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I HAD TOO MUCH TO DREAM LAST NIGHT: RANDOM SCENES VOL. 6
1. IN THE STUDIO WITH THE DOOBIE BROTHERS
I am either Warren Zevon, or sitting in for him. I’m attending a kind of roundtable in a studio with the Doobie Brothers (circa “Black Water”). They’re jamming and recording, and they set up a drum kit for me so I can fill in for Warren. The drum kit is cramped, with the drums and cymbals placed too close together, and also set up for a left-handed drummer. I try to explain I’m right-handed, but they say don’t worry about that, just give it a shot. We start rolling, but I’m not sure what to do. I can keep a beat but I have to really concentrate. We stop and they decide to rearrange the room. We’re talking and joking, and I make sure the roadies set up the drums so I can play them better.
2. JAMES BOND WILL RETURN
A James Bond caper in which I’m in an experimental aircraft disguised as a cropduster. We’re chasing a cargo plane that has been souped up to fly at higher speeds. We are zipping around over the Thames – and I can see that it’s a late-70s Bond film because I see banners advertising the new Queen album, News Of The World. Somehow I end up straddling the plane’s runner as we get closer to the river’s surface, and inevitably I lose my balance and go skipping across the surface. I come to a stop in front of a riverside food stall selling rice crackers shaped like various fruits. The water is only knee deep, so I stand up and climb onto the waterfront.
3. GUITAR LESSON WITH ANGUS YOUNG
Angus Young shows me how to play “C.O.D.” on guitar. He uses a Saltine cracker for a pick, which makes the open strings vibrate differently. “That’s how you get that rich full-chord sound,” he says.
4. THE MIST
Teenage kids are on a rooftop, throwing balls into the mist below that shrouds the streets. It’s some kind of contest but they’re not sure what the objective is, since they can't see anything below the mist. As the mist clears, they see that the object is to bounce the ball as far as you can – there’s an invisible shield between rooftops, and you can walk on it. They bond over this and find some signage at the edge of a building that is overlooking a running track of some kind. They rearrange the signs so they overlap and say things like “Ericsson supports gay pride”.
5. JOIN THE ARMY
I am staying in some dorm-like place. I meet a bearded black guy who tells me he’s going into the military. I ask what branch, and try to give him some advice on what to expect. It occurs to me he’s the fifth guy I’ve met in this building who has signed up for the military – or possibly has been called up. This makes me wonder if there’s something going on.
Yr in the army now,
This is dF
I am either Warren Zevon, or sitting in for him. I’m attending a kind of roundtable in a studio with the Doobie Brothers (circa “Black Water”). They’re jamming and recording, and they set up a drum kit for me so I can fill in for Warren. The drum kit is cramped, with the drums and cymbals placed too close together, and also set up for a left-handed drummer. I try to explain I’m right-handed, but they say don’t worry about that, just give it a shot. We start rolling, but I’m not sure what to do. I can keep a beat but I have to really concentrate. We stop and they decide to rearrange the room. We’re talking and joking, and I make sure the roadies set up the drums so I can play them better.
2. JAMES BOND WILL RETURN
A James Bond caper in which I’m in an experimental aircraft disguised as a cropduster. We’re chasing a cargo plane that has been souped up to fly at higher speeds. We are zipping around over the Thames – and I can see that it’s a late-70s Bond film because I see banners advertising the new Queen album, News Of The World. Somehow I end up straddling the plane’s runner as we get closer to the river’s surface, and inevitably I lose my balance and go skipping across the surface. I come to a stop in front of a riverside food stall selling rice crackers shaped like various fruits. The water is only knee deep, so I stand up and climb onto the waterfront.
3. GUITAR LESSON WITH ANGUS YOUNG
Angus Young shows me how to play “C.O.D.” on guitar. He uses a Saltine cracker for a pick, which makes the open strings vibrate differently. “That’s how you get that rich full-chord sound,” he says.
4. THE MIST
Teenage kids are on a rooftop, throwing balls into the mist below that shrouds the streets. It’s some kind of contest but they’re not sure what the objective is, since they can't see anything below the mist. As the mist clears, they see that the object is to bounce the ball as far as you can – there’s an invisible shield between rooftops, and you can walk on it. They bond over this and find some signage at the edge of a building that is overlooking a running track of some kind. They rearrange the signs so they overlap and say things like “Ericsson supports gay pride”.
5. JOIN THE ARMY
I am staying in some dorm-like place. I meet a bearded black guy who tells me he’s going into the military. I ask what branch, and try to give him some advice on what to expect. It occurs to me he’s the fifth guy I’ve met in this building who has signed up for the military – or possibly has been called up. This makes me wonder if there’s something going on.
Yr in the army now,
This is dF