i spent an hour thinking about whether stereophonics’ “dakota” or band of horses’ “the great salt lake” was the best song to listen to if one were driving alone through the midwest on a sunny warm day with the windows down. i have never been in this situation in real life, but i have dreamed about it a few times. i cannot, however, remember what i am hearing at the time. i think that the edge would have to go to “the great salt lake” because i could listen to it for a longer time. “dakota” evokes strong emotions so it gets tiring.
these mediocre repetitive-landscape dreams are troubling. i wonder if endless hours of desensitizing mtv programming have made reality a fantasy to me. i can only imagine one night i will wake up sweating after a fantasical dream where after a middle-class upbringing i settled down with a wife and two and a half children.
after the fact i realized just how much joy burning one song and listening to it on repeat brings me. i first experienced this three years ago in your car, so the dementia onset is at least that old. but oh so good.
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