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November 29, 2006
Retrohump Day - Beach Boys on a winter day
[Denver 11.29.06: Taken from northwest of downtown: Coors field and skyline blanketed - 11:00am MT.]
Memories of endless SoCal summers that seem to loop together from year to year are long gone. So too are the "chilly" sixty degree winter nights that required digging for windbreakers that would otherwise be content gathering dust. Mild winter weather is now relegated to the California-era Merry Swankster. Recognized as the loud complainer on the lack of delicatessens in Los Angeles.
In my current home state of Colorado, it is cold and snowing. Temperatures that less than a week ago provided a balmy Thanksgiving stunner have dropped dramatically. Enabling fresh coats of white stuff coating Denver and environs today. Great news for skiers and boarders. Terrible for commuting to work. Mountain slackers get to enjoy a day on the slopes which is not at all comforting. I avoided the temptation of calling in sick for a midweek powder run to steer clear of potentially awkward lies revolving facial wind burn following alleged illness.
For contrast to the reality outside the window, I turn to the reliability that is denial. I close my eyes and the best musical ambassadors for the idyllic California lifestyle take me away...
Beach Boys - "Wouldn't it be Nice" 1966
I don't totally hate winter. In fact compared to the East Coast, the short daylight days in Colorado are cake. Sunny days, great winter sports and shit...next week it'll probably shoot back up to the mid-sixties. Wouldn't that be nice...
Beach Boys - "I Get Around" 1964
Two minutes of candystriped harmony and hot rods in a nondescript television studio. Survey says: 1964!
Beach Boys - "Surfin' Safari" 1962
Beach boys as lumberjacks singing about surfin' safari. Why not? The terribly young boys in one of their earliest hits.
**Bonus**
Albert Hammond - "It Never Rains in Southern California"
Papa stroke in his classic dark ode to the land of unvaried weather patterns.
//Beach Boys - site
//Albert Hammond - site
Posted by Merry Swankster at November 29, 2006 01:52 PM
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