Episode XIX: Doncha Wanna Get Higher??
"No matter how corrupt, greedy, and heartless our government, our corporations, our media, and our religious and charitable institutions may become, the music will still be wonderful. If I should ever die, God forbid, let this be my epitaph: THE ONLY PROOF HE NEEDED FOR THE EXISTENCE OF GOD WAS MUSIC"
-Kurt Vonnegut
Started off a little bumpy with this show. The past two shows I've done, I've had one of my friends in there with me to hang out and, more importantly, to help out. This time instead of a helping friend I had some guy who works for the station trying to have a conversation with me in a foreign language while I was trying to switch cds and push knobs. Still, the music all got heard, Tom Hanks made a guest appearance, and the following joke got told... What's the difference between a female Yankees fan and a pile of garbage? The garbage gets taken out once a week!... so all was well in the end. And I read a comic book and ate a candy bar after the station employee left me alone.
"Don't Look Back in Anger" Oasis (for the brick counter)
"Joe Dimaggio Done it Again" Billy Bragg & Wilco
"Summer Days" Bob Dylan
"One Big Holiday" My Morning Jacket
"Fuck This Shit" Belle & Sebastian
"Holes to Heaven" Jack Johnson
"Blue Sky" Allman Brothers Band
"Mr. Blue Sky" E.L.O. (what a terrible name for a band, by the way, no wonder they just went with the letters instead of the full name)
"I Want to Take You Higher" Sly & The Family Stone
"Brokedown Palace" Grateful Dead (live)
"Butterfly" Dave Matthews (live)
"One Sweet World" Dave Matthews Band (live)
some journal excerpts:
3.3.07 Read this short story in The New Yorker about mountain climbers. Talked about people needing to test themselves at least once, to push themselves hard. I did that last year in Boston. And I'm doing it now, which I often forget. Perhaps it's just life that's the test.
3.7.07 I have a new sitting spot at the beach. There's a bent tree trunk that stretches out over the water when the tide is in. The leaves from the tree provide shade, and there's a nice breeze.
3.27.07 Wish I could sleep better here. I'm usually either too happy and excited to sleep or I'm thinking too much, letting my brain keep me up.
3.29.07 Been reading about God more lately. My lower back really hurts. ELO's "Mr. Blue Sky" is amazing. Coming home from the wedding reception tonight, our truck broke down. It was dark, raining, and all of us in the bed of the truck had to get out to push to help get the truck started again. The driver had steered the car into the middle of the road, and a car was coming up behind us as we were running down the road. The driver had the window up because of the rain and couldn't hear us yelling to get the car back in the correct lane. Life is so much fun.
4.8.07 Just woke up from a dream that had me lost in Barcelona at night in the pouring rain. I kept trying to remember my Spanish but the local island language kept coming out. I was able to get out enough Spanish to find my way back to the hostel.
-Kurt Vonnegut
Started off a little bumpy with this show. The past two shows I've done, I've had one of my friends in there with me to hang out and, more importantly, to help out. This time instead of a helping friend I had some guy who works for the station trying to have a conversation with me in a foreign language while I was trying to switch cds and push knobs. Still, the music all got heard, Tom Hanks made a guest appearance, and the following joke got told... What's the difference between a female Yankees fan and a pile of garbage? The garbage gets taken out once a week!... so all was well in the end. And I read a comic book and ate a candy bar after the station employee left me alone.
"Don't Look Back in Anger" Oasis (for the brick counter)
"Joe Dimaggio Done it Again" Billy Bragg & Wilco
"Summer Days" Bob Dylan
"One Big Holiday" My Morning Jacket
"Fuck This Shit" Belle & Sebastian
"Holes to Heaven" Jack Johnson
"Blue Sky" Allman Brothers Band
"Mr. Blue Sky" E.L.O. (what a terrible name for a band, by the way, no wonder they just went with the letters instead of the full name)
"I Want to Take You Higher" Sly & The Family Stone
"Brokedown Palace" Grateful Dead (live)
"Butterfly" Dave Matthews (live)
"One Sweet World" Dave Matthews Band (live)
some journal excerpts:
3.3.07 Read this short story in The New Yorker about mountain climbers. Talked about people needing to test themselves at least once, to push themselves hard. I did that last year in Boston. And I'm doing it now, which I often forget. Perhaps it's just life that's the test.
3.7.07 I have a new sitting spot at the beach. There's a bent tree trunk that stretches out over the water when the tide is in. The leaves from the tree provide shade, and there's a nice breeze.
3.27.07 Wish I could sleep better here. I'm usually either too happy and excited to sleep or I'm thinking too much, letting my brain keep me up.
3.29.07 Been reading about God more lately. My lower back really hurts. ELO's "Mr. Blue Sky" is amazing. Coming home from the wedding reception tonight, our truck broke down. It was dark, raining, and all of us in the bed of the truck had to get out to push to help get the truck started again. The driver had steered the car into the middle of the road, and a car was coming up behind us as we were running down the road. The driver had the window up because of the rain and couldn't hear us yelling to get the car back in the correct lane. Life is so much fun.
4.8.07 Just woke up from a dream that had me lost in Barcelona at night in the pouring rain. I kept trying to remember my Spanish but the local island language kept coming out. I was able to get out enough Spanish to find my way back to the hostel.
posted by rjs at 2:27 AM
2 Comments:
loved your dj show. sly stone is a master. can you export your beach reading spot to ohio? sounds perfect; a gift to you. miss you!!
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I'd love to see a picture of your new sitting place on the beach. Post a photo if you can ...
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