i was gifted the greatest present ever. a whole bunch of my friends chipped in and bought me a ticket to the world series

the cubs hadnt won the world series in over 100 years.

only three games would be played at wrigley field.

most of the people who had tickets had them for at least the last few years because the team was good and many people got season tickets, just in case.

so they weren’t selling.

which meant there was an extremely limited amount of tickets, and those were being sold for thousands of dollars.

i got one.

happy october. i got to write 42 pieces last month for setlist.fm

the last one was my 1,399th over four years. time flies.

here’s what went down in september in case you missed it.

Billy Strings — 9/1
RAYE, Role Model & others at Reading/Leeds — 9/1
Bruce Springsteen, Sting, Peter Gabriel, Tracy Chapman & Youssou N’Dour — 9/2
Billy Corgan / Smashing Pumpkins — 9/2
KATSEYE — 9/3
King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard — 9/3
Dogstar — 9/4
Hollywood Vampires — 9/4
Ye — 9/8
Jay-Z, Lauryn Hill & Wyclef Jean — 9/9
The Linda Lindas — 9/9
Weezer — 9/9
Danny Elfman — 9/10
Guns N’ Roses — 9/10
Bleachers / Carly Rae Jepsen — 9/14
Oasis — 9/15
Céline Dion — 9/15
Charli XCX — 9/15
Riot Fest / 2012 Humboldt Park lineup — 9/15
The Killers — 9/16
Orville Peck — 9/16
Sturgill Simpson / Johnny Blue Skies — 9/16
Metallica — 9/17
Tove Lo — 9/18
Buddy Guy — 9/18
William Shatner — 9/21
Chris Stapleton / Tom Petty’s Heartbreakers — 9/21
Phoebe Bridgers — 9/22
Antone’s — 9/22
Roger Taylor / Queen — 9/23
Lana Del Rey, Elvis Costello, Eddie Vedder & the first Ohana — 9/23
Beck — 9/24
Eddie Vedder / Ohana guest appearances — 9/24
Justin Bieber — 9/25
Carrie Underwood / Guns N’ Roses — 9/25
Madonna, Sabrina Carpenter, Charli XCX & others — 9/28
MTV VMAs performers — 9/28
Billy Strings / Pearl Jam — 9/29
Rush & other artists whose eighth album exploded — 9/29
Carly Rae Jepsen — 9/30
The Coverups / Billie Joe Armstrong / CJ Ramone — 9/30

they can all be seen here

expect regular updates starting in october

which is tomorrow