Let The Sun Never Blind Your Eyes! Alice in Chains Live 8/14/2022.
The time: August 14, 2022 The place: Jones Beach Theater As the date indicates, this entry is belated by over a month and a half. The Alice in Chains / Breaking Benjamin / Bush concert was the first trek we made from Westchester to Long Island. Susan was nervous about the trip there and back, so she reserved a room at a small hotel a hop, skip, and jump from the theater. What a marvel Google Maps can be! We plotted a course which wound from Yonkers to the northeast Bronx across the Whitestone Bridge and through the Guyland to our destination. As we passed my old neighborhood of Co-Op City, I flipped a very pronounced middle finger to that spot of purgatory that sinks under sea level an inch a year (or so I’m told) thanks to the salt impregnated landfill upon which the apartment complex is perched. Suze’s fears were calmed - somewhat - when we entered the neighborhood where our hotel was located. “Thin Blue Line” banners were posted at nearly every private home and accompani