“I WOULD DO ANYTHING FOR LOVE (BUT I WON’T DO THAT)”

Me and Jeff Owens met in the dorms in the school year of 1999-2000 and have been friends and music collaborators ever since.  I emailed him to ask him the same question I asked Crystal. 

K:  Hey Jeff!  I’m doing this little project and thought about you for it.  Do you remember the very first song you really connected with?  Like, on an emotional level?

J:  “Yeah there’s a lot! But the very first first would prolly be meatloaf’s

I would do anything for love 

I say this one because it was the first song I ever spent money on. I bought the single in 6th grade and would listen to it over and over on my parents tape player. Something about that chorus man…

Earlier than that would have to be any song by depeche mode (or as my mom says ‘depressed mode’). I remember riding the freeways in california with my family listening to them. But that’s more of a band than a specific song.”

Anonymous asked: how could you?

Is this spam?  Extremely vague spam?

“I CAN’T STAND THE RAIN”

When Crystal visited last August from the Big City, we were at the Circle K getting big sodas when a song came on the radio that sparked a conversation about memories and music.  I guess it’s pretty obvious, but it never stops feeling crazy-amazing to me just how easy it is to time travel through music.  Especially the songs that resonated with us as kids.  Four months later, and I’m still thinking about this specific Circle K conversation, so I decided to “interview” Crystal (via text. so, you know..).

K: What was the first song that you made an emotional connection with?  It was Tina Turner…

C:  Private Dancer album

K:  Was there a particular song?  Or the whole thing?  Do you remember what you felt from it?

C:  I Can’t Stand the Rain.  I felt like I was in a magical place, where the song was the real thing?  Matrix-y.

K:  Like you were tapping into the true magical reality from an outside place?

C:  Yeah.  I think it was actually raining too, that big Walkman I had in the car.

K: Do you have that picture of you dancing with that walkman scanned anywhere?

C: Yup

Lil’ Bobo: Future Paradise mix

saltyapple:

Lil’ Bobo (a new project of The Boy Who Could Fly) made a 55-minute mix for Hel Audio. Listen & download here.

Welcome to FUTURE PARADISE, a dystopic multiverse where our scrappy hero must valiantly surf through dimensions on an epic journey to rescue the meaning of true love and friendship from the clutches of the Spiritual Void.  Enjoy!