One song

Sometimes it takes just one song to just completely spin me off into a space I haven’t been in for ages. The other night I set all my new NYC pictures (currently being dribbed and drabbed to my Fotolog) to The Psychedelic Furs’ “There’s a World Outside,” and now I’m completely in a Richard Butler headspace.

I was stunned to see one of my all-time favorite bands, The Church, featured with an Apple Music Store “Celebrity Playlist,” particularly because I am dead certain that no one has ever heard of them. I’ve never met anyone who has said, “Oh, yeah! The Church! Dude!” when I’ve mentioned them. They had a little commercial success with a middling album about 13 years ago, and otherwise have flown under the radar, making incredible music all along the way. But, “celebrities”? I don’t think so. Spouse’s answer is that I’m not as cool as I think I am. Well, we know that’s not so, so it must be something else . . . .