The transporting effect of music is wild -- the right song can bring back the sounds, sights and even smells of a place. Len's "You Steal My Sunshine" conjures up Monterey, CA. Anything by Phish is good for a bad memory of Massachussets.
A couple of days ago I heard Glen Miller's "In the Mood". Instantly I was back where I first heard it -- I was eleven, and it was during my two years with the Sailor's Circus. I can still smell the odor of big top mixed with stale popcorn, and see the band practicing in their white tuxedos. I can feel the heaviness of the grease paint on my face, and the bruise from where the seat of my unicycle had worn thin.
Hearing that song for the first time, I fell for Swing. After that, I started taking home dusty library records of The Henderson Band, Tommy Dorsey or Benny Goodman every chance I had.
Posted by Discoshaman at février 24, 2005 02:40 AM | TrackBack
I remember buying a cassette tape (Hey, kids. Remember cassettes? They are kind of like really small VHS tapes for music. What? Oh. Never mind.) of Glenn Miller several years ago. The liner notes contained what I believe was a misprint - a tribute to the "Immoral Glenn Miller." :-)
Posted by: jtr at février 24, 2005 02:42 AMMy two years with the Sailor's Circus
"Sailor's Circus?????????" "Two years?"
Methinks there be a tale tale, there, laddy. Arrrrrrgh.
Reminds me of my two years behind the mast at the Pirate's Carnival.
Posted by: Greg at février 24, 2005 02:49 AMShiver me timbers! Me typin' skills be more lame than my peg leg... I gotta stop using my special pirate's keyboard!
http://www.ahajokes.com/crt883.html
Ye still owe us a tellin' of your tall tales with the "Sailor's Circus," Discoshaman!
Posted by: Greg at février 24, 2005 02:53 AMGreg-
It's awesome. It's a youth circus, but we did road shows all over the place, even to Japan, Peru and other countries. Sarasota is home to like half the circuses in North America, so all the instructors are former Ringling people and the like. Very professional.
I did clowns, unicycle and Spanish web for two years. You basically live there when you aren't in school -- six days a week during the months before season starts. It was a blast. :-)
Posted by: Discoshaman at février 24, 2005 02:59 AMMonterrey? When did you live there? Let me see, I was there the second half of '98. LOVE THE CLAM CHOWDER. I gained 20 pounds during that 6 months.
Posted by: Robert Mayer at février 24, 2005 05:09 AMWe are big fans of swing and such. Our wedding had a 1940's theme to it, music, dress, and all... about drove my strict Southern Baptist mother over the edge. :)
Posted by: Megan at février 24, 2005 05:29 AMMegan-
That's great! We would have loved to do an Art Nouveau wedding, but circumstances didn't permit. We ended up doing a beautiful outdoor wedding on the banks of Lake Michigan.
We have a church friend here who's also a swing instructor. Our youth group has had a couple of swing dances along the way. :-)
Robert-
I was there in '97. Those bread bowls were amazing, weren't they? We used to go down to the boardwalk and eat them all the time. My fave things about Monterey were the inexpensive sushi, the history, and the sea lions.
Posted by: Discoshaman at février 24, 2005 10:47 PM