My ears are bleeding

24gig in my iTunes, and a pair of headphones at work.

Thursday, May 11, 2006

Heart of (broken) glass

So, we've been driving from Gary to Indy, to Lafayette, to Indy to Gary, to Indy to Lafayette and so forth a lot lately. April's dad's heart surgery went great. They ended up doing seven bypasses, and by the time I left the hospital on Tuesday evening he was saying a few words and the sort.
When April was driving back to Lafayette, something fell off the truck in front of her and shattered her windshield. The glass didn't cut her, but it did cut her little sister a bit - nothing bad, just minor scrapes. All is well now, and thanks to insurance she's got a new windshield.
Work is work is work .. that's why I have headphones ...

The Beach Boys "Pet Sounds"
Death Cab for Cutie "Something about Airplanes"
Neil Young "Comes a Time"
Paul McCartney "Band on the Run"
Smoking Popes "Born to Quit"
Sufjan Stevens "Come on Feel the Illinoise"
The Shins "Chutes Too Narrow"
Weezer "Green"

I've been asked many times .. "Am I a Beatles guy, or a Stones guy?" The answer my friend, is I'm a Beatles guy. I dig the Stones, "Exile on Main Street" is one of my top ten faves of all time, but it's no "Revolver." My Aunt Carla is a huge Beatles fan. I remember one year for Christmas, right after the Beatles albums came out on CD, my sister and I got her "Yellow Submarine." I'm not a Beatles junkie - I save that for my Grateful Dead obsession and thousands of hours of bootlegs - but my wife and I did dance to "In My Life" off of "Rubber Soul" at our wedding.
In 2002, mom, dad, sister, her hubby (now an ex .. the bastard) myself and April went to see Sir Paul in Indy. Hands down the best concert I ever saw. The only thing missing was my Aunt Carla. Next time, I'll buy a ticket for her so we can both scream like it's 1964 - or at least sing along to every word.

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