Your idea of earlier shows on a schedule, with seats and reasonably quiet listeners, sounds like a dream. There's a popular bar here in Seattle that now puts folding chairs in for shows with older artists/audience, and I really appreciate it.
Also we should never act sheepish about being older, never self-dismiss or apologize for being old and having opinions, never say "[opinion] but then, I'm old" -- let's not self-dismiss in order to preclude others from being dismissive. It is surprisingly hard to break those habits, at least for me.
Your idea of earlier shows on a schedule, with seats and reasonably quiet listeners, sounds like a dream. There's a popular bar here in Seattle that now puts folding chairs in for shows with older artists/audience, and I really appreciate it.
Also we should never act sheepish about being older, never self-dismiss or apologize for being old and having opinions, never say "[opinion] but then, I'm old" -- let's not self-dismiss in order to preclude others from being dismissive. It is surprisingly hard to break those habits, at least for me.