Sorry for the lack of posts. Thanks to Amanda for keeping things up with her always thought-provoking writing. I’ve been out of town, but I’m also going to post less often. There has been so much news in the last few months that even posting a few items means sifting through dozens of possible news bits, and I just don’t feel like it. I don’t really care about the minutia of the news — and I’ve spared anyone reading here the endless articles that are out there making a big to-do about some tangential remark made by the guys in an interview, and all the reviews of the album that miss the mark by a mile — and I definitely don’t care about the promotional aspect of putting out a new album.

To me, and I think to most of you who may be reading this, Green Day is a personal thing. The music is something that sits with you through the many moments of your day to day. And there are the live shows, which are special and rare (unless you follow them on tour, live shows are relatively rare to each of us even if the guys play a whole lot of them). It’s nice to keep up with what the band is doing, but, essentially, everything besides the actual music is just noise, at least to me. Sometimes what’s out there is very entertaining, or funny, or sweet, especially when the guys have their silly, or charming, or profound moments, but many times info that has been managed and mediated just feels like it creates more distance rather than a greater understanding or appreciation of the band.

The new album is here, at last, and the long vigil of waiting and watching and hoping that soon, oh soon please, Green Day might grace us with something wonderful, is over. The wonderfulness is here, and it’s not just in the album itself, but also in the upcoming tour, the recent club shows, and the wealth of public appearances. You can listen to the new songs over and over, discover something new with every listen, and then hear them all over again. You can see Green Day on TV, you can drool over videos and pictures to your heart’s content. It’s an embarrassment of riches. I guess I don’t feel that much of a need to pay particular attention to Green Day news in order to unearth some little detail that six months ago might have been a tidbit to cherish.

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