when i was between colleges, in the summer and fall of 1992, i spent a lot of time with my friend, bryan... i was madly in love with him during my high school years. in my freshman year (the first and official one...) at maryland, he called me to tell me that he was gay.
and, we were mostly inseperable from the time i came home from school. we did a lot of bad stuff together, drank a lot and goofed off. he also took me to my one and only cool concert at psu to see the violent femmes and the b-52's.
during that period of time, i also was introduced to a singer named wally pleasant. bryan loved him, and first heard of him when he was living in michigan with his mom.
bryan had me listen to him, and i was immediately hooked. i don't know if i could describe his style properly, but... he's really witty, kind of folksy and seemingly relaxing to me.
he's certainly not popular... but, i don't care... i even spoke to him on the phone once!
i try to convert people i know to loving wally too. 'sted even liked some of his songs a bit. since i'd make her listen to them on our trips to the millcreek mall or to perkins for coffee. and she put up with me, anyway. but, she has said that she likes 'lost weekend, las vegas'... and she'll sometimes sing it to me, if the topic of wally pleasant happens to come up.
but, i'm listening to the most recent wally cd that i have, which is called 'houses of the holy moly', on which my favourite song is 'alternateen'.
but, as i'm listening this afternoon... it's soothing, and calming. and i must try to remember to listen to wally more often.
Posted by lara at July 5, 2000 01:01 PM