Two meta moments over the weekend.
1: Walking through the guns, ammo and hunting section at Fleet Farm as “Left of Center” by Suzanne Vega (the least guns/ammo/hunter/Fleet-Farm-y singer in recent musical history) played on the overhead speaker.
B: Listening to NPR New covering the approach of Hurricane Sandy live from…
…the boardwalk in Asbury Park, New Jersey.
OK, it’s only the real Springsteen fans that’ll get that one…
So kudos to NPR for perhaps the wryest pop-culture reference of the year.
For me this boardwalk life’s through
You ought to quit this scene too
Or as Night Writer would say…:
“I heard the cops finally busted the National Weather Service
for telling fortunes better than they do…”
Close friend in Southern Jersey, couldn’t get out. Praying hard.
Forgot this part:
Forcin’ a light into all those stoned-out faces left
stranded
Or as Night Writer would say…:
Saw that. Knew I couldn’t top it.
From the eternally underrated second album, followed by one of my personal fave Springsteen songs, “Kitty’s Back.”
And I might add, things aren’t lookin’ so good on Bleecker Street, either.
Hope the Clown is safe, too!
Sandy, the wave wall is rising behind us…
So RT…how’s the sanctuary city working out for you?