End of Summer

Pen loves the moon and is always amazed and excited to see it up in the sky. Especially during daylight hours. Twilight yesterday we were taking the monster for a walk when Pen pointed up in the sky and said "The Moon!" with a beatific smile on her face. It has been waxing the last few days and being low in the sky it looked big and bright. Looking up at the moon my music-addled brain started singing REM's "Nightswimming," specifically the line "September's coming soon, I'm pining for the moon." Quite apropos,as we are in the tail end of August and September, Fall, Shorter Days and all that entails is not too far off. So, a perfect excuse to give "Nightswimming" a spin while at work this morning. That song is my favorite REM song and one of my all time favorites as well. It's so beautiful and melancholy and aching and nostalgic and all that. I always think to myself, "August is the perfect time to hear this song" because of that lyric. Yet I almost forget to listen to it every single year. This year though I am excited to hear it now when I think it's most appropriate. Little things like this make me happy.

Lists also make happy, specifically music lists. So this train of thought got me thinking of other end of summer tunes. The only one that comes to me is The Caesars' "Spirit" which has the line "Like September's coming on /Summer won't be back for long ." It's a good song and I also think now is the best time for it. For whatever reason it also makes me think of High School bonfires, pep rallies and football games.

This in turn gets me thinking of "Mr. November" by The National which is the perfect High School football song (aside from all the fucks.)

I doubt I'll ever get a playlist of end of Summer songs besides the two above, and I know for certain I won't put together a High School football playlist. In the future years I will just try to remember the right time to get these songs on.