"Green eyed lady feels like I never see
Setting suns and lonely lovers free"
Had the pleasure of skipping town for a bit a few weeks back. Drove up to The Berkshire Mountains and stayed in Great Barrington and North Adams, Massachusetts. Also cruised over to eastern New York and Southern Vermont for day trips. The pic above is from the parking lot of Mass Mocha in North Adams. Speaking of time gone by, this was our first visit back in over a decade. First explored this museum for the Solid Sound Festival back in 2010. The story about that weekend can be found in the first edition of my blog here.
While in North Adams we stayed in a hotel called Tourists. One of the fun things about the motel was it had it's own radio station called...Tourists Radio. While the station mostly featured newer indy acts, a few classics were thrown in to mix things up. One of those songs was Crystal Blue Persuasion which just sounds like a tune you'd throw on while on vacation. After hearing this song it made me think of another record recorded a couple years later by Sugarloaf. Thought this song would be a good way to kick off the season as the lyrics are a bit witchy. Plus it has an organ solo which always gets a thumbs up from me. Also for some reason I feel like the theme to Night Court was influenced by this track? What do you think? I'll be posting some tunes that were part of our wedding as the month goes on, but will also continue the tradition of sharing some of my favorite horror flicks.
The first one this year is Don't Look Now from 1973. It's a story about love, grief and being a stranger in a strange land. As a bonus you get the obligatory Donald Sutherland nude butt scene. Happy Halloween!
