My God, two years have passed without posting to this blog. I would love to write off the lapse to laziness and apathy but these things are always more complex. I'll settle with apathy in this case. It seems easiest to explain.
Nothing of a planned nature brought me to log onto blogger this morning, no epiphany, no incredible live show last night to inspire and bring me back to the living. Just an odd case of Musical Ear Syndrome.
What is Musical Ear Syndrome? It is auditory hallucination. Having a song or songs stuck in your head and you can't make it stop. In my case it was waking up this past Friday (or was it Thursday or Saturday?) with a melody in my head, something that felt familiar but I just couldn't remember where it was from. No lyrics, just the music. Washing my hands, I heard the melody. Writing an email, could hear a chord change. Walking my dog, vaguely recalled part of the bridge. Trying to fall asleep, impossible because the chorus was in my head on a loop. Do that for a few days, at Christmas no less, and you will seriously question your sanity.
The mystery was solved this morning as the chorus again ran through my mind while I made coffee. Words came like a silver thread, "Mighty Joe Moon can't prevent what is heaven sent". Major "a-ha! moment. I remembered it was a song and the name of an album by Grant Lee Buffalo. I pulled the CD out of a box I had packed away last spring when I moved, and as I stood there and looked at the cover art, I wondered how long it had been since I listened to this album. 1994? 1995? When? I honestly can't remember. Odd how these things happen.
In a short while I'm going to sit down with my coffee and get re-acquainted with this album. What I do remember was that "Mighty Joe Moon" and "Fuzzy" had a very strong impact on me around 1993-94. They were calming and grounding during a noisy period of living. Fond is the emotion I feel.
Maybe my apathy has been nothing more than another noisy period?
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