Every time the temperature dips into the 50's, I get as happy as a second grader at a pizza party. I love this time of year. I know it's only September and it's going to get as hot as two rats fucking in a wool sock again, but hey, like I said.
There's something about the fall that always sends me back to high school. Senior year. First real girlfriend. First tryst with alcohol and drugs. And the first time I ever heard The Bends.
I was laid up at my folks house with pneumonia (probably from the unfiltered cigarettes I was smoking at the time), and I borrowed said girlfriend's CDs. There it was I heard "Just" for the first time.
Now I was known as a musical "purist" back in the day. Anything after '79 was bullshit and all I wanted was more Zeppelin. Lord have mercy. God bless my little soul. The first time I heard "just" I knew Radiohead had changed me. It opened the door to modern music for me.
Now, enough rambling. Back to the point. This time of year always sends me back to senior year, and so a few albums always "creep" back into my CD player. Weezer - Weezer and Radiohead - the bends are number 1 and 2.
I feel like I'm back working at Pizza Perfect in Bellevue and I'm driving the '88 Grand Marquis again. Ah, the fall. It's time to go camping.
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"Memmmmmmorrreeeeesssss.......like the corners of my '88 Grand Marquis....."
Yeah, I got some of those too.
That's what music is good for.
TITANS!!
Brings back memories of awkward making out at Love Circle listening to Portishead. Good stuff.
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