Yesterday my wife and I were running some errands, I put Spotify on shuffle. She knows Friday is new release day and that a good chunk of my weekend free time is listening to new stuff. She asked what I'd listened to so far and I said I hadn't been in much of a listening mood, had only gotten to the new Lupe.

"How is it?"

"It's good. The first song is about dinosaurs."

"Like, about DINOSAURS, or about dinosaurs indirectly, or as a metaphor?"

"Haven't listened close enough yet but he was definitely naming dinosaurs... And he roared. Like a dinosaur."

She laughed and I told her she should put it on.

She laughed through the whole song, and the rest of the ep.

Not in a mean way. She just found a lot of his lines funny.

And so I listened closer... And Lupe's fucking hilarious.

Why did I not notice how funny dude is before? I mean, I've laughed to a lot of his shit - but once you start listening for it, it's everywhere. I've been trying to think of a stand-up comedian to liken him to but have come up short. Someone with a sense of the awkward and surreal though - like an Eddie Izzard.

This has been your semi-regular reminder that it's good to listen to music with others. They hear it in ways you don't. And that can benefit you in ways immeasurable.



-thebigfunk

~ i could still snort you under the table ~