Another tradition that we’ve been embracing for so many years is to gather at sunrise on January 1st, after a long night of trashing the previous year on soundtracks built around The Cramps, The Sex Pistols, Dead Kennedys, The Ramones, and so on… It’s at around 6:30 am that we gather outside, waiting for new promises to unveil themselves throughout the wonderful spectacle of the first rising sun of the year…! Bruised from the past few hours crowd surfing, falling down, carpet burns, still a little dizzy but thoughtful, silent, reflecting on what’s ahead, what’s to come, what we can do best, and how can we evolve as individuals facing one of the most inspiring shows there is to see… Well at least for this year to come! 

Once the sun is completely out, shining brightly to a point where you can’t look at it, we open a bottle of champagne and make a toast for the new year! I had the opportunity to do it this year, and here’s what I said:

“Just as we witnessed for the past hour, not only our eyes will see magic and wonders throughout the year, starting with Alex’s complete recovery, but we will also and especially discover a lot more of what it means to fully embrace and become magical and wonderful to a degree we can’t believe while we are raising our glasses at this very moment! To 2023!”