Thursday, January 17, 2008

Don't do heroin.

Ok, so I left work early today and went to urgent care. [don't ask] so
I turn the radio on in my car and 102.1 apparently has this a to z
weekday thing, they were on h, so I don't know if they started at
some point and just keep going and going every day, but anyway, (not
anyways, cause Dave says that's not a word) the first song I heard
was heart shaped box by nirvana and I went into this whole reverie
about nirvana and how nevermind was such a great album (OBVIOUSLY) but
how I don't think I ever even owned their second one, the one heart
shaped box is on. But even as I am typing this I am not sure if that
is true, or did they have a third album??? So many questions. And
that started me thinking about if I was just really flaky in 7th
grade, I mean I was really flaky about a lot of things in 7th grade
but I thought I was pretty set in my ways about music, but was I flaky
enough to like nirvana's one album and not care about the second? Or
did their second album just come out way after nevermind? Ugh, I am
going to stop rambling about this, but these are the thoughts I think.

So then, the next song was heartspark dollar sign by everclear off
their kick ass first album. And I loved that album senior year in high
school, and I actually stuck with them all the way through when they
released those 2 concept albums at the same time that had some good
songs but overall kind of sucked. And had American flags on the cover,
which I have decided is not cool, even in an ironic fashion.

So THEN, after I came out of urgent care, what was on the radio?
Heroin girl off of the same awesome everclear album. And I remembered
how it is seriously one of my fave songs ever and then I started
thinking about how they are so many fantastic songs in this world that
sometimes I even forget about my favorites, and tonight I am totally
pulling out that CD and bringing it to work.

Ok, so after the song ended the DJ starts going on this crazy rant
about how you shouldn't do heroin and it was so random and just
fucking weird. Like, first of all, no shit sherlock, you shouldn't do
heroin. But also, that's what that whole song is about, even that
whole album has shades of it, how the heroin lifestyle sucks and you
die and stuff. I don't need your anti heroin rant, not like I am pro
heroin, or thinking about picking up a pipe any time soon (cause also,
after watching the first ep of celebrity rehab no way Jose) but it's a
little condescending to hear the DJ from 102.1 (I don't even know
their cool station name) lecture me about it. And even though I am a
nerd for lists and an a to z workday is right up my alley, I don't
know if I can give up the brew if I'm in for more hugs not drugs talk.

I typed nearly all of that while I was waiting at the pharmacy, (which explains the no capitals and weird punctuation) and
now I am going to lay in bed reading depo transcripts for the rest of
the night. Envy me.

1 comment:

Xenti said...

Actually, Nevermind is their second album. (Bleach was first, in 1989.)

Heart Shaped Box is on In Utero, the bands third (and final*) studio album.

*Unless you consider Incesticide a studio album and not the compilation of B-sides and alternate takes it really is. And it is awesome.