From time to time I am treated to a quick flashback to one of the multitude of funny memories that riddle the last ten years of my life. Basically from the Dal Years forward (1993-present). Some of them are outright hilarious, or knotted together with inside jokes and vernacular which is unintelligible to the bystander....such as BoL, MiM, RTL, RCO, the Scorpion, Reggie's!!!!!, LoL (Louie on Lohnes), the PP, No Way!, DoD (Domes on Doors), re: the future, Making Magic, How do I hold it, etc...
Occasionally it happens to me that one of these funny tidbits occurs to me from out of nowhere, often at inappropriate times, maybe a staff meeting, maybe on the bus, wherever. I end up smirking like a cheshire cat...while everyone ponders my mental status. Imagine in the midst of a serious conversation, into your head pops the story about P Guy walking to work with his discman on as he imagines he is in a music video as he watches his own reflection in the windows as he walks by, stopping only to say a quick good morning to a squirrel.
Which brings me to today. I was looking for a quick cd to grab on the way to the car, and in my collection, I spied the N-Sync disc "No Strings Attached", which I picked up when I was living in North Carolina. I remember Guy telling me with no hesitation that I needed to pick up this disc stat! So, I sauntered down to the local purveyor of cds, and meekly looked around for this disc. Now, keep in mind that Chapel Hill, NC, was a hotbed of tight local music and creativity, so to be searching through this indie music store for N Sync was like wearing a "Honk if you love Boobies" t-shirt to an Ani DiFranco concert. So, finally finding the disc on the new releases shelf (indie stores gots bills ta pay too), I meekly went up to the guy at the counter, and frontloading my excuse, said, "Yeah, a friend of mine told me cd was really good, and that I have to get it...I don't normally listen to this stuff....etc". To which the cd guy says, "Mmmmhmmm, whatever you say buddy...."
So, as I listened to this disc on the way to work this morning...that's what I got. And also the association between the track, "Digital Getdown", and another little anecdote, which I will save for another day.