Driving on the 10 from Downtown just after midnight (after not being able to get an extra ticket to the very last sold-out entry into the Body Worlds exhibit at the CA Science Center), heard on KFWB 980 that Paul Hester, the drummer from Crowded House, committed suicide in Australia. Now, I did not even know that Crowded House was from Australia, let alone the names of the members of the group, but I sure as hell remember their composition Don't Dream It's Over . It very, very clearly reminds me of 1985-1986, a period I remember most, most fondly. I even did a little Yahoo! search to see when it was released - June 1986 (I would have bet it was in 1985). It is always sad when something from your youth disappears.

Alas, I did not know he had died... now more than two years later-sad. Yes, don't dream it's over-- more importantly--- that perfect line beckoning for the top three of my distant but ever-looming tombstone tags: "There is freedom within, there is freedom without; try to catch the deluge with a paper cup."

So where have you gone to Dyban?
Don't dream it's over-- hmm 1985-- it was 115 in the shade here that summer. I remember my flip flops melted on the assfault. That sums up 1985... so long ago n'est pas? When did we get old??


~ GPB