Knew someone who was there (a French NIN fan). She is safe.
Waiting on the full list of victims to know if our own Maxmal or his sons were there and amongst the deceased, since he cut off all his social media years ago.
I didn’t think that would have such an effect on me, but it did. It just puts it into such a real and unbearably oppressive perspective. These people are all having the time of their lives. Some have come far and wide to celebrate such an occasion with their friends, new and old. We go to shows with assumed risk. A fight might break out. I might get some bruised ribs in the pit. I might drink too much and puke, or get puked on by someone else who drank too much. Never do I go to a metal show and think, “Oh, and I should call my family too, because I might get blown up by a bunch of asshole terrorists.” And yet, that’s exactly what can happen. And did.
I just hate this all so much.
Actually these pictures before the attack had a greater impact on me. Like you said, they were just having a good time. Everybody’s happy. But you know whats going to happen next, how drastically things going to change. I don’t know, makes me really sad this picture…