TVD’s The Idelic Hour with Jon Sidel

Greetings from Laurel Canyon!

I could have loved you, girl, like a planet / I could have chained your heart to a star / But it really doesn’t matter at all / No it really doesn’t matter at all / Life’s a gas

I could have built a house on the ocean / I could have placed our love in the sky / But it really doesn’t matter at all / No it really doesn’t matter at all / Life’s a gas

I could have turned you into a priestess / I could have burned your fate in the sand / But it really doesn’t matter at all / No it really doesn’t matter at all / Life’s a gas

But it really doesn’t matter at all / No it really doesn’t matter at all / Life’s a gas / I hope it’s going to last

Yesterday was April 7th. My dad would have been 88. Now, a day later, I feel much the same as the last time I saw him, speechless.

All I can write is that a couple of weeks ago I heard his voice in a dream. I woke up and wondered if his voice would remain with me—the thought that has been with me since that night. I would say my dad was really never a big music fan. I didn’t really plan this playlist of songs with him in mind but when I sat and reflected on my dad’s huge New York City life, the T. Rex song above did feel appropriate.

Truth is, in my final moments with Kenny, I asked to be alone. I put Sinatra’s “New York, New York” on my phone and sang along. Then I kissed the old man on the forehead and told him I’d see him down the road.

For truly, “life’s a gas.” Love to all.

Idelic Single of the Week: the real – brian jonestown massacre

See ya down the road dude.

 

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