Hi folks, and Happy Belated Valentine's Day. I hope it was a good day for you. I walked down to Maple last night, hoping for a repeat of the 2023 Valentine's Day Miracle. It didn't happen, but I stood on the grassy hill, trying to recall what we said. I remember a lady with a phone or a tablet that showed a list of topics we were not supposed to discuss. I don't want to say any more about that night (because I feel I shouldn't), but there were other people present, and if I'm not mistaken, part of the Miracle was filmed.
Most of you know that things sometimes happen to me that I don't remember, and thus am not aware of until years (or even decades) later. That's because my memory gets blocked, and that's what happened in this case. I didn't remember the Valentine's Day Miracle until three months ago, in November 2025. I'm not sure exactly what triggered the memory, but I confirmed it by meditating to fill in the details. Since it was a genuine Miracle, I wanted (and needed) to make sure it really happened; that it wasn't my wishful thinking.
And yes, it really did. And it leaves me optimistic. That's all I am comfortable saying.
Let's see, what else can I tell you? Have we done the Kennedy concert? Have I mentioned driving to Kennedy High School last Fall? I thought I hadn't been back there since the day of my band's lunchtime gig, in January or February 1982, but returning last November triggered yet another blocked memory of being taken to the school by Pat Forducci and David Friedman (both now deceased), between 2010 and 2014. I'm working to pin down an exact date. On a side note, have I told you about The Pat/Friedman Tour? It occurred in October 2010, during a party. Pat and Friedman brought me outside, drove me around, and showed me some lifechanging things. Both wanted out of a situation they were in. I don't know what they gained by telling me what they told me, and showing me the locations we drove to, but on another day, their "tour" continued, and on that occasion, they took me to Kennedy High School. Pat and Friedman knew secrets about my life that I hadn't been aware of, and at Kennedy, they showed me the front gate, asked me what I remembered about playing there, and insinuated that something unusual had happened. I asked what it was.
"You'll remember it," they said. When I asked why they couldn't just tell me what it was, they said something like, "We're not supposed to be showing you any of this stuff." They said they'd gotten in trouble last time they did it (at the October 2010 party).
"You'll remember it eventually," they repeated about Kennedy.
Curious about that show (and even moreso after a meditation brought back recollections), I drove up there last November, and the first thing that struck me was "what a weird place to put a humongous high school". Have you ever seen Kennedy High? It's gigantic. I thought Cleveland was big, but this school, by my estimate, is half again as large. On top of that, it has an enormous quad, and a two-story main building. The design still looks futuristic even though the school was built in 1960. But the weirdest thing of all is the way it seems to have been "cut" or "spliced into" an old residential neighborhood - the narrow, curving streets of which are dwarfed by the behemoth school. One street is particularly unusual: a stark, chopped-off cul-de-sac that runs into the monolithic wall of the 118 freeway.
Drive there yourself and check it out.
As I walked around the school, I tried to recall the concert 44 years earlier. Before this, for decades, when I thought of the Kennedy gig, all I remembered was the purple & black striped leotard I wore, and that we opened with Judas Priest's "Solar Angels." I also remembered a woman, who was there with her teenage daughter, asking if I was Italian (because of my dark wavy hair).
But in November 2025, when I walked around back, to the north end of the school property, where the parking lot is, I remembered a different set of circumstances.
Something weird happened at our Kennedy concert.
This sense became acute by the parking lot on the school's north side. I had the feeling of being detained there, and that others were detained as well. And, I had the strange feeling that an altercation took place in the concrete breezeway behind the platform we performed on, located on the quad.
I mentioned my friend Ed in the previous blog. Go back and read it if you need to. Ed may have been at the Kennedy concert, watching from the sidelines with his pals. This memory came to the surface during my November 2025 visit, while I stood and looked at the parking lot. I felt there was an argument or fight between Ed and some other people, perhaps even one of my bandmates. I could swear that Ed knew about Zilch, and was pissed that anyone would steal from musicians, which started the fight I have mentioned. Ed's brother joined in, and a singer they worked with. Another acquaintance fought against them.
At the school, I got the strong feeling that I was brought into a classroom to get me away from this battle. I think my street clothes were in there. A military person was in the room, too. He explained what was going on.
Later, in the parking lot, some of the detainees, including the singer I mentioned, were loaded into buses.
I remember being in a vehicle that took me somewhere after the concert, due to the fracas that erupted. Apparently, certain people were watching that show from the shadows (in the breezeway) because of what I went through after the Zilch Robbery, which is looking like a huge can of worms.
This is why it's so important to create an accurate 1982 timeline. We need to know the exact date of the Kennedy Concert. We also need to know exactly what occurred on the day of the Zilch Robbery, after Lilly pointed out the loose window glass.
I think something huge happened at the Golden Glenn studio on the night of Zilch, and I have reasons for stating this. That incident set off a chain of events that included what happened at Kennedy, and changed the course of that year for me and my perpetual Valentine.
Thanks for reading. Tons of love.