Memories of 2 tons of garbage, shovels and rakes and other implements of destruction, 27 8 x 10 color glossy photograhs with circles and arrows and a paragraph on the back of each one & sitting on the group W bench ....
Recently my dad came out for a visit and it was great to see him. As so often happens when ones parents come to visit, we talked about childhood memories. This particular conversation I was asking my dad if he still had his record collection and he told me yes, he did. My memories of my dad's record collection are many, it was the source of many hours if entertainment for my brother and I growing up, putting huges stacks of 45's on the record player, dancing to the stripper with my group of best friends on my 13th birthday party - heck, we were only 13, the only thing that came off were some shoes and scarves we twirled around - Oldies that I grew up with, Elvis, The Mamas and the Pappas, Buddy Holly, and that song about the guy who is forever stuck riding the subway in Boston because he forgot to bring money for a token to get off.
But that's not really what this posting is about ....
I also asked my dad if he happened to have the Alices Restaraunt record and of course he does, which made me chuckle just thinking about it - I loved listening to that growing up! I was thinking that next time I took a trip out there to see him, I would have to try to get a recording of it and then it dawned on me that I could probably just download it on the computer.... So I did ... Minutes later I had all 18 1/2 glorious minutes of Alice's Restaraunt Massacre downloaded and on my MP3 player ... and it was great, just like I remembered it!
An then I played it for my kids, and it confirmed what they already knew, ... their mom was really weird. So for all of you ther weird people out there, here is Arlo Guthrie's present day rendition of Alices Restaruant - play it for your kids - and they can think you're weird too!
Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!
~Wendy
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