XVIII

Ever take a nap in the middle of the day and the very first thing you think, and consequently say out loud, is "WHY?"

Me either.



Marvin Gaye - "What's Going On" (1971)

XVII

I haven't done enough pool-hopping lately. It was a great way to pass the time when we were in high school and had no cars or anything to do. We'd just walk around from house to house, looking for the ones with pools, jump in and bolt. Eventually I guess that lost its luster, because it got to the point where we rang a doorbell and asked if we could swim in the pool, the answer obviously being no. Then we discovered that the town pool has a much better payoff with much less risk, sealing it as the ultimate aquatic trespass. I miss hiding when we thought we saw cop cars, or running into the woods barefoot when we definitely saw cop cars. I miss the absolute pain of sliding down a giant slide that isn't lubricated with running water. Those were the days. I'm much more mature now. I spend my time drinking until I can't see and passing out drunk on the beach in the middle of the afternoon. I'm a grown up.



Rilo Kiley - "More Adventurous" (1994)

XVI

I really have nothing to say at all, except time is a motherfucker and summer is a dickhead of a season.



Big Star - "Third/Sister Lovers" (1992)

XV

I got my first introduction to Sonic Youth through some interview with Kurt Cobain in which he said he dug them, which prompted me to download "Teenage Riot" via Napster. I liked it, so I downloaded more, all of which I pretty much hated. I didn't get all the noise. I didn't go back to them until probably last year, by which point I finally understood.

I'm currently living out of my car and it seems like every time I get in it Sonic Youth is playing, hence the boring, "who gives a fuck" story.



Sonic Youth - "Daydream Nation" (1988)