I’ve been spending more time with the blog
lately, which is either a wholesome creative outlet or a very elegant way of
avoiding everything else on my to-do list. I tell myself it’s a positive
distraction from the busy-ness of work life—and honestly, I’m sticking with
that story or at least that’s the official position until a committee is
formed.
Every now and then I wonder what retirement
will look like in a few years, and the vision is clear: me, still chaotic, just
with more daylight hours to rearrange the chaos. I already have a hard time
staying focused on weekends, so clearly, I’m in training. Some Saturdays it
feels like I’m moving one pile of 45s from one side of the room to the other,
which gives the impression of progress while carefully avoiding the risks
associated with actual progress. Then there’s the pile I need to lovingly clean
and set up for my one-man listening party—attendance is low, but the host is
enthusiastic- an event with excellent music, flexible start times, and a guest
list that has never once caused trouble.
Sometimes I find something in an unsorted and
not yet excel documented box and manage to astonish myself, which is a nice
trick when you’re the one who put it there in the first place. It really says
less about discovery than it does about my filing system, a concept I use in
the loosest possible sense
Man, I love these little platters. Take today’s
pleasure: I posted a Blossoms 45 last year—Darlene Love incognito—and once
again the credits do not disappoint. David Gates, later of Bread fame, was out
here writing teenybopper songs before he set sail for the yacht rock waters of
the ’70s. And naturally, Jimmy Bowen and Ernie Freeman are there too, providing
that reassuring industry evidence that no one was simply guessing- they gave it
that official stamp of “yes, this belongs in your soul.” These girl group
sounds don’t just resonate with me, they knock on the door, let themselves in,
and start rearranging the furniture quietly making it clear I no longer
have full control of the premises
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