Wow, time sure does kick you in the balls sometimes. I had a week (mostly) at home and a full weekend with no travel plans and nowhere to be. The possibilities were endless. I have so much I want to get done, so many people I want to check in with but… well, those empty slots fill up fast. I got the call that Heffner was going to be in the area for the weekend and did I want to hang out? Of course I did. I never see him at work anymore and I miss hanging out and getting drunk with my buddy.
We spent Friday night drinking and digging on old movies and older music. Saturday we went out and drank some more. By the time he left on Sunday the few brain cells I had left were happy to see him go. A weekend without plans is just impossible to imagine. The expectations of what I can get done with such a weekend is crushed every time I fill the “empty” time with stuff to do but then, who am I if I’m not busy? That’s all I seem to know anymore is rushing around to get all the good times in before I die.
He and I have a lot in common musically but he always brings up some good music that I passed over. We spent much of our drunken Friday night playing music. Reverting back to our suburb-roots by downloading Journey songs. I hadn’t listened to them in years. I forgot how much I liked some of their songs back then. Not a band I’ll really start listening to again but definitely one that brings up old memories. We also downloaded some Joe Jackson. Heffner was surprised when I told him I never heard of him. When Anthrax did a cover of “Got the Time” I read the liner notes and saw it was by Joe Jackson, I assumed it was the Jackson 5. Well after listening to this guy, I still don’t like him much but at least now I know who the hell he is.
As usual I loaded up on my Podcasts before I left for the week but now I’m finished listening to them and now I’m listening to retro-pop like Journey, Rush and the Cars. This will last all week. Heffner and I downloaded a few of these songs on the pirate network but after listening to them all weekend I broke down and bought a few albums from iTunes. I never understood how the music industry gets upset that people are stealing music over the internet. I would have NEVER bought these CDs this weekend if I hadn’t stirred the memories by downloading a few songs for free. And those people that pirate and never buy, those are the same ones that have trunks full of copied cassettes, they are the type to never buy music, online or otherwise. New media, same problems.
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