Track List
- Summer's Cauldron/Grass - XTC
- Cannonball - The Breeders
- Fat Old Sun - Pink Floyd
- Wasting Time - The Judybats
Playlist
Description
First of all, yes, I totally cheated by including five tracks. But I've long thought of Summer's Cauldrdon/Grass as a single song with two distinct parts. Anyway, I couldn't just do Summer's Cauldron because it would cut off abruptly, and there was no way I wasn't going to include Summer's Cauldron.
Anyway, I am a bad person and I feel bad.
So this EP chronicles an idealized summer day, of the sort I vaguely remember having before work came and summer turned into nothing more than The Slightly Uncomfortable Months.
We begin, as most days do, with Morning (Summer's Cauldron). You wake up, and it's already damned hot. But you don't mind. In fact, you step outside and bask in it for a while, a whole day of loafing stretching out in front of you.
As Noon approaches, you head to the park (Grass), where you run into some people you know, including that Potential Summer Fling who's been on your mind lately. Turns out the feeling is mutual. Some light canoodling ensues.
But now it's Afternoon, and it's time to meet up with some friends at the pool. There is much splashing and horseplay (Cannonball). You probably should have put on sunscreen, but what the hell. You're immortal.
And then it's Evening (Fat Old Sun) and you're walking home from the pool as the sun descends, synchronized to a symphony of lawnmowers and kids shouting as they hurl footballs at each other. The sky is a translucent Spin Art of honey and cotton candy, backlit by a single thousand-watt bulb. How could it get any better than this?
Here's how: When you get home, your Potential Fling is waiting out front with a four-pack of wine coolers. You go inside and light some candles as the Night falls. Maybe you talk for a while about the ephemeral nature of all this. But not for long, because there's nothing for it but more Wasting Time.
