Dec
05
2007

The Guy That Wrote That Song...

Wednesday, December 5, 2007 - 10:30:55 pm
(Posted Under: Tempe Music Scene Tempe Music Scene, Music Music)
It's funny, only last week I was thinking about the whole Hopkins thing at the Blake Birthday get together, without fully realization that Doug's anniversary was right around the corner (ie: this week). Fourteen years today...

Through technical advances (read: iPod alarm clock), this year I was able to wake to the tunes of Hopkins, with a playlist that I stayed up way too long last night creating. [wink] Kicked off, of course, by Lost Horizons. Typically, unless it falls on a weekend, the celebrations need to wait until after work to kick off.

The other big thing this year was that Katie and I finally spent the anniversary together. Well, that wasn't that new - physically together was the new part.

Throughout the day, again thanks to the iPod, I was able to listen to the large body of work of Hopkins, which is always quite impressive - to the extent that I didn't actually make it the whole way through the playlist. It was funny to realize later in the day, despite having a lot less time, I was able to actually listen to a lot more than I normally would.

During lunch, not that this is largely Hopkins related at all, but listening to Just Fall Thru, I realized how in 15 years, Marc Norman's voice really hasn't changed all that much. Back with The Eventuals he didn't really sound that much different than he does these days with Ghetto Cowgirl. Pretty impressive. Oh, but I digress...

After work there was some present shopping to be had, but we still got home in time to have a rather large (more so than I expected or was planning on) guitar session, which is definitely the largest part of my December 5th tradition. The whirlwind and exhaustion of the past week was definitely felt, but as it's about reckless abandon, it didn't matter in the least.

After which, we headed outside for a cigarette (yes, both of us [wink]), and Hops discussion. One thing that really stood out to me this year is that it's really weird that it's been 14 years. Even typing "14 years" doesn't seem right. You can look back over the years and account for each one, yet at the same time, it still feels like it was just yesterday.

Another thing that made this year slightly different, again, due to technological advances, was bulletins from Steve Larson yesterday and today. Pretty much just articles, with some added commentary, but still, really cool.

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