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, there’s so many sinking now / You gotta keep thinking / You can make it through these waves / Acid, booze, and ass / Needles, guns, and grass / Lots of laughs / Lots of laughs
Everybody’s saying that / Hell’s the hippest way to go / Well, I don’t think so / But I’m gonna take a look around it, though / Blue, I love you
I guess I’m on a roll with Idelic muses. This week, it’s my enchanting daughter, Zoe Blue. Her mother always told her (and Joni) she was named after the title track from the Mitchell classic. I claim to be the first punk rocker obsessed with Joni, and honestly, the words could not be more fitting.
This said, Zoe was named after Blue, a tough, skinny kid from the schoolyards of New York City. Dude was kinda like a mini George Girvin on the asphalt playgrounds of 1970s NYC hoop lore.
Sidels are still juggling a vast number of balls. Keep ’em in the air, kids.
Idelic Single of the Week: Elbow – Sober
Until I get an approved photo of Zoe Blue, here’s the other kid from our greatest hits album.
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