[LEMONS] 6.28.2002
7 5ongs and a Confession #IX
Remember, not forever, just for now- Op Ivy: Bombshell
- Neutral Milk Hotel: Ghost
- Kevn Kinney: MacDougal Blues
- Seam: Stage 2000
- Belle & Sebastian: Freak Scene (D. Jr. cover)
- fIREHOSE: perfect pairs
- Bobbi Humphrey: Harlem River Drive
Special I Have A Cold Bonus Track!!! - Mudhoney: Touch Me I'm Sick
When I was a kid, I used to love to throw things at passing cars. I'd lay in wait with some of my other delinquent friends in the storm sewers (think large, open, concrete ditches) that criss-crossed Montgomery. From there, we'd lob hails of small rocks, sticks, water balloons, or whatever (nothing dangerous like a brick or large rock, and I don't recall ever doing any damage. The intent was to Freak Out, not harm), up over our heads and at the passing cars. If the drivers stopped, we'd scramble into the covered, underground portions of the storm sewers, where adults feared to tread. Sometimes, we'd hang out down there, where we'd smoke, drink, look at porno mags, and talk shit about the football players and the popular kids.
One day, after fleeing the scene, a few of us were hanging out in the sewer, laughing. We heard a voice "Is someone down there? Are you okay down there?" It was a woman, probably in her late 50s or early 60s. She had head our voices coming up from the opening in the street that drained down into the storm sewer. One of us (I swear I don't remember who), replied "No! Please help! We're lost and trapped down here!"
We toyed with her for a few minutes, and when she went off to call the fire department (this was in the days before cell phones), we ran like hell out of the sewers and over to a friend's house. I'm sure we scared the piss out of that poor woman. Lady--whoever you are and wherever you are--I'm sorry.
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