3.19.2025

I know you're wondering if I've been back to the laundromat. Good news!

Same guy was there so I let him know I'd been writing about the place. Felt creepy to keep it secret. Like I'm stalking him at work.

Today he had on 60s stuff, and when the Zombies came on I told him all about how I saw them play in Austin ten years ago on their Odessey and Oracle tour, which really was brilliant and they just killed it but these guys, they're pretty old, and I swear to you and anyone who saw that tour is welcome to back me up: the drummer had an assistant who kept time with him and nudged him when he started to nod off.

Time of the Season is one of my all-time favorite songs. It's up there with the best stuff the Kinks recorded in that era and I love them too. And they closed with it, of course (don't remember if they bothered with the whole encore charade), and everyone in the Paramount Theater was up out of their seats and the ceiling opened up and a light shone down upon us.

Fact checkers might be concerned that the venue does not have a retractable roof, and that the show took place at night. Just let a guy do his laundry and fantasize in peace you monsters.

*this week's posts are accompanied by the paintings of Mike Donohoe - more on him and the series in Friday's Weekly Digest. Here's his Bluesky for now: @kane4748.bsky.social