Rox and Roll

Music to take me elsewhere

My husband, The Guv, introduced me to this song, saying that it made him think of me.

Funny, when I hear it, I think if him, especially the trips we took to California pre-children.  1997, San Diego to Tijuana and back.  1999, San Francisco to Monterey to Yosemite to Tahoe and back. 

 

This monsoon rain we've been having for, oh, 'round about 40 days and 40 nights, doesn't exist in those memories, 'cause it wasn't happening then.  So when I want to remember the California of my happiest memories -- the one in which the sun always shined, I had nowhere to be and nothing to do except be with the one I loved in the least-stressed way possible -- I crank this song.  On repeat.  A million times a day. 

"it's just tequila and the beach, it's quite salty when we kiss."

Those were different years...

The Kids and the Hair Bands

Last weekend, the Guv and I went to an 80s-themed 40th birthday party.  Gearing up for the day, we were listening to some 80s while driving around with the kids.  They found the music "funny."

Fast forward to today, when it was unnaturally quiet in the house.  I heard the two of them in the office.  Just as I was about to get up and spy on them, they both came out, giggling. 

"What are you guys doing?" I asked.

"Listening to hair bands on YouTube," Petunia replied.

"Yeah, hair bands!" Dash echoed, LHAO.

"Hear anything you like?" I queried.

"Mom... they were hair bands," Petunia answered.

"And?" I waited...

"And they're really, really funny," Petunia continued, "and bad, really, really bad."

Sigh.  Kids these days...

Dash, or Slash?

Tonight, the kids and I held Daddy down and forced him to catch up on a bit of American Idol with us.  We watched four performances: Allison Iraheta, Adam Lambert, Danny Gokey and Lil Rounds.  It was a load of fun, especially since Dash, who usually detests Idol time, actually loved it.  Was it because Quentin Tarantino was the guest, and they're somehow compatriots?  Who knows...

Regardless, Dash delivered the line of the night when Danny Gokey sang "Endless Love" accompanied beautifully by a harp.  His analysis?  "Daddy," Dash said, "That is one big, huge guitar."