My Ariel Sharona

“I never read it in a book
I never saw it on a show
But I heard it in the alley
On the weird radio”

from “If You Wanna Get To Heaven” by Ozark Mountain Daredevils

 

I can’t remember too much stuff I studied in High School: it’s all fragments and things disappearing around corners now.

However, I probably remember every song lyric I heard between 13 and 18 years old.

If there had been cool songs explaining Biology, Chemistry, Physics, and Algebra; I bet I would have …

– cured my lack of facial hair
– distilled a potion that made me irresistible to the opposite sex
– invented a way to win at PacMan
and
– built a Death Star in the shape of AC/DC‘s Angus Young‘s guitar.

Sadly for me the education through song portion of my fountain of knowledge dried up soon after “The Wheels on the Bus go Round and Round”.

 

 

note: probably the most educational song I know is Monty Python‘s Universe Song.

double note: I might have even invented “flubber” if I had had enough money to buy records!

triple note: How cool was Fred MacMurray? Pretty cool! I kid you not!

quadruple note: “I studied so hard for the test that I lost my voice.”

quintuple note: sometimes the wheels on the bus don’t go round and round.

sextuple note: In the fantasy realm of educational songs …

The Rolling Stones: physics
The Beatles: entomology
Led Zeppelin: alchemy and aeronautics
The Animals: zoology
The Cars: automotive
ZZ Top: hair dressing school
David Bowie: biology
The Clash: art of war or fashion
The Police: criminology
Dr. Hook: medicine or possibly fishing
Men At Work: business
UB40: unemployment
The Doors: doors
AC/DC: the study of electricity
Crowded House: demographics
The Romantics: dead English poets you had to study in school
U2: spyware and spies and stuff

septuple note: I was going to include “Oasis: proctology” … but they weren’t around in my musical absorption period.

octuple note: Cheap Trick is more my life style.

 

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Saturday at Stoplights

I drove to a shopping center 35 km away today (about 20 miles); it takes about an hour to get there.

On the way I took photos of things that caught my attention while I waited at stoplights.

This is what I saw and what I thought.

That’s … a stupid name for a car.

I looked on the ground to see if a “K” or an “E” had fallen off the sign. A “K” would have been a good thing (if the staff were not men): an “E” wouldn’t be so good.

I also wished there had been a stoplight outside of the “Goo” hair salon I passed earlier.

This big hedge got me singing “Stairway to Heaven” for some reason: “If there’s a bustle in your hedgerow/ Don’t be alarmed now, it’s just a spring clean for the May queen“.

Sure … I’ll just be getting back to reality now. Thanks for flying by.

Without any other music in my van to distract me, this was a bad thing for the next 40 minutes.

Flat Tony doing his “dog in a car” routine amused me for a few moments. I’ll take him around for a proper tour de force tomorrow. You can read all about his adventure in Japan in the near future. Check out his other adventures over at Tony’s Place.

Isn’t that the name of a shoe?

“No Loan” loan company. At least they tell you up front.

A “bigi” air-conditioner!

This one was no “bigi”.

Is there anything more depressing than an empty cigarette machine?
Maybe an empty beer machine. It’s a close call. 
I think this machine is operated by those “No Loan” people. 
(What! No beer machines where you live? That must suck!)

Damn! I left my big pin at home!

My other car’s a “Hagen”!    or   I’m just Copen!

What’s the problem?  It’s the Kompressor again!

 

This is what I saw without really looking. Next time I’ll try harder.

 

note: If you are looking for a job in Japan, you can apply here:

 

 

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