An occasional feature in which we mark the songs of our relative youth as played over public muzak systems.
Date: September 17,2022, 10 a.m.
Place: Marriott Hotel in Uptown Albuquerque
Song: "We Are Nowhere and It's Now"
Artist: Bright Eyes (with Emmylou Harris)
Irony Matrix: 4.1 out of 10
Comment: Hanging out with the nurses, technicians and support staff on a Saturday morning at their annual delegate convention. Not necessarily the go-to spot for grumpy nihilism, wondering out of the gate why someone would drink wine until they're blind. It's our boy Conor Oberst, with his head full of pesticide, the sobbing in his voice leavened by the maternal matter-of-factness of Emmylou Harris' controlled trills, she the stern yellow bird. We didn't stick around in the lobby long enough to sample the rest of this playlist, but god help the day-drinkers who survived this mid-morning kidney punch in a cold shower. We're wide awake, it's morning!
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