June 13, 2026, turned out to be a pretty memorable day for me for more than one reason. On that day, the New York Knicks defeated the San Antonio Spurs and won the NBA Championship. The first Knicks championship in a very long time. As a Knicks fan, that alone made the day special. But on that exact same day, another first happened in my life. I went to my first real concert. Now, technically, I've seen live music performances before. Years ago, I saw a cover band playing at a park. And a few years after that, I attended an orchestra performance for a college music class because I had to write an essay about it. But this was different. This was my first actual concert experience. The first one I genuinely wanted to go to. The first one I went out of my way to attend because it interested me. Not because it was free. Not because it was for an assignment. Simply because I wanted to experience it. I saw The Black Crowes, with Southall opening the show and Whiskey Myers performing bef...