Under a Musical Rock

Last night I realized how much I’d missed having a working radio in my car. We were driving out to a haunted house attraction to meet my mom and listening to the radio. This song starts playing and after a few seconds, I recognized the singer’s voice. Only, it wasn’t a song I’d heard before. Turns out that my favorite band put out a new record over the summer and I didn’t even know it. They played in my area late this summer and I’d have gone to see them in concert (for the fifth time) had I not gone to Europe.

‘It’s A Good Life If You Don’t Weaken’
When the colour of the night
and all the smoke for one life
gives way to shakey movements,
improvisational skills,
a forest of whispering speakers
let’s swear that we will
get with the times,
in a current heath to stay
let’s get friendship right
get life day-to-day
in the forget-yer-skates dream
full of countervailing woes
in diverse-as-ever scenes
proceeding on a need-to-know
in a face so full of meaning
as to almost make it glow

O’ for a good life, we just might have to weaken
and find somewhere to go
go somewhere we’re needed
find somewhere to grow
grow somewhere we’re needed.

Give it a listen, the full-length mp3 can be found on the home page of their website. In my opinion, The Tragically Hip, a Canadian band, is the best rock band to come along in the last 20 years. This will be the first CD I buy for my new truck.

The truck, by the way, is awesome. The dealer tells me I’m the first in the area to get a 2003 model. Not that I care, I was originally looking for a 2002. It’s a Santa Fe GLS model 6-cyl 4WD with some extras (6 CD player, sunroof, ABS, tow hitch, woodgrain dash trim, roof cross rails). They call the color pine green but it’s really more of a teal blue. Everyone that’s seen it thinks it’s nice looking. Great ride, and handles very much like the car I was previously driving (a 6-cyl Olds Cutlass coupe). The warranties are kick-ass, too.

I’m still busy but not as pressed so that’s good. Blowing off work tomorrow to go for a fall foliage day trip in the new truck. Yippee!