Strange Friday

[RLW]

Today was my day to clear out all the driving and shopping chores for the week. To get to one of my destinations, I had to go through the Intersection From Hell. Five different major roads all meet at one spot. It's not uncommon for people to turn off the cars and walk across the street to get a burger and a Coke. It takes over eleven minutes for the lights to cycle.

(Insert: Whoa! Something just exploded to the east of me. Two explosions, actually, almost simultaneous....)

I'm sitting there listening to the Houston Pacifica station, and they're asking for requests. I figure I'll get all snooty and pretentious, and ask for something I KNOW they don't have. Captain Beyond. Yeah, THAT'S a good one. So I dial the number, and the moment it starts ringing, on the radio comes...

Captain Beyond.

From their 2nd album. Nobody owns that album. NOBODY.

I'm staring at the radio like a deer in headlights, Dude come on the phone and says...

Dude: "KPFT, whatcha wanna hear?"

Me, slowly: You aren't going to believe this, but I was gonna request Captain Beyond."

Dude: "Wow, that's a little weird. We can play another cut, but I'd rather play something else. Anything else you're in the mood for?"

Me: "Well, it's a long shot, but do you have any Hawkwind?"

Dude, after a short pause: "I've got "Down Through The Night" cued up next. Is this a joke?"

Me, thinking about buying some Lotto tickets: "I'm sitting in traffic. This is a little bizarre."

Dude: "No kidding. Anything else?"

Me: "I'm almost afraid to. Let's not tempt fate any further."

Dude: "Probably a good idea. I wonder if all the planets are lined up today? Later."

 

[bpmorton777]

that's a trip.  Did you ever find out what was exploding? Ive had the same thing happen to me with a few songs from time to time but nothing ever as strange as that.

Brian

 

[Wana_make_a_guitar]

weird

 

[dbw]

A few weeks ago I was listening to Melvins in the car.  I stopped at a store to buy some incense and turned off the car... and when I walked in they were playing the same album, same song, at more or less the same spot. 

 

[Nando Vallart]

Don't matter how much you study or try to desenvolv yourself, always will happen things beyond our beliefs and understanding...

It's cool, but a little crippy... It's just relax and play with the dangerous unknow  :laughing7:

 

[nathan a]

Sometimes I will have a song stuck in my head, then I'll turn on the radio and they're playing that song, but seriously your friday there is just plain freaky.

EDIT: Actually, it's pretty damn cool.

2nd EDIT: Maybe you and the DJ are long lost twins.

 

[RLW]

> Did you ever find out what was exploding?

Not yet, and it wasn't a minor BOOM, either. Probably one less meth lab in the world today. With all the chemical plants and oil refineries around here loud noises tend to get your attention.

 

[dbw]

Sometimes I hear transformers explode.

 

[mayfly]

Sometimes I hear transformers explode.

But only in my mind...

 

[rightintheface]

i was in thailand for schoolies (end of school graduation party that lasts around 2 weeks, aussie tradition), and it was a few weeks after the Bali bombing where 88 aussies died.

a transformer exploded right outside our lobby, while we were there having breakfast. i have never seen 50 people hit the floor that quickly  :tard:

crazy days

 

[Patrick from Davis]

Well, in case you were wondering, it was the largest full moon of the year on Friday, and the closest the moon has been to the planet since 1993.  There is no scientific reason for oddities occurring when full moons happen, but I seem to notice more when it is a full moon.
Patrick

 

[Mor Paul]

No wonder the mood looked pretty huge...