9/10 - Jeff Rosenstock
from the album POST- (2018)
On occasion, there are these curious moments when the music I am listening to perfectly aligns with the moment I find myself in. Tonight was one of those occasions.
After a particularly unproductive work day, I found myself sitting on the subway, mind adrift, headphones on, listening to the latest album by Jeff Rosenstock. The ninth track of the ten track album was titled 9/10. I was humored by this, wondering if it fit the definition of a double entendre.
At that precise moment, I received a text message from a high school friend who made a double entendre about the Atlanta mass transit system (Marta) and a high school classmate (also named Marta).
That got me thinking about one of Marta's friends, which is not an uncommon occurrence. At that precise moment, the chorus of the song 9/10 kicks in:
9 times out of 10, I'll be stoned on the subway
Reading backlit directives on what I should do
Dodging eye contact with anyone who looks my way
9 times out of 10, I'll be thinking of you
NOTE TO READERS: If you are wondering "am I you", then, yes, you is you; provided you are who I think you are. If you are not, then - no - you are not you.
The whole thing is a bit of a cosmic pretzel, 'ey?
Anyhow, I really dig the song (and the rest of the record) (and moments when music and my reality decussate).
Click Here to listen to 9/10 by Jeff Rosenstock.
On occasion, there are these curious moments when the music I am listening to perfectly aligns with the moment I find myself in. Tonight was one of those occasions.
After a particularly unproductive work day, I found myself sitting on the subway, mind adrift, headphones on, listening to the latest album by Jeff Rosenstock. The ninth track of the ten track album was titled 9/10. I was humored by this, wondering if it fit the definition of a double entendre.
At that precise moment, I received a text message from a high school friend who made a double entendre about the Atlanta mass transit system (Marta) and a high school classmate (also named Marta).
That got me thinking about one of Marta's friends, which is not an uncommon occurrence. At that precise moment, the chorus of the song 9/10 kicks in:
9 times out of 10, I'll be stoned on the subway
Reading backlit directives on what I should do
Dodging eye contact with anyone who looks my way
9 times out of 10, I'll be thinking of you
NOTE TO READERS: If you are wondering "am I you", then, yes, you is you; provided you are who I think you are. If you are not, then - no - you are not you.
The whole thing is a bit of a cosmic pretzel, 'ey?
Anyhow, I really dig the song (and the rest of the record) (and moments when music and my reality decussate).
Click Here to listen to 9/10 by Jeff Rosenstock.
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