Greetings from Laurel Canyon! I’ll make you a deal, like any other candidate / We’ll pretend we’re walking home ’cause your future’s at stake / My set is amazing, it even smells like a street There’s a bar at the end where I can meet you and your friend / Someone scrawled on the wall […]
Greetings from Laurel Canyon! Glow worms show the path we have to tread / Dreamers, we should be asleep in bed / Moving slowly through the springtime air / Holding moments in the depth of care / Holding moments in the depth of care Whisper fairy stories ’til they’re real, / Wonder how the night […]
Greetings from Laurel Canyon! Oh, the dirty of it ripped the label / You were chosen, man holy / Party people, they all wanna start at me / All I want’s an office in the country Wanted to see me, what you gonna do? / Now that you see me / Ticktock / Wanted to […]
Greetings from Laurel Canyon! And I lost a fight with the future / I want the moment, the moment is here / With rattled bones and a lighter can / I will shake with glass and dirty plans But you gotta, yeah you gotta / Gotta grow up sometime / Yeah, now everybody’s sayin’ / […]
Greetings from Laurel Canyon! If ever you think about the happiest days of your life / Cast back your mind for a while / And remember the time when you were a child / Don’t think of things that make you sad / Just remember all the good times that you had Do you remember […]
Greetings from Laurel Canyon! Blue / Songs are like tattoos / You know I’ve been to sea before / Crown and anchor me / Or let me sail away Hey, blue / There is a song for you / Ink on a pin / Underneath the skin / An empty space to fill in Well, […]
Greetings from Laurel Canyon! The water’s wide / And I cannot cross over / Nor do I / Have wings to fly / Build me a boat / That could carry two / And both shall row / My love & I There is a ship / And she sails the sea / She’s burdened […]
Greetings from Laurel Canyon! I see walls / But these walls aren’t in my way / And I read words / But they don’t have much to say / I don’t listen to the cops / I wish they all were dead / Listen to the planes flying over head / Listen to the sound […]
Greetings from Laurel Canyon! Circus is coming through / And everybody knows / That when you purchase a ticket / You expect to get a show Last week, I wrote a super-long Idelic Hour column and forgot to post it on my socials. Typical of life in 2026. To keep it short, I guess the […]
Greetings from Laurel Canyon! Most of my Idelic column posts start with a few lines from a favorite song from my record collection. This week, I only played one old song from my collection (well, with lyrics). The song “Return To Love” is from Swedish singer-songwriter Nicolai Dunger’s album Soul Rush. As a favor to […]
Greetings from Laurel Canyon! There’s been some misunderstanding / And I’d like to make it right Both of us need inspiration / And the timing must be right / We all have soul, yet nobody knows / Just how much it takes to fly / But I see my life before me / And I’d […]
Greetings from Laurel Canyon! And all of my friends were there / And no one cared Say what they may, all of my friends were there / Not just my friends but their best friends too / All of my friends were there The fools of April continue to do their thing. All in all, […]
Greetings from Laurel Canyon! Good morning / This is your warning / This is your warning / You’re gonna appear before a stranger / I don’t know if you’ll be in any danger / For some are not pulled into moving cars / Some are not dragged down Fifth Avenue by the hairs in their […]
Greetings from Laurel Canyon! Life is movin’ faster, I can feel it everyday / I’ve got trouble keepin’ up with what other people say / Big problems in the world, my life’s just a social swirl But I’ll do it tomorrow / That seems like a pretty good idea to me / What’s wrong with […]
Greetings from Laurel Canyon! I stand outside of the McDonald’s / I’m, uh, flexing my muscles ’til I explode / I hope they see me in the drive-thru lane / I, I hope they see me in the drive-thru lane I stand outside of the LL Bean / I’m trying to get some free woman […]
