of snow just before i came home last week.
my dad couldn't get his car out of the driveway so he was forced to walk
... which made him quite upset.
however, he made up a game that he was dying to tell me about later that night.
he called it 'four degrees of kevin bacon'...
i tried to correct him saying there was a game called 'six degrees of separation'
but he insisted it all started with kevin bacon because, and i quote,
"even though he's been in every shitty movie ever made,
he's made them with alot of people".
(or something to that effect)
anyway, his game goes something like this:
1. put your iPod on shuffle
2. let's say Neil Young pops up with 'heart of gold'
(my dad's iPod is littered with Neil because he has the largest mancrush on him.
my sisters and i once asked him if he would go on oprah to meet
neil young. my dad said yes but then explained that
neil young is too cool to go on oprah)
3. let's say the next song is 'what its worth' by buffalo springfield,
you would have to find the connection between the two songs.
... maybe that was the easiest one on the planet
(neil young was in buffalo springfield with stephen stills), but you get his idea?
he was so proud when he told me that he could link
up every song on his 45-minute walk.
the point of the story is that whenever i have to walk
anywhere in these
effing snow (camouflaging black ice!) i play this game.
...i like to think it improves my musical knowledge.
my parents.
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