I used to define my life in terms of before and after certain relationships. But the one that lasted from 2009 to 2010 has trumped everything and defined my life into a binary before/after that makes all others simply lumped into one amorphous before.
But that time from late 2007 to 2010 was a magical journey through love and contentment and family and fatherhood that I will always cherish–and I hope to be able to return to those emotions again.1
Part of that time period involved going to Chemistry Set shows with Carissa. Yesterday I mentioned my favorite song of all time, Wake Me by Tom Conlon. But I might have to rate the Chemistry Set as my favorite band of all time.2 …If you weren’t following the Dallas music scene in the first decade of this century you probably never heard of the Chemistry set. But I suggest you go grab both3 their records while you still can. They disbanded a few years ago.
Anyway. Listening to their music still makes me feel better. I miss them terribly. Carissa shot their drummer’s wedding and we’re still friends with them4 (sadly they’re in Fort Worth which might as well be California). We never knew any of the other band members although I think we both had a crush on Stephen Duncan.
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Obviously I feel them still. I guess I mean to be immersed in them in such a way as to be more fully engulfed in the moment and reality of current joy as opposed to allowing everything to be tainted by past loss. ↩
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It is my personal opinion that one should choose all time rankings based on one’s own experience as well as allow the rankings to be as flexible as a moment’s inspiration. Otherwise everyone’s all time band would just be The Beatles and there would be nothing else interesting to talk about. ↩
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Good luck finding their records. If you contact me I will probably hook you up, though. ↩