I Been To Your House An' Seen What You Adore

2.13.2008

Time to Write.

Jaffrey: “You’re about due for a blog entry.”

Me: “Yeah, but what would I write about?”

Classic excuse, friends. Classic. There is always something to write about, and although I don’t have a specific topic in mind as I sit down right now, I agree with my responsible, perceptive girlfriend that it is time for me to write something.

Here are my current surroundings: we are driving from Albuquerque to Amarillo, and I am on the couch in the “living area” of our RV. Joe is driving, listening to Bruce Springsteen’s Great Hits loud enough for the rest of us to hear; this, of course, is a good thing. Right now, “The River” is playing – I almost start to cry every time I hear this song. So real, such good imagery, good word choice, such an emotional vocal performance, such a good story. I am hoping that I don’t get carsick, which often (always) happens when I try to type while moving.

Nate has his cell phone plugged in above my head as he sits next to me, and as the RV takes turns, the cord swings back and forth and slaps the back of my head. If it’s not swinging, it is resting on my hair like a housefly. I am focused enough, however, to not be too irritated by it. Also above my head hangs the World’s Absolute Best Hanging Tree Air Freshener, not named as such by its manufacturer, but so named by myself because it just IS: the name of the scent is Freedom, and in the middle of the tree is the head and beak of a bald eagle. I challenge anyone to find a better air freshener than this; I think it is probably impossible. Oh, and did I mention the tree is REVERSIBLE? Red on one side, blue on the other, with white ink. Seriously.

If I ever write a song as good as “Thunder Road,” I will either buy myself a car or a $5,000 guitar.

I am in good spirits tonight because I revisited a bunch of super-rough early acoustic demos of new song ideas after leaving them fallow for a few weeks. I expected to return to them and feel disappointment, but rather was pretty excited about a lot of them, in particular a song called “Something In Common,” which I remember was written on an airplane from Minneapolis to Long Beach back in August. That one is going to turn out good. =)

This has been fun, so perhaps (hopefully) I will begin to do it more often again.

10 Comments:

Blogger Melanie said...

Writing blogs is good practice. I loved this blog of yours because I really enjoyed how you described things - especially the cord to Nate's phone. I could see someone trying to swat the cord off their head. LOL

Looking forward to hearing the finished songs -- I'm in no rush, particularly, I just think it's cool to hear there are some new songs on the horizon and that they are coming along well.

--Melanie

9:26 PM  
Blogger jeremiah said...

Dan!

Springsteen's greatest hits album IS great, good call.
Good to hear from you in cyberspace bro...great writing, i enjoyed it.
Have fun out there.

4:55 PM  
Blogger Jess :]] said...

I don't know.. vanilla air fresheners smell pretty darn amazing..
I get what you mean. Sometimes I don't feel like there's anything to write about, but there always is. Just last night I spent and hour and a half pouring out my thoughts.
Can't wait to hear the new songs. =)




ps. what will you do when the air freshener runs out?

1:34 PM  
Blogger Lucas Starr said...

I enjoy coming here to read your deep deep thoughts. Feel free to swing by and read my random nonsense. :)

9:07 PM  
Blogger safinastar said...

boston/allston loves you guys, especially tonight! please come see us again soon...?

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