Welcome back to Monday, the second week in July, coming into the middle of the busy month for summer vacations. Families with kids in sports used to have a few weeks off in July; baseball/softball season ended, and we are a few weeks from football/soccer season workouts. July is a great month to pull back, rest and reflect, get your legs back under you, and size up the rest of the year. While you are doing that, let's celebrate with some people and check out the rock shows and festivals that highlight the summer season. If you are lucky enough to head out on vacation this month, remember to grab a drink at the airport on your way out!

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Consequence SOUND has been writing stories about this year's Glastonbury Festival across the pond. Mashups and guest appearances are nothing new at Glastonbury, but supergroups? How about Johnny Marr reuniting with Chrissy Hynde for The Pretenders set, and then Dave Grohl shows up on the drums. Some of us wish we would have seen The Police in the early 80s or The Smiths, but The Pretenders with Johnny Marr in 2023, who would have seen that one. The Pretenders have a new album in September and are scheduled to tour with Guns N' Roses later this summer.

How 'bout a tune Chrissy?

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Megan Rapinoe has announced that she is retiring from professional soccer at the end of this season. Rapinoe is the face of the US Women's National Team and a critical part of the last 2 World Cup championships in 2015 and 2019. She also has a gold medal and numerous titles in her long professional soccer career. She is an inspiration both on and off the field; Rapinoe has been an outspoken critic of the inequality of the gender pay gap in professional sports. Her career was not spared adversity either; throughout her career, she had three major ACL knee surgeries, including one in 2015, and after recovering from that surgery, she went on to win another World Cup in 2019.

It should be no surprise to anyone who understands the discipline and focus it takes to be among the best athletes in a generation what Rapinoe has accomplished. Even those of us who have never seen her play a professional soccer game, greatly respect Megan Rapinoe's accomplishments, and look forward to what she does next.

Another weekend with The Atlantic and a story about day drinking in an airport. Journalist Rachel Sugar brings us a story about chatting people up at a bar in the airport in the wee hours of the morning. Say 7:00 AM at the airport to a bunch of “normies,” and they will tell you the line at Starbucks could easily be 30 minutes or more. The bars, however, start pouring spirits as soon as they open. The airport, for some, is a timeless microcosm or closet. No one can see you partake in some harmless fun. Harmless unless you have to sit next to them on a long flight; booze + flight = snoring, which is only partially drowned out by the plane's engines.

People heading out on vacation are among the least judged for the celebratory libation on the way to wherever. The problem with day drinking, flying, and time changes is they can all add up to nap time. Who wants to get to a vacation destination only to hit the hotel bed for a 2-hour recovery nap? Take it from a traveler, if you want to optimize your travel time, stick with coffee in the morning, followed by a lot of water to help with dehydration from flying. Hit your destination with energy, and then enjoy drinks and revelry at 5:00 PM destination time!

The next generation of musicians and artists gathered in NYC in June; check out the recap:

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A little pulse-pounding techno to start the week!

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Thank you for spending a few minutes with us. Here’s one for the road!

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