An older gentleman accosted - maybe not the right word but a good-sounding one - me outside a grocery store tonight. We'd met before a few times at a branch library. He started telling me about the renovations they did at the central library, as well as their Civil War film series. We chatted for a few things before his bus came and I went onto my next errand. Older people seem more liable to start a conversation out of the blue with someone they don't really know. As long as you don't get too morbid or political, it's not a bad habit.
1. Ladytron - Fighting in Built Up Areas
2. Taj Mahal - Fishin' Blues
3. R.E.M. - 9-9
4. Nat King Cole - Mona Lisa
5. They Might Be Giants - Let Your Hair Hang Down
6. Nellie McKay - Long and Lazy River
7. Imperial Teen - Out From Inside*
8. Morphine - Candy
9. Joni Mitchell - Coyote
10. Amy Winehouse - Intro/Stronger Than Me
*Sure I risk typecasting myself as an indie pop fan with so many choices like this, but I'm beyond caring.
2 comments:
It's nice he recognized you and wanted to chat about something he thought was a mutual interest. I think people of older generations are far more used to personal interactions than are many young people.
It's a pretty familiar FR10 this week. I listened to the Imperial Teen song and it sounded fine to me although I liked the Ladytron, Taj Mahal and REM match-up even more.
How to handle and enjoy social interactions is a good thing to learn. I hope to get better at it myself. Within reason.
Those are very cool songs as well. The Ladytron song is one of theirs with Bulgarian lyrics. 9-9 is an engagingly weird one too.
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