I Started A Joke On Old School Friday

cooper — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 15:01:31 +0000

Recently my life has been like the The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, and it’s not because my life is literally like the The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao. No, it’s because a few months ago I misplaced both a segment of my life and the book, the book with one chapter to go, my life with the current chapter not yet complete. I knew the book was around somewhere, temporarily unavailable, the chapter of my life momentarily supervenient. Certain the losses were temporary, no frantic search was conducted. The Excedrin provoking AWOL light did burn on both accounts, but it wasn’t the brightness which caused the discomfort, it was the nagging ghosts of the mislaid.

All is well that ends well. I recovered both the book and the slice of my life. That they were found at the same time may or may not be central to any great life theme, but it did prompt these paragraphs.

It is Old School Friday and the theme is “keep it in the family“.

Technically not old school, if you haven’t heard these guys live and can, do so. You will love me for it. Robert Randolph and the Family Band . Not all family, but close enough.

Their version of Billy Jean.

I sometimes wonder (not often I’m not that lame) when watching this Staying Alive video, which Gibb I would have claimed for my own, had I been alive and 12 at the time this video was made. It definitely would not have been the dude in the high wasted white pants.

Probably would have been Robin.

Family Gibb on Old School Friday. I Started a Joke.

OSF sponsored by Conversations With Marva and Mrs Grapevine

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