Wednesday, July 21, 2004

"I blew out my flip-flop, stepped on a pop-top..."

Ten years ago, I showed the first version of "For Old Times' Sake" to a teacher at Hofstra, and he recommended Jimmy Buffett's book, Where is Joe Merchant?

At the time, I liked the song "Margaritaville," but didn't know Buffett was the artist behind it. Now I think of Buffett whenever I read a Travis McGee book and whenever I want to take a mental breather.

For the first time in his thirty-year career, Buffett has a No. 1 album on the Billboard pop chart.

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