True Stories

Sometimes I like to entertain the idea of being alive at a certain time when experiencing something first hand would undoubtedly leave one changed for ever. I think if I could have picked a year to be born, it would no doubt be 1967. I was very careful in choosing this year, for it's nothing to guesstimate. I would have been 10 years old when the first Star Wars hit theaters in 1977, the perfect age to see the beginning of the beloved galactic saga, and on the big screen no less. I would have also been 18 when The Smiths' Meat Is Murder album dropped, just at that perfect time when silly teen angst is coming to a close, and silly twenty-something delusional naivete begins to set in.

But most importantly, I would have witnessed perhaps one of the greatest moments on the silver screen ever captured. I'm speaking of course of actor John Goodman's first big break onto the silver screen with David Byrne's obscure film debut True Stories. While "Wild Wild Life" may not be at the top of my list of favorite Talking Heads songs, the way the quirky script held on for dear life until the delivering of this cinematic enigma of a scene, I couldn't think of a better coup de gras. It's simple yet confusing, kind of what I was like when I was 19....and a good age to be when quirks such as this are at their finest.



I was ,however, able to witness this at a young age instead. Ahh universe, you've done it again..