Greetings from Laurel Canyon!
I dosed and became invisible / A compilation of my dreams / Exploded in my sleep / Now there’s nothing left of me
I can’t seem to remember more than one or two Idelic Hours that landed on a Friday the 13th. I like number 13. After all, I was born on the 13th of December, so I can relate. I don’t find the number eerie or superstitious, just cool. This said, I grew up on the 12th floor of an apartment building in New York City and above us was the 14th floor—New York’s a city with no 13th floors. Strange thought but, does a 13th floor exist anywhere?
It got me thinking about a playlist of songs that are an album’s track number 13. To be honest, it’s too fucking hot in my garage to deal with digging for long player favorites in search of 13s. Instead this set pays tribute to track 13s of the future. Maybe the question is, will track 13s even exist in the future or simply become invisible? With streaming and millennial short attention spans, will those “#13s” become as extinct as 13th floors themselves?
Food for Idelic thought on a hot Friday night and an audience challenge—post a playlist of your all time favorite 13s!
Idelic Single of the Week: The Vines – In Miracle Land
