Indie rock kids on fixed gear bikes

I stumbled across this conversation that I overheard and then written down in my notebook from a long time ago. I was walking home through central square and there was some show letting out of the Middle east club and there was all sorts of cool kids jamming up the sidewalk. I was walking behind this older couple (not really older just all uptight and shit- I mean the guy was wearing a large silver bracelet- you know the kind- not a medic alert bracelet but a “I can buy and sell you” alert bracelet). It was hard to get past all the cool kids. These are some of the overheard comments from the couple ahead of me (the song is what I imagined was going on in the uptight guys’ head).

Oh yeah, that is where you should ride your bike…not on the street.

What is with all the tatoos?

This is fashion?

Just TRYING to get through…

Are you that mad at mom and dad?

These are just rich kids…everyone of ‘em. I bet you!

He’s no writer…..

A new demo…..

Song for Oedipus- tomorrow will be better…

Overheard cell phone call with Oedipus

Hey Oedipus- yeah I heard- Shit is totally gonna blow over…

What?…When?

You say your eyes? Totally blind?

OK, do you have any family that…no I wasn’t thinking…

Right but you did not know…

I’m just saying that givin the option you would have….

What do you mean there are guys narrating your life?

Get a good night sleep and call me.

Owl flight test and the blackest hole!

witch trials and teenage love

Sea Hag or Siren Song or Poop Deck or Drift “Wood”

her tune floats slowly over waves

pulling  proud men into  watery graves

the captain is a man so wise

but he’s no genius he is a man of vice (I don’t have to tell you)

the tune it penetrates his ears

staring into the thickest fog without fear

Is she part mermaid

I don’t know

The soft flesh between my legs sure does grow

when she is near (I am sure you get my drift)

Despite the crew’s desperate acts

the captains eyes were locked- his hands were clasped

upon the rocks we did crash

our brittle body broke and

down came the mast

LOOK AROUND!

messing around…still doesn’t sound right…

up late…messing around….aborted song idea….

Client # 9

This song is about a prominent lawyer that fell from grace. He fought corruption, successfully, for many years.; and he helped many many people. After a long day of saving the world he would visit high end prostitutes and have unprotected sex. It really struck me that he specifically would ask the prostitutes to have unprotected sex (this came out in the media and further sensationalized the scandal).  This indicated to me that he was a risk taker and perhaps a little out of control. I imagined him diving head first into a pool of pleasure- night after night- asking for special conference meetings in the “judges chambers” (side note: I would have also accepted “brief sidebar” or “remand with tail” for a joke here).

Equations lead to rational thinking

Equations lead to rational thinking- or at least you would think.