143
by a leg plaster_Archive
You know, tonight is a perfect night to listen to Flipper. I couldn't have spoken at a better time earlier when I said I wouldn't know where I'd be without these guys, because the honest truth is that I don't. The way I hear and realize all different forms of music now has a lot to do with how Flipper affected me since my early teenage years. It's astounding to me that I can still feel this way about them, but at the same time there is absolutely no surprise whatsoever. This is because every time I go back and listen to them they still make me laugh, squirm and feel like I did the very first time I put them on. I never saw them when Will was alive, I was far too young, but that hasn't stopped me from seeing them twice within the last couple years. Both times were with Krist on bass and they were just as great as I hoped they'd be. However, I do have many recordings of their live shows throughout the 80's and if there is one excuse for me to have a time machine, it would be so I could go back and witness what it was they had to offer during that time. I swear some of those shows must have been the most intense things to ever happen here on Earth. But hey that's just what I think and I've surely been full of shit my fair share of times.