was high”

Question . . .?

• A lot of people attributed this song to Harry Styles because it samples “Out of The Woods” which is widely believed to be about Harry. However, I think the sampling is to set the timeline, not the person. Matt and Taylor met/might’ve hooked up during the 1989 era. I think the “I remember” in the beginning of this song is placing it in that timeline, not referencing that person
• “You painted all my nights, a color I have searched for since” could also be a reference to Matty’s synesthesia
• The song references politics and gender roles, which Matt frequently sings about
• I think this song is referencing a time in her life where she and Matt almost dated, and then didn’t. And she’s asking him “what if?”
• She also references “half moon eyes” which I think physically describe Matt much better than Harry
• I think the reference to “dickhead guy” is Calvin. I think she’s referencing the Brit awards where she hung out with Matty, but met Calvin (see the timeline). I think this is Joe/Tom 2.0. I think she and Matt were interested in each other, but she met Calvin and dated him instead and the Calvin -> Tom -> Joe timeline started instead.
• When she sang this song on May 20 as the surprise song at Gillette, she said she is the happiest she’s ever been, that it’s not just the tour, and that this song brings back happy memories. The fact that this is the song that appears on the 1975’s pre show playlist makes me think it’s definitely a call back to a time they almost got together but didn’t.
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-iRxkGUR-c (the video of her performing and speech before she plays it)

Midnight Rain

• People have theorized this is about a more previous ex, but I think this song is really just about a feeling. This song is about choosing her careefame over a quiet more traditional life

You’re on Your Own, Kid

• She is single, ya’ll

Snow On The Beach

• I think this song is also about falling in love with Matt or reconnecting with him
• This song is about falling in love with someone unexpected
• I think the references to “what could’ve been” tie in with Question, and the referenced to her flight being awful tie into Labyrinth (thought the plane was going down, how’d you turn it right around”

One night, a few moons ago
I saw flecks of what could've been lights
But it might just have been you
Passing by unbeknownst to me
Life is emotionally abusive
And time can't stop me quite like you did
And my flight was awful, thanks for asking
I'm unglued, thanks to you
And it's like snow at the beach
Weird but fuckin' beautiful
Flying in a dream, stars by the pocketful
You wanting me tonight feels impossible
But it's comin' down, no sound, it's all around
Like snow on the beach
Like snow on the beach
Like snow on the beach
Like snow, oh, oh oh
This scene feels like what I once saw on a screen
I searched aurora borealis green
I've never seen someone lit from within
Blurring out my periphery
My smile is like I won a contest
And to hide that would be so dishonest
And it's fine to fake it 'til you make it
'Til you do, 'til it's true
Now it's like snow at the beach
Weird but fuckin' beautiful
Flying in a dream, stars by the pocketful
You wanting me tonight feels impossible
But it's comin' down, no sound, it's all around
Like snow on the beach
Like snow on the beach
Like snow on the beach
Like snow, oh, oh oh
I (I) can't (can't) speak afraid to jinx it
I (I) don't (don't) even dare to wish it
But your eyes are flying saucers from another planet
Now I'm all for you like Janet
Can this be a real thing? Can it?
Are we falling like snow at the beach? (Snow at the beach)
Weird but fuckin' beautiful
Flying in a dream, stars by the pocketful (flying in a dream)
You wanting me tonight feels impossible (you wanting me)
But it's comin' down, no sound, it's all around
Like snow on the beach (snow on the beach)
Like snow on the beach (flying in a dream)
Like snow on the beach (you wanting me)
Like snow, oh
But it's comin' down, no sound, it's all around
Like snow on the beach (it's comin' down, it's comin' down)
(It's comin' down, it's comin' down)
(Like snow on the beach)
(It's comin' down, it's comin' down, it's comin' down, it's comin' down)
(It's comin' down, it's comin' down, it's comin' down, it's comin' down)
(Comin' down, it's comin' down, it's comin' down, it's comin' down)

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First, congratulations to all the graduates! And, congrats to everyone for finishing up their exams. For those still in town, here's a weekend breakdown of local fun in Blacksburg and across the New River Valley along with some Mother's Day Events too....
1. The WORX Band In Concert Sinkland Farms, Christiansburg Friday, May 12, 2023, 6:00 - 11:00 PM Admission: $15.00 Enjoy live music from The Worx, wine and beer for sale on the terrace along with food trucks. The WORX is an award winning Mid-Atlantic regional band entertaining audiences for over 30 years. The professional musicianship, variety, and versatility will impress the hardest critics and leave you wanting to see more. Covering all genres of music from modern pop to hip hop, from country to the eighties, The Worx can play it all. Gates open at 6:00 PM and the band plays from 7:00-11:00 PM. Must be 21 and older unless you are a designated driver in which case you must be 18 and older. Link: http://www.nextthreedays.com/FeaturedEventDetails.cfm?E=685258
2. Author Night with Allan Wolf Blacksburg Books, Blacksburg Friday, May 12, 2023, 7:00 - 8:30 PM Admission: Free Award-winning author and performance poet, Allan Wolf, demonstrates how he transforms historical fact into historical fiction. Experience the 1912 voyage of the doomed Titanic through poetry, storytelling, costume pieces, and historical photos as Wolf presents a special interactive author talk based on his multi-voice novel, "The Watch that Ends the Night: Voices from the Titanic". With a 5 foot long Titanic model "puppet," Wolf demonstrates how the ship was constructed, struck ice, broke in half & then sank. He addresses Titanic myths and facts. He brings some of the Titanic’s passengers to life: the ship’s designer, the ship’s owner, the captain, a 9-year-old boy, the "unsinkable" Molly Brown, even the iceberg itself. "The Watch that Ends the Night" was named the North Carolina Young Adult Book of the Year by the North Carolina School Library Media Association and Booklist named it one of The Fifty Best Young Adult Books of All Time. This event is recommended for adults and families with older kids. Link: http://www.nextthreedays.com/FeaturedEventDetails.cfm?E=707437
3. The Get Right Band in Concert Dogtown Roadhouse, Floyd Friday, May 12, 2023, 8:00 - 11:00 PM Admission: $10.00 One of Relix Magazine’s “On The Verge” picks, The Get Right Band is “hip-shaking, earthquaking pure funk fun” (The Alternate Root). Combining catchy, clever songwriting with musical expertise and fearless improvisation, the live show promises to make you shake everything you’ve got. From funk to rock n’ roll to reggae, this is a dance party. The Get Right Band has been wowing audiences around the country and the Caribbean with their unparalleled live show since their inception in 2011. Link: http://www.nextthreedays.com/FeaturedEventDetails.cfm?E=697279
4. Three Band Concert with Cinematheque, Copy Cat Syndrome and Vin Noir The Milk Parlor, Blacksburg Friday, May 12, 2023, 9:00 PM - 12:00 AM Admission: $10.00 Cinémathèque originally formed in Roanoke, VA, in 2011. The main goal was to have an outlet for producing and performing a wide array of cinematic music influenced by niche genres such as surf rock, exotica, spaghetti westerns, Ethiopian jazz, and Afro-Beat. Cinémathèque is a surf rock and exotica dance band that comes to life with unique world rhythms and familiar themes on guitar, keys, bass, drums, horns, and aux percussion. Copy Cat Syndrome is a fusion trio performing jazz based in Blacksburg, VA. Vin Noir is a jazz fusion band based in Blacksburg, VA. Link: http://www.nextthreedays.com/FeaturedEventDetails.cfm?E=707471
5. 2023 New River Valley Master Gardener Association Plant Sale Montgomery County Government Center, Christiansburg Saturday, May 13, 2023, 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM Admission: Free The New River Valley Master Gardener Association (NRVMGA) presents their 2023 Plant Sale offering vegetables, annuals, herb, perennials, trees, shrubs, natives, houseplants and a garden themed yard sale. Many plants are grown by NRVMGA members and others are donated by retailers, individuals and organizations from throughout the area. There will also be a "garden supply/treasure area" with gardening related items for sale. The Plant Clinic will be on-site to answer your questions, problem plant issues, or gardening concerns.They will also have a selection of free seeds to give away to help support pollinators in our area. All proceeds fund their Community Grants program which provides funds for area educational gardening projects offered by schools, day care, non-profits. The event is rain or shine. Link: http://www.nextthreedays.com/FeaturedEventDetails.cfm?E=696553
6. 2023 One Stop Spring Shoppe New River Valley Fairgrounds, Dublin Saturday, May 13, 2023, 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM Admission: $1.00 Shop and browse from over 100 vendors, crafters and direct sales consultants. This will be an inside and outside event. There will also be a variety of food and drinks available for purchase from food trucks and other vendors including the Snack Time Food Truck and Space Rabbit Coffee. Link: http://www.nextthreedays.com/FeaturedEventDetails.cfm?E=697255
7. 2023 Floyd Fine Art Show Warren G. Lineberry Memorial Park, Floyd Saturday, May 13, 2023, 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM Admission: Free The Floyd Center for the Arts and Floyd Tourism presents the first juried Floyd Fine Art Show Floyd at multiple venues in Floyd, VA including Warren G. Lineberry Memorial Park. The Floyd Fine Art Show features: Photography, Painting, Sculpture, Jewelry, Mixed media, Drawing, and Printmaking along with Fine Crafts using; Wood, Clay, Fiber, Glass, and Metal. The show will play host to a multitude of local and Regional Artists. Link: http://www.nextthreedays.com/FeaturedEventDetails.cfm?E=707495
8. Balance and Brews Iron Tree Brewing Company, Christiansburg Saturday, May 13, 2023, 10:45 - 11:45 AM Admission: $20.00 Move through foundational yoga poses, gentle stretches, and experience the many restorative benefits that yoga has to offer. This one hour class is appropriate for all levels, including those who are totally new to yoga. The class includes an Iron Tree beverage of your choice. No reservation required, just show up. Link: http://www.nextthreedays.com/FeaturedEventDetails.cfm?E=707460
9. West End Weekend Festival Glencoe Mansion, Museum & Gallery, Radford Saturday, May 13, 2023, 11:00 AM - 5:00 PM Admission: Free Mountain Trotter presents the West End Weekend Festival featuring over 30 artisan vendors, live music from The Breakfast Club and FloydFest On-the-Rise band Appalachian Space Train, four food trucks, and an array of craft beers. As always, admission is free, but donations are welcomed. Bring your blankets, lawn chairs, and well-mannered dogs, too. The West End Weekend is a jam-packed, art-filled celebration taking place Friday, May 12 2023 through Sunday, May 14, 2023 at multiple locations in Radford, VA. Throughout the weekend, MoutainTrotter Arts will be selling flowers as a fundraiser in conjunction with Gates Flowers & Gifts. A portion of the proceeds from these sales will benefit the Women’s Resource Center (WRC). These single stems will make a great gift for Mother’s Day, and will help fund a more secure front door at the WRC administrative offices. Link: http://www.nextthreedays.com/FeaturedEventDetails.cfm?E=697211
10. Hotdog, Bake Sale and Car Wash Pembroke Volunteer Fire Department, Pembroke Saturday, May 13, 2023, 11:00 AM - 3:00 PM Admission: Free The Pembroke Volunteer Fire Department presents a Hotdog, Bake Sale and Car Wash. Get your hotdog with homemade chili and something sweet while for your vehicle is being washed all while supporting your local fire department. Donations are appreciated. Note: The event was originally scheduled for April 29th and then again on May 6th. Link: http://www.nextthreedays.com/FeaturedEventDetails.cfm?E=707494
11. Yoga on Tap Long Way Brewing, Radford Saturday, May 13, 2023, 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM Admission: $15.00 Join Kady Lafferty of Big Body Yoga at Long Way Brewing for no-experience-necessary yoga classes every other Saturday on Long Way's outdoor patio. Expect an upbeat playlist, laid back atmosphere and all-levels yoga class followed by a fresh cold beer. A ticket to the event covers the yoga class and your beer after. Be sure to pre-register for each class you plan to attend. Link: http://www.nextthreedays.com/FeaturedEventDetails.cfm?E=684787
12. Free Drive-Thru Lunch with a Hot Dog Lunch Park United Methodist Church, Christiansburg Saturday, May 13, 2023, 12:00 - 2:00 PM Admission: Free Park United Methodist Church presents a Free Drive-Thru Lunch featuring a homemade lunch consisting of hot dogs, baked beans, chips and dessert will be prepared and packaged for carry-out and delivered to you in your vehicle while supplies last. There is no charge, however donations will be graciously be accepted for local neighborhood missions. Walk-ups are welcome. Link: http://www.nextthreedays.com/FeaturedEventDetails.cfm?E=707470
13. 2023 Spring Carnival Uptown Christiansburg (formerly New River Valley Mall), Christiansburg Saturday, May 13, 2023, 1:00 - 11:00 PM, Sunday, May 14, 2023, 1:00 - 10:00 PM Admission: Free, Ride Tickets: $1.25 each and each ride takes multiple tickets, Unlimited Ride Wristbands: $25.00 per session Uptown Christiansburg (formerly New River Valley Mall) presents the 2023 Spring Carnival from Cole Shows Amusement Company starting on Thursday, May 4, 2023 through Sunday, May 14, 2023. Enjoy amusement park rides, game booths, food and fun for the whole family. There is no gate fee. Note: Hours are weather dependent. Link: http://www.nextthreedays.com/FeaturedEventDetails.cfm?E=707355
14. Poetry-palooza with Allan Wolf Blacksburg Books, Blacksburg Saturday, May 13, 2023, 1:00 - 2:00 PM Admission: Free Award-winning author and performance poet, Allan Wolf will join us for an interactive presentation on the magic of poetry and the universe. Expect music, audience participation, and fun! Great for kids of all ages. No advance registration required, just show up. Link: http://www.nextthreedays.com/FeaturedEventDetails.cfm?E=707438
15. Music at the Villa with Zach Wiley Villa Appalaccia Winery, Floyd Saturday, May 13, 2023, 1:00 - 4:00 PM Admission: Free Relax and enjoy some great music along with great wine and food. Zach Wiley is a Virginia-based singer and songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. Pulling from influences such as The Beatles and Bruce Hornsby, Wiley shapes melodically well-structured and purposeful original music and covers. With inspiration ranging from places like Spain, his home state of Virginia and his home-away-from-home, Raleigh, North Carolina, Wiley brings original music with a rich autumnal indie sound. With a whole host of instruments in his repertoire, you never know what Zach will bring to the Villa, but it’s always good. Kids and friendly, leashed dogs are welcome. Link: http://www.nextthreedays.com/FeaturedEventDetails.cfm?E=707443
16. The Ryan Greer Band (Trio) in Concert Rock House Marina, Pulaski Saturday, May 13, 2023, 4:00 - 6:00 PM Admission: Free The Rock House Marina welcomes The Ryan Greer Band in trio format back for another Saturday of blues-infused, Southern-soul. Ryan Greer is a Roanoke-based Americana musician who was born and raised in Franklin County, VA. Ryan has been a standout member of area bands Barefoot West and The Riverbank Ramblers as well as playing solo gigs. Link: http://www.nextthreedays.com/FeaturedEventDetails.cfm?E=707475
17. Rockin' Main Street Concert Series with Miller Holler and The Carolina Shreds Downtown Christiansburg, Christiansburg Saturday, May 13, 2023, 5:00 - 9:00 PM Admission: Free The Town of Christiansburg and the Christiansburg Parks & Rec continues their Rockin' Main Street Concert Series featuring music from Nashville's Miller Holler and The Carolina Shreds. Attendees can purchase food and drinks from a selection of food trucks and wine and beer vendors. Patrons are encouraged to bring lawn chairs to sit and enjoy the live performances. Miller Holler is a country rock band with southern roots and a hunger for going against the grain and stirring up the music industry in Nashville, Tennessee. The Carolina Shreds is a North Carolina rock band shredding familiar tunes and keeping great music alive. An assortment of beer and wine options will also be available for purchase at this event. Please bring your IDs if you would like to purchase beer or wine. Link: http://www.nextthreedays.com/FeaturedEventDetails.cfm?E=707405
18. Mt. Tabor Ruritan May Fish Fry with DJ Earl Brown Slusser's Chapel Church of God, Blacksburg Saturday, May 13, 2023, 5:00 - 7:00 PM Adults: $12.00, Children Ages 3-11: $6.00, Children Under 3: Free Carry-Outs: $12.00 The Mount Tabor Ruritan Club presents their May and first Fish Fry of 2023 with DJ Earl Brown performing. Enjoy a serving fish, fries, slaw, homemade desserts and beverage. DJ Earl Brown will be spinning some hits to get our 2023 fry season off to a swinging start. This is a fundraiser for the Ruritan Club's community service projects and scholarships. Held rain or shine under the picnic shelter below the lower church parking lot. Link: http://www.nextthreedays.com/FeaturedEventDetails.cfm?E=697269
19. Bluegrass and Baseball Benefit with Lonesome River Band and Hot Dog Supper Newport Community Center, Newport Saturday, May 13, 2023, 5:30 - 9:30 PM Admission: $25.00 Enjoy a night of legendary bluegrass music with nationally known bluegrass artists the Lonesome River Band along with opener Gold Rush to support the youth baseball and softball programs in the Newport community starting at 7:00 PM. A benefit hotdog supper will precede the event starting at 5:30 PM in the cafeteria. Lonesome River Band continues their reputation as one of the most respected names in bluegrass music. Led by five-time International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA) Banjo Player of the Year and Virginia Country Music Hall of Famer Sammy Shelor, the group holds a powerhouse line up of award-winning players. This concert helps provide uniforms, equipment, field improvements, and experiences for players age 3-14. Link: http://www.nextthreedays.com/FeaturedEventDetails.cfm?E=707414
20. Mist on the Mountain in Concert Rising Silo Farm Brewery, Blacksburg Saturday, May 13, 2023, 6:00 - 9:00 PM Admission: Free Mist on the Mountain is an Irish Traditional Music group based in the New River Valley. From lively jigs and reels to heartbreaking laments and rollicking ballads, Mist on the Mountain provides great Irish music for any occasion. Link: http://www.nextthreedays.com/FeaturedEventDetails.cfm?E=707385
21. Dirt Road Breakdown in Concert Long Way Brewing, Radford Saturday, May 13, 2023, 6:00 - 9:00 PM Admission: Free Lee Worley and Bob Chew bring you swamp rocking Americana and classic honky tonk plus originals and enough rock and rockabilly to keep your feet a jumping. This unique duet we'll have you thinking it is a full four-piece band. Link: http://www.nextthreedays.com/FeaturedEventDetails.cfm?E=696648
22. Justin Craig in Concert Mountain Lake Lodge, Pembroke Saturday, May 13, 2023, 6:00 - 9:00 PM Admission: Free Justin Craig is a classical and jazz guitarist, arranger, composer and recording artist residing in Blacksburg, VA. Justin is a graduate of Radford University with a Master of Music degree in classical guitar performance. He performs often as a soloist and leads a variety of groups including a modern jazz and Brazilian group. Link: http://www.nextthreedays.com/FeaturedEventDetails.cfm?E=707501
23. Compton & Newberry in Concert Floyd Country Store, Floyd Saturday, May 13, 2023, 7:00 - 9:30 PM General Admission: $20.00, Reserved Seating: $25.00 Mike Compton and Joe Newberry, masters of old-time mandolin and banjo / guitar, dig deep into early country music and blues. Their duet-singing, two-man string band ranges between traditional songs, instrumentals, 'mother' ballads and original tunes. It’s not about the number of notes with Compton and Newberry, but telling the truth and respecting the song. A Compton & Newberry program features a familiar combination of tunes and songs from the great American songbag mixed with their own newly composed numbers which are already taking their rightful place in the new tradition. Mike Compton is a Grammy award winner, IBMA Mandolin Player of the Year nominee, a steady sideman for John Hartford from 1994 until Hartford’s death in 2001, and mandolinist for the Nashville Bluegrass Band. Known far and wide for his powerful banjo playing, Joe Newberry is a prizewinning guitarist, songwriter, and singer to boot. In addition to his work with Mike, Joe plays with fiddler and step-dancer April Verch. He was a frequent guest on Garrison Keillor’s "A Prairie Home Companion", and was a featured singer on the Transatlantic Sessions. Link: http://www.nextthreedays.com/FeaturedEventDetails.cfm?E=707449
24. College Baseball: Clemson vs. Virginia Tech English Field, Virginia Tech Saturday, May 13, 2023, 7:00 PM (Senior Night), Sunday, May 14, 2023, 3:00 PM (Kids Can Run the Bases After the Game) Adults: $10.00, Youth Ages 6-18: $5.00, Youth Ages 5 & Under: Free Watch the Virginia Tech Baseball Team compete against ACC conference opponent and #16 ranked Clemson in their final three-game home series of the 2023 season. Saturday is Senior Night and all the Hokie baseball playing seniors will be honored. At the conclusion of Sunday's game, kids will be invited to run the bases on English Field, weather permitting. Gates and ticket booths at English Field will open 90 minutes before first pitch on gamedays. Fans accessing English Field on gameday are encouraged to use free parking in Lot 16 ("The Cage"). Link: http://www.nextthreedays.com/FeaturedEventDetails.cfm?E=696451
25. Furious Jones in Concert Square 5 Public House, Blacksburg Saturday, May 13, 2023, 8:00 - 11:00 PM Admission: Free Singer and songwriter Furious Jones currently resides in Blacksburg, VA though originally from Houston, TX. Enjoy a live acoustic solo show featuring Americana, Blues, Folk, and Rock with both originals and extensive covers. Link: http://www.nextthreedays.com/FeaturedEventDetails.cfm?E=707461
26. Mother's Day Brunch Buffet Our Daily Bread Bakery & Bistro, Blacksburg Sunday, May 14, 2023, 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM Adults: $29.95, Kids 12 & Under: $15.95 Enjoy a special Mother's Day Brunch with mom! Menu includes: Herbed Roasted Prime Rib Carving Station, Chilean Salmon with Papaya Mango Salsa, Roasted Vegetable Display, Sausage, Ham & Cheese Strata, Herbed Garlic Breakfast Potatoes, Sunrise Scramble Eggs, Applewood Smoked Bacon, Assorted Pastries and more. Mimosas, spritzers and more available a la carte. Tax and gratuity not included. No reservations, just show up. Link: http://www.nextthreedays.com/FeaturedEventDetails.cfm?E=707415
27. May Blacksburg Vintage Market Market Square Park, Blacksburg Sunday, May 14, 2023, 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM Admission: Free Vendors will be selling all things vintage from clothes, jewelry, vinyl records, accessories and more. Soul folk musician Kat Mills will perform from 1:00-4:00 PM. Link: http://www.nextthreedays.com/FeaturedEventDetails.cfm?E=707476
28. Pianist Joey Harrington in Concert Chateau Morrisette, Floyd Sunday, May 14, 2023, 1:00 - 4:00 PM Admission: Free Pianist Joey Harrington’s interest in music began at an early age, taking piano lessons in elementary school from a local pianist. His interest then turned towards playing guitar and electronic sample-based music before rediscovering his love for piano at a later age. After graduating from high school in 2010, Harrington spent five formative years pursuing his music and working in Minneapolis, Minnesota and then subsequently in Asheville, North Carolina. After returning to school, he graduated summa cum laude from UNC-Asheville. Apart from being a hired free-lance musician, Joey plays in number of groups including the Joey Harrington Trio, the Wayne Banks Trio, Less Poets, Vermillion Quartet, and the Mouthbreathers. Picnic baskets and outside food and drink are no longer allowed. It is suggested to bring your own seating because the available tables fill up fast. Link: http://www.nextthreedays.com/FeaturedEventDetails.cfm?E=707482
29. Mother's Day Wildflower Walk Claytor Lake State Park, Dublin Sunday, May 14, 2023, 2:00 - 3:00 PM Admission: Free Master Naturalist and owner of Draper Springs Nursery, Justin Ciallella, will lead a short hike on one of Claytor Lake State Park's many trails as he points out and discusses native, invasive, and edible plants along the way. Celebrate Mother's Day and start a new Mother's Day tradition. The event will begin in the small parking lot between Campgrounds B and C on the right just past the Contact Station as you enter the park. The event is free of charge though the $7.00 per vehicle parking fee still applies. Link: http://www.nextthreedays.com/FeaturedEventDetails.cfm?E=707448
30. Mother's Day - Glaze Your Own Wine Glass Class Beliveau Farm Winery, Blacksburg Sunday, May 14, 2023, 2:00 - 4:00 PM Admission: $35.00 Celebrate this Mother's Day with your mom and family by taking a "Glaze your own Wine Glass" class with Celestial Ceramics. The bisque wine glass, materials, and firing is included for the fun, interactive event. Wine, beer and food will be available for purchase throughout the event. Wine glasses will be available for pickup in Roanoke or at Beliveau Farm Winery by May 21, 2023. Advance purchase is required. Link: http://www.nextthreedays.com/FeaturedEventDetails.cfm?E=696634
31. Leslie Brooks & Friends Mothers Day Concert Moon Hollow Brewing, Blacksburg Sunday, May 14, 2023, 4:00 - 7:00 PM Admission: Free Enjoy the patio performance with your favorite songs along with guest musicians and singers. Leslie Brooks is a singer-songwriter, performing solo with guitar, playing jazz, folk, blues, rockin' country and popular favorites. She has played the best venues in a 16-state area, as well as in Norway and Monte Carlo. Opened for Heart, James Taylor, Bob Margolin and Willie Nelson to name a few. Papa's Box food truck will be on-site from 4:00-8:00 PM. Link: http://www.nextthreedays.com/FeaturedEventDetails.cfm?E=707457
Have a great weekend and thanks for reading!

Hello! I've recently written a post about the 2012 Sydney John Doe that turned out to be much more successful and positively recieved than I thought! Thank you everyone for reading, discussing and giving it a time of your day. I hope that my next writeups will be only better and more interesting (and I apologize for the weird formatting on mobile! I was completely unaware of how it will look like!).
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I'm mostly interested in John and Jane Does, but I've noticed that most writeups on this sub are about cases that are decades old- they're important to share and boost of course, but I thought that I will touch upon a very new case, just over one year old- prehaps someone knew or saw someone who looks like this John Doe and this memory is relatively fresh, and they will be able to help identify this poor young man.
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Just before we start, I should warn that it's very easy to find post mortem images when reaserching this case. I tagged everything and they're not graphic in the sense of showing graphic wounds or anything, but yeah, they can be pretty unsettling, especially when you're sensitive for things like that.
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On the 10th of January 2022, someone has found a young man who likely attempted to commit suicide in a bus near San Felipe Street in Houston, Texas. John Doe was still clinging to life, however, and he was transported to Ben Taub Hospital, where he has sadly passed away.
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Because he was still alive when he got to the hospital, his remains were in excellent condition, and a lot of informations could be gleamed from them. He was very young, only about 13-18 years old, and of a very slight build- about 5' (61 inches, 155 cm) and weighed 112 lbs (51 kg). He also had no facial hair, which could be a further indicator of his youth. His hair was cut in a straight cut, with shorter sides- interestingly, he also had a star patter shaven into them, which might be significant. Both of his eyes were brown, and he had no tattoos. He was wearing black "Adidas" pants with stripes going down them, teal boxers, two pairs of socks (or two different socks?)- one black, and the other short white ones with "H-TOWN" written at the top in red and blue and black sneakers sized 6,5. In the post mortem photos he appears to be wearing a black t-shirt, but that was, curiously enough, photoshopped on, which is apparently a common practice for that PD.
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The coroner has confirmed that his death is classified as suicide by hanging. The bus he was found in was apparently abandoned, and it was a known place for people to loiter. The bus itself appeares to be in a parking lot of an office space that's very much in use (here), so it was hardly some desolated space where nobody enters. The stars shaven into his sides have garnered attention too- some speculate that he was a fan of the football team Houston Texans, who played a game around the day he was found (I can't find the exact day, sadly) and lost- could that've spurned his decision to take his life? Impossible to tell. On his post mortem photo, people on Websleuths say that they can see bits of hair on his earlobes, implying that his haircut was recent.
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Who has that young man? I've also read opinions that he was an immigrant from Mexico or Central America, which is definetly probable. He might've entered the US without documments or live in the country without any family, and that's why he wasn't reported missing. Prehaps his family is trying to keep their head low due to a fear of deportation, and they don't want to interact with the law enforcement. What pushed him to commit suicide? And, most importantly, who was he? There has to be someone out there in the world who misses him. It's been a year since he was found in that abandoned bus, and still, nobody knows who he was. Like I've said, since this case is so new, prehaps someone reading this sub will know something that will bring this young man closer to having his name back.
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If you believe you have that info, the case owner is the Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences, and the contact number is (832) 927-5000 (Agency case number ML22-0168) or the Houston Police Department at (832) 707-1284 (Agency case number 41767-22). The case was also taken in by NCMEC, whose artist created two reconstructions of him, one from the front and one from the side (to show the shaven in star I assume).
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Sources:

1. Reconstruction by NCMEC (Front) (I'm sorry for bad quality)
2. NamUS information (WARNING! POST MORTEM!)
3. NamUS Page (WARNING! POST MORTEM!)
4. NCMEC (doesn't work for me, but maybe that's a location thing, I'm from Europe)

Thank you for reading and your time!

Hi, hopefully this is okay to do but I think there is lots of interest in VPR watch parties in various cities. This is our Super Bowl.
Please post any here with the name, location, dates and if a reservation is required.
Chicago, IL 1. Bar 106 -Addy: 10649 S Pulaski Rd -starts 5/24 at 8pm
Washington DC

1. Baja Tap (limited seating) -Addy: 2436 18th St NW, Washington, DC 20009 -5/17/23, 7-10pm EST. -must register https://www.eventbrite.com/e/vanderpump-rules-finale-watch-party-tickets-634467939687?fbclid=PAAaaAxckOiWjOZ-GXV-rr7qFJf016bVf18QlD5sX7Bsv4pEsThX53pOxZDqI
   
2. Lulu’s wine garden -Addy: 1940 11th St NW, Washington, DC 20001 -5/17, 5/24, 5/31, 6/7. -Must book on Resy
   

Baltimore MD

1. Guilford Hall -5/17, 8-11pm -Address: 1611 Guilford Ave 21202 -No reservation needed

Houston TX 1. Be More Pacific -5/17-6/7, 730-945pm -Addy: 506 Yale St Suite E, Houston, TX 77007
NYC 1. The Skinny Bar -Addy: 174 Orchard St, New York, NY 10002 -5/17 at 8pm

1. Down the hatch -addy: 179 West 4th Street, New York, NY 10014 -5/17 - 6/7 -https://www.instagram.com/p/CsHH708JnGh/?igshid=ZWQyN2ExYTkwZQ==

Ottawa Canada 1. Nan’s parlour -Addy: 73 Clarence St., Ottawa, ON K1N 5P5, Canada -8-10pm
Charleston, SC 1. Frothy Beard -Addy: 1401 Sam Rittenberg Blvd, Charleston, SC 29407 -5/17 8pm -limited seating
Austin, Tx 1. Vacancy Brewing -addy: 415 E St Elmo Rd 1 d2, Austin, TX 78745 -5/17 - 6/7 at 8pm -will play WWHL
https://www.instagram.com/p/CsJ9_DyJiud/?igshid=ZWQyN2ExYTkwZQ==
Boston, MA 1. Nash Bar and Stage -addy: 253 Tremont Street Boston, Massachusetts -5/17 - 6/7 -8-10:30pm
Philly 1. Cockatoo - 208 S. 13th Street Philadelphia, PA 19107
DATES: Wednesday, May 17th; Wednesday, May 24th; Wednesday, May 31st
TIME: 8pm - 10pm
(Wednesday, June 7th is still up in the air, because it’s during pride week, so the bar will be getting back to me)