So I’m gonna get a little personal here. On 5/23/22 my son, Ash Rivers was born in Birmingham Alabama. He stormed into the world about two weeks early and all signs pointed to a happy and healthy child. Just 2 years prior, my first son, Arlo, suffered from high bilirubin when he was born and had to be treated with photo therapy. It appeared Ash has avoided this fate and was released from the hospital just 36 hours after he was born. Cut to Saturday and after a check up with the pediatrician, we were told that it was straight to the NICU for light therapy just like his brother.

High bilirubin is common and super treatable, but bringing your week old child to the NICU is no fun. Knowing that my wife and I, just a few hours from OB wouldn’t be able to enjoy the shows and trying to ease both our worries, I told her that the band would tap into the universal nature of Human experience and referencing some spiritual dissonance be compelled to drop an NICU for little Ash while he was rocking it photo therapy style in Birmingham in the NICU. And we would order up some Jersey Mike’s subs to enjoy it all with.

Well, cut to last night and after a raucous Character Zero opener that went type two from the GET, the mighty (Jersey) Mike’s Sandwich ensued and after quality romps through the jam section and a slew of other notable cuts, landed on the opening licks of NICU. We had called and the universe answered with a resounding YES!

Thanks for taking the roundabout journey of a read on this very personal story connecting the universe and this here narrator to last nights show.

Mahalo Nui