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Sunday February 05th 2012, 7:21 pmA perfect sunny day today, but feeling groggy. The cycle of my week always ends up like this. So I dig out some old goodies to get myself going. I decide to grab one of my all time favorite things. It’s flat and small, kept in a clear plastic sleeve. Its cover worn and weathered from decades of use and being shuffled from place to place over my lifetime. It has sentimental value for me. Although it shows some of its age, the colors explode with lushness, emanating and enticing. Vibrant sky blues fading to pinks and cloud grays as the background color grads downward to create a sense of drama. Plumes of fiery golds and oranges fill the center. A lone photograph of an enigmatic blonde graces over the painted image. She is glorious and regal in this shot, a perfect tempting visage. But not like many of the other female performers who came after her, they try too hard, becoming cardboard cutouts. I slide the round black disc out from the sleeve, it feels sort of sexy in an abstract way, along with feelings of nostalgia, childhood dreams and fantasies. Noting the familiar label in sharp whites and blues, I set it down on the platform. Lifting the needled arm over, onto the lead groove as the platform spins, it makes slight pops and crackles. Then that amazingly exquisite sound bursts forth, the music immediately brings me to life, it invigorates. Creating an atmosphere somewhat otherworldly and seductive. Then it happens… one of the most beautiful luxuriant things I’ve ever heard in my life springs upward and sucks me into oblivious happiness, a voice that should belong to gods. She can melt you with that voice, oozing sex and magic. I still feel the same about this song as I did the first time I heard it or ever played it. Its the first music I ever bought for myself as a boy. At that time I was in love with it, and probably still am, just in different ways. It has truly become more than what it was meant to be, its an artifact in my humble opinion.
Listening To Atomic By Blondie On 45rpm Vinyl
February 5th 2012
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