I was hooked

Waaay back in early 2003 I moved here to the suburbs of Minnesota's very own Twin Cities. It was a time of rediscovery, I guess. I had begun a new job and was busy discovering this new are in which I lived. I was also free to spread my wings so to speak in discovering new things. My friends had always viewed me as being outside "the norm" and I truly decided to become my own person to the fullest meaning of that very cliched phrase.

Growing up in outstate Minnesota and "coming of age" in the '90s was a good experience due to the influences I had around me. It also allowed me to fully discover the two things I would become most passionate about. The first was the design world and to a lesser extent art and the second was music. Looking back, I definitely had always had varied musical tastes but being in a more cultural area allowed me to discover far more. From the availability of live music within a few minutes' drive to being surrounded by the best recorded music a guy could hope for, I was in heaven.

Although heaven had its limitations. One of which was money. But with my whiz-bang high speed internet connection at the ready, I was able to fully test the waters of the world's music. I discovered a streaming station in The Netherlands, KINK-FM, which played more tasty deliciousness in American music that many American radio stations could ever hope for. I also discovered a regular old radio station streaming from, of all places, Oklahoma City. Never having been to OKC, I can only assume that a city that close to Texas and that isolated isn't exactly a cultural hub.

Whatever the situation in OKC, I was shocked to hear such a wide variety of music on a station at 105.3 nicknamed "The Spy". I probably streamed that sucka' 3 nights each week in the background as I feverishly worked to further my design skills or read my pile of magazines I subscribed to. Well, there was one band whose music seemed so futuristic that I was instantly hooked. A one-off band called "The Postal Service" (try to name the band's lead singer) and a tune entitled "Such Great Heights" was my favorite from that first summer in the cities. Hell, it still is.

For an experiment, click play on this video and minimize the window. Listen to the music in all of its electronic beatific glory. When it's finished, maximize the window and click play again and watch the video.




My reaction, and this is the first time I've seen the video, is that the footage could have been filmed for use on "How it's Made" from the Discovery Channel but that there is also a hint of a love story developing in the video's futuristic footage. It's something that could grow on me I suppose but I'm more interested in your reactions.