March Forth

Well, I have been wide awake now for about four hours now. So, the urge to write is greater then ever. Today I have a lot to do, so my mind became full of thoughts of not only today, but the future. I am glad today is March fourth, because that is what I am doing. Onward.....no surrender. So, some way I am supposed to tie this in with an album. I think the album I am going to tie this in with is "This Time It's For Real" from Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes. With most of the songs written by Bruce Springsteen and Steven Van Zandt. It came out the Spring of my senior year of high school. I had it as an album. I remember buying it with my best friend and I was over her house to hear it for the first time. We had seen Southside a few times live at Monmouth Arts Center by this time. We couldn't wait for this record to come out and we had tickets to see the show that would introduce this record. We had our curling irons out and we were singing and dancing. And,we were sure the rest of the World and radio stations would embrace this album as much as they loved Born to Run by Bruce Springsteen. Well.....that didn't happen. Not, the way we expected it to. They played a lot of colleges for years. And, when I went to Bloomsburg I was happy to hear the record playing at parties. They did come out to play, but I remember I didn't even have the $9 to buy a ticket at the time. I always was working while attending college, but I had to pay for half my tuition, room and board. But, looking back, I was working real hard in every aspect of my life. As, I was always a dreamer, I really did feel "This time it's for real". It's a lot of work but, I was fulfilling my dreams of a life I wanted. I was in a relationship, even though I still felt like I was "born to run" from a loving relationship. I was in it to win it. It's hard to explain all of this, but I think when I get to the album "Darkness on the Edge of Town", I will be able to paint a better picture. But, this album brought me so much hope and joy for a bright future. It was fun music that I couldn't sit down to listen to. I always wanted to get up and dance. Last December at the Stone Pony the trombone player LaBamba put together a holiday show. It was awesome. My son played among ELEVEN horn players. I was hoping they would perform "When You Dance" from that album and they did. I still pinch myself at shows like this, because I expected music to be like it was with my parents. They had thier music and we had ours. But, so many Artists are happy to be performing while they are in their sevenites, and I really appreciate the gift they are giving us. Which is continuing to do what they love and it makes the future hopeful. Song of the Day: When You Dance Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes Quote of the Day: The Time is Always Right To Do What Is Right Martin Luther King Jr.