magic on sunday: various falls
it’s a thursday and i’ve taken the day off to roll around the lower east side for the cmj music festival (rip). at 11 am i’m in the basement of cake shop (rip) and a band from new zealand is playing punk music more appropriate for 11 pm.
it’s october, years ago. i’ve just gotten out of the shower the day after a breakup. the sun is shining, the window is cracked and the air coming in is cool and crisp. i feel relieved and hopeful.
it’s late afternoon on a sunday and my girlfriends and i are “working on our resumes” either at toby’s coffee or south 4th bar. none of us make as much progress as we would if we were alone in our respective apartments, but we consider it time well spent.
it’s fall 2011 and i’m riding my bike through alphabet city, weaving through tompkins square park, and stopping to watch the dogs in the dog park.
it’s daylight savings and all my friends and i live a few blocks from each other. we stay out extra late and find our way home together just before the sun wakes up.
it’s fall and most weekends i’ve found myself at the same brooklyn sports bar to watch football. i’m not there for the game but it’s where my friends are, and while it didn’t feel special then, it does now.
the weather outside is finally getting colder and like seasonal clockwork, i’m flooded with nostalgic memories of my early adulthood. but this year it doesn’t feel as familiar - the things that have defined my falls for so long have slowly vanished and evolved.
it’s fall 2018 and it’s the cusp of a new season.
magic on sunday: october
dream song - lala lala
when i look back - lev snowe
more of the same - caroline rose
the atutograph - king colee
feel the need - eryn allen kane
how does it feel - samm henshaw
we don’t belong together - belle mare
bonehead - harry permezel
(i’ve got) trouble in mind - the limiñanas
love simulator - childhood
magazin - white denim
earth moon - mein
golden frames - sharon shaw
until next month,
meghan
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