Thursday, April 11, 2013

What, Exactly, Is That Noise?

Music is a lot of things to different people.  For some, just noise; for others, it is their career.  For many of us, it is a soundtrack, a touchstone, a mood in a bottle.  I still think that the best description came from a woman that I used to know.

This woman and I dated briefly in our late 20's; she was easy to talk to, though sassy enough.  Our differences were unavoidable, however; to this day, her defining trait remains her infatuation with televised high-school melodrama.  She did share this bit of wisdom with me:

"Music is a time machine and a bookmark.  A song can take you to a place and time faster than any vehicle."

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