I should have forgotten you long ago...
But you're in every song I know.


So how's this for a perfect setup to an evening filled with slow and beautiful love songs...

I have one ticket. I'm going alone. With my coat on, about to walk out the door, I get an IM from a girl I had a bit of a fling with a little while back. Literally haven't heard from her in over a year. We only chatted for a minute or so, but it was enough to bring back a whole bunch of memories and whatnot I hadn't really thought about in a while. So awesome...off to The Magnetic Fields!

Took the slow train to Carnegie Hall, checked my coat, got a glass of champagne at the bar while I read the program and waited for the doors to open. The funny thing was, once the music started, I forgot all about my post-teen angst and worry. I was completely wrapped up in these songs. Simply brilliant. Sometimes sad and lonely, but often pretty optimistic and always lighthearted. No song is taken too seriously. They did not play my favorite, 'Busby Berkeley Dreams', but I left with two new ones...'Papa was a Rodeo' and 'All the Umbrellas in London'. I came very close to dropping 30 bones on the 69 love songs box set off iTunes when I got home, but I've restrained myself...for now. Sad music has never made me so happy.