Greetings from Laurel Canyon!
And he said / “Who are you to go against the word of my father? And / Who are you? the scum of the earth” / No we are just we are just we are just teens of style / Oh we are just we are just we are just teens of style
There were people getting drunk, there were people getting high / They were falling to pieces right before my eyes / And I said “mmhmm” a lot (mmhmm)
And there was one guy there who kept asking me how does it are you sure feel and I / Didn’t even you don’t want to know how to talk about begin to answer what you’re / Experiencing that question and I just said so I just said no I don’t want to talk about it
So there I was, just another shitbag civilian / Afraid of the cops when I was outside, afraid of my friends when I was inside / And I grew tired of the scene / And then my dad showed up
May 26th, this Friday of Memorial Day Weekend is indeed special, a day of joy and reflection. Well, it’s the anniversary of the day I asked my wife out. Seems odd we’d celebrate “the Friday” rather than the day the wedding bells rang but then again, how magical is a chance rendezvous that changes the course of people’s lives?
What are the odds that two individuals, with open hearts, can be in the same place at the same time? Truth is that twelve years ago Susan and I encountered an “act of god.” Sounds like a strong statement, but upon reflection our moment was filled with laughter and light-heartedness.
Yes, forces beyond us hit the target that day. This weekend there is cause for some simple celebration. So, let there be music, and for this week’s Idelic Hour, let there be new songs. I think it’s 15 new songs by my count. Call these songs a small sample of artists hitting their “creative” targets.
Props to all the hard-working bands releasing music this spring. In many ways the landscape of putting a song into the world has changed.
Then again, what’s a song without a listener?
The Idelic Hit of the Week: Oscar – Sometimes
When you hit it…magic!
