I met a woman outside the Friendly Fires show after they finished playing a sold out Show at the Music Box.

Friendly Fires stoked music passion for a guy from Manhattan Beach and a Girl From Brazil all the same.

It was only a few moments but here’s what I know.

Danielle is 25. Living in Santa Barbara having just moved from Brazil. She heard Friendly Fires on the radio. Heard there was a sold out show in LA 100+ miles. She drove down by herself to see the show and then she drove back.

I have done similar things in my life. Some recently – like finding out Phish was covering “Exile on Main Street” on Halloween and 45 minutes later left the family without a ticket to travel 3 hours away. I did it on a smaller scale tonight, but nonetheless… Woke up. Heard the band and thought – that’s going to be a rock and roll show. Wife’s in Vegas, kids are out. What am I going to do? Sit home with the dog and watch House? I went to Stub Hub after watching the price fall from $60 to $25. Used my Paypal slush fund to score a ticket and headed out to the Music Box. Traveled only 30 minutes, barely any traffic. I saw a killer show, met Danielle. It was brief. Made no difference that she was young and beautiful (maybe a little). Just that we both made the effort to go alone.

I gave her a copy of the set list I got from their sound engineer from London named “Bars”, and walked to my car thinking – ain’t music great. All walks of life from all corners of the planet driven to see the show by the sheer passion of the sound and the journey. Hope you got home safe Danielle.

Next up – Florence and the Machine at the Greek on Monday. EDC in Vegas with my daughter on June 25th. The adventures continue.