Na yi wasa kuma na ji daɗin jin wasu—waɗanda suka fi yin sa—suna kunna kiɗan kai tsaye.
Na gani da kyau fiye da 100 nuni, ciki har da Springsteen (na $ 6 a 1977), Wilco, Neil Young, Van Morrison, Joan Armatrading, The Pogues, Queen Ida, Lucinda Williams, Pat Metheny, Habib Koite, The Roches, Shovels & Rope, Gillian Welch, Joe Jackson, Carrie King Billy, Firimiya, St. Dive, Jackson Browne, Beausoleil, Wynton Marsalis, The Persuasions, Brad Paisley, Cat Power, Chris Thile, Sede Toure, Rikicin Mata, Graham Parker, Matattu Milkmen da mawaƙa da mawaƙa da yawa. Ni da matata mun halarci raye-raye da yawa a cikin biranen Amurka da Latin Amurka.
Ko da wane nau'i ne, kiɗan jama'a kusan koyaushe yana faranta min rai. Na yaba wa kiɗan kanta, da fasaha da kasancewar ƴan wasan. Ina son nishadi, kade-kade masu jan hankali, karin wakoki da ƙugiya, wayo ko waƙoƙi masu ban tsoro da taron jama'a.
Daga cikin ƴan ayyukan raye-rayen da ban taɓa so ba akwai Matattu mai godiya. Ko da yake ina son wasu waƙoƙin Matattu da aka yi rikodin su a studio, wasan kwaikwayon da na gani a Majami’ar Taro mai kujeru 16,000 na Jami’ar Indiana a watan Oktoba, 1977 ya ba ni kunya. Fara wasan kwaikwayon da kyau ya wuce lokacin da aka tsara kuma duk da samun ma'aikatan hanya, membobin ƙungiyar sun yi tafiya a kan mataki kuma suna kunna nasu kayan aikin na akalla mintuna biyar. Sun sake kunnawa na ɗan lokaci bayan kusan kowace waƙa. Galibin waƙoƙin sun ƙunshi dogayen ɗimbin ɗimbin ɗimbin ɗimbin yawa da kuma solo marasa manufa, waɗanda suka faɗo musamman a babban fage.
Bayan saitin farko, na tafi dakin maza. A wannan tafiyar, ban ga babu jami'an tsaro a cikin taron ba. Lokacin da na koma wurin zama na, na shawo kan abokaina guda uku su haura matakalar zuwa filin wasan kwatankwacin ƙaramin bene na sama mara komai. Babu wanda ya hana mu yin haka.
Da zarar mun shiga saman bene, mun jira dogon tsaiko ya ƙare. Lokacin da band din ya fito, sun sake kunnawa. Da aka yi shiru, muka jingina kan dogo muka fara murza makada daga jirgin mu. Mun yi ihu da yawa abubuwa, mafi kyawun su shine "Dakatar da kunna kiɗa! Kunna kiɗa!"
Ganin wurin da muke keɓe da kuma yanayin shiru tsakanin waƙoƙin, ƙungiyar ba za ta iya jin mu ba. Wataƙila ba su saba da martani mara kyau ba, sun yi mana kallon. Rattling mai laushi Jerry Garcia yana jin kamar nasara.
Lokacin da suka ci gaba da wasa, cikin izgili muka fara rawa a cikin ethereal, salon Deadhead na arhythmic. Duk wanda ya kalle mu ba zai san cewa muna ƙwanƙwasa ba. Inda tsagi ke ciki Akwatin Ruwa? Daga ƙarshe, jami’an tsaro sun haura matakalar suka kore mu daga kujeru masu arha—a zahiri ba a sayar da su ba. Rabin na biyu na wasan kwaikwayon ya kasance mara ƙima kamar na farko.
Nunin Matattu ɗaya mara daɗi bai isa ya hana ni ba har abada. Shekaru biyu da rabi bayan haka, ƙungiyar ta sanar da wani wasan kwaikwayo a farkon watan Mayu a Jami'ar Cornell, wanda na koma. Shekaru uku da suka gabata, Matattu sun gabatar da wani wasan kwaikwayo a tsohuwar Cornell, dakin motsa jiki kamar sito, Barton Hall, wanda aka ruwaito yana cikin mafi kyawun ƙungiyar. Jin haka, sai na yi tunanin cewa wasan kwaikwayon Indiana ya kasance ba dare ba rana.
A daren Juma’a kafin a fara siyar da tikitin Ithaca, na tafi tare da wata kawarta mace mu kwana a ofishin akwatin don siyan tikiti. Na manta ra'ayin wane ne. Ko da kuwa, mu ne kawai biyu da suka kula isa dare a kan ciyawa.
Mun zama saurayi da budurwa a wannan daren, ko da yake watakila ba daidai da yadda kuke tunani ba. Zan ce wannan kawai: idan mace da namiji suka yi dariya cikin sauƙi tare, suna bayyana wasu ra'ayoyi na rayuwa da jin dadi, da kuma kusanci ga juna, wanda ke ba da tushe ga makoma mai tsawo.
Ko da yake ba koyaushe ba.
Ko ta yaya, makonni da yawa bayan haka, mun halarci bikin Matattu. Ƙarfafa matsayi na fasaha, mafi kyau na karya -Yarinyar matacce ta sa rigar batik a kan bakar Danskin. Nunin Matattu na biyu ya kasance mara kyau.
A wani lokaci a lokacin rabi na biyu na wasan kwaikwayon, budurwata, wadda ke da ciwon kai, ta ba da shawarar cewa mu fake a ƙarƙashin masu yin bleachers a ƙarshen filin motsa jiki. Mun yi. Yayin da muke zaune tare a cikin wannan grotto na katako, muna jin kaɗe-kaɗe na band ɗin da kuma solos ɗin ganga, ruwa ya ratsa cikin sararin samaniyar masu bleachers zuwa jikinmu ƙafa talatin a ƙasa. Daga cikin kamshin, ba da daɗewa ba ya bayyana cewa wannan ɗigon yana amai.
Na fassara wannan a matsayin alama daga sama. Mun tafi. Ban sake halartar wani wasan kwaikwayon Matattu ba.
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Bayan wasan kwaikwayo na farko, kuma tabbas bayan na biyu, na ƙarasa da cewa Grateful Dead fandom an ɗora shi ta hanyar haɓakawa, ba ingancin kiɗa ba. Shekaru hudu bayan haka, a cikin 2020, na ga cewa waɗanda suka goyi bayan “raguwar cutar Corona” sun yi kama da Matattu ta hanyoyi na musamman da na gaba ɗaya.
Na farko, ƙungiyoyin biyu sun sanya tufafi masu nuna rukuni. Matattu sun girgiza riguna masu rini, t-shirts ɗin kwanyar walƙiya mai shuɗi/ja, mai gudana, siket ɗin auduga kala-kala da bandannas. Hakazalika, Tsoron Teamungiyar sun ba da gudummawar abin rufe fuska ba kawai a cikin shagunan ba, amma a waje da motoci. Wasu har yanzu suna yi.
Na biyu, duka Deadheads da Covophobes sun fito fili sun nuna amincewarsu ta hanyar halaye iri-iri. Deadheads sukan yi tafiya mai nisa zuwa wuraren kide-kide da tattarawa da sayar da kaset na waɗannan nunin. Masu bin Jerry, Bob, da kamfani a duk faɗin ƙasar da kuma ketare sun haifar da sawun carbon mai girma; wannan ya yi kama da ban mamaki ga gungun hippies masu saurin yanayi. Waɗannan ayyukan sun yi kama da irin waɗannan matakan rigakafin cutar ta Covophobic kamar tsayawa ƙafa shida da ɗaukar harbi. Irin waɗannan ayyukan sun nuna alamar wasu Matattu da membobin Tsoron Ƙungiya cewa kuna tare da su gabaɗaya game da dalilansu.
Bugu da ƙari, duka Deadheads da Covophobes sun damu da cikakkun bayanai marasa mahimmanci. Wasu Deadheads sun nuna kusan ilimin encyclopedic na waƙoƙin ƙungiyar da tarihin wasan kwaikwayon. Hakazalika, Corona Crew ta yi nazari tare da buga jadawali na shari'o'in Covid da mace-mace, ba tare da sanin cewa an katse bayanan daga gaskiya ba.
Don ƙarfafa asalin ƙungiya, Deadheads suna da nasu ƙamus. Bugu da ƙari, gabaɗaya hippie-speak tsakanin mutanen da suka ga kansu a matsayin masu yin ƙwazo, Deadheads sun yi amfani da jargon kamar "Taper, "Miracle," "Bobo" da "Masu hawan Bus;" Kalmar ta ƙarshe ita ce ma'anar ma'anar kai ga magoya bayan ƙungiyar. ad nauseam, taken Covophobic. Matattu mambobin kungiyar sun danganta kabilun Deadhead da Covophobe ta hanyar shiga Intanet don yin kira ga magoya baya, a cikin sakonni daban-daban, da su "Kiyaye Lafiya" da "daukar matakan kariya kamar yadda CDC da WHO suka ba da shawarar."
Shin za ku iya tunanin Jack Kerouac yana faɗin abubuwa haka?
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Fiye da duka, duka Deadheads da Coronamaniacs sun kasance da ƙarfi ta hanyar sha'awar karɓu daga danginsu. Mutane za su yi kamar suna tunanin wani abu mai kyau ne idan suna tunanin wasu mutane za su so su don raba abin sha'awar su.
Daɗaɗan kiɗan sun bambanta. Sau da yawa, mutane suna son kiɗa saboda abokansu suna son shi. Sa’ad da na ga Matattu Mai Godiya, sai na ji kamar sha’awar ’yan wasan kide-kide don taron ya fi game da wurin—wanda ake shafa wa ƙwaya a fili—da kuma ji na kasancewa fiye da yadda ake waƙar.
Ko da yake watakila na rasa ma'anar nunin Matattu: su-da sauran ƙungiyoyin jam'-ma'anar salon da aka tsara don, kuma sun fi godiya da, waɗanda suke da girma. Hotunan da suka mutu sun kasance cuɗanya mai ban sha'awa na ilimin ɗan adam da tsarin kasuwanci: samar da wuri inda mutane za su iya ruɗewa baki ɗaya ko buga buhu na sa'o'i da sayar da su tikiti da fatauci.
Al'umma na da kima kuma mai daraja nema. Amma bai kamata sha’awar a so mutum ya karkatar da ra’ayinsa na gaskiya ba ko ya ɓata tunaninsa. Shahararriyar Matattu da kuma ta'adin jama'a na Scamdemic rikice-rikice ne na ranar ƙarshe. Sarkin sarakuna Ba Tufafi Ba Ya Sawa: A cikin dukkan al'amuran guda uku, masu lura da al'amura na iya ganin wauta a cikin yanayi amma sun hana yin tsokaci don kaucewa rashin amincewar wasu. A cikin rayuwata, na ga wasu bayyanar cututtuka marasa adadi na wannan al'amari, babu wanda ya fi bayyana fiye da watanni 45 da suka gabata.
Bugu da ari, kamar sauran 'yan bindiga masu tayar da kayar baya, idan membobin kungiyar Matattu a zahiri sun kasance 'yan wasan kwaikwayo da suka dauki kansu a matsayin, maimakon soke ranakun balaguro a farkon Maris, 2020, da sun yi amfani da shaharar su don yin watsi da kulle-kullen kuma don haka su ci gaba da zama a cikin al'umma ta hanyar wasan kwaikwayo na waje duk da dokar hana fita da gwamnati ta yi a taron jama'a. Matattu sun fi samun arziki daga matasa. Amma lokacin da Scamdemic ya iso, maimakon “hau bas,” membobin ƙungiyar sun jefa matasa karkashin bas ɗin kulle/kulle.
Idan aka yi la'akari da halinsu na zamba, sanyin Matattu, hoto mai tsattsauran ra'ayi yana kama da ƙarara. A lokacin Coronamania, Matattu da sauran masu fafutukar 'yanci sun zama masu mayar da martani. Donna Godchaux, daya daga cikin mawakan Matattu, yaba wakar kungiyar tsari saboda ta ce ya magance "rashin lafiya" da kwayar cutar ta haifar. Amma ba a sanar da shi ba, wanda ba tsoho ba yakamata ya sami kwayar cutar ta ban tsoro.
Daga baya, Matattu masu sassaucin ra'ayi a baya sun ba da umarni cewa masu wasan kide-kide su yi musu allurar mRNA. Ina zargin da yawa daga cikin masu bautar su ba su yi shakka ba su sanya wani abu na shakku da inganci a jikinsu.
Duk da tambarin su na zamantakewa da tawaye, membobin ƙungiyar Matattu sun zaɓi tsoro, daidaitawa, da ikon mulkin vaxx akan 'yanci. Haka kuma irin waɗancan yunƙurin ci gaban haɗin kai kamar su Springsteen, Young, Grohl, GaGa, Pink, da Green Day. Jahilcinsu na jahilci ya kasance marar mantawa.
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Tun daga farkon Scamdemic, gwamnati da kafofin watsa labarai sun sayar da saƙon da ba a haɗa shi ba wanda duk da haka ya sa yawancin mutane su kwaikwayi halayen masu sauraro a cikin nuna godiyar Matattu: mutane sun shiga cikin yanayin fahimi da aka canza kuma suna karkata zuwa ga bin taron da ke kewaye da su.
Gabaɗaya, idanuwana da kunnuwana waɗanda ba su da lahani sun gaya mani cewa martanin Covid matsananci ne da ke haifar da lahani. Maimakon bin gungun jama'a da ba su da tushe, na sami sabbin abokai waɗanda suka san mugun kidan Scamdemic lokacin da suka ji ta. Maimakon “zauna lafiya,” siyan ƙwaƙƙwaran da zazzage hannuwansu, sabuwar ƙabila tawa ta kasance cikin hayyacinta kuma ta ƙaura, da gaske kuma akan lokaci, zuwa nasu, rashin tabbas na gaskiya.
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