Captain's Corner

So one of my favorite albums is Van Halen’s very first (and eponymous) album. It’s a great album top to bottom and is (in my opinion) a near perfect party album… it’s got ups and downs, it’s never too hard and it’s just oozing fun.

If I may change gears for a moment (and I may, since it’s my blog), about a year ago I went on one helluva tour of the east coast to shoot footage for Easter. We left early one night to fly out before an ice storm, landed in Lexington and spent the night, got up the next morning and went off to Pennsylvania to shoot at the United 93 crash site. Then as hail and sleet began to rain upon us, we jumped into our plane and headed to New York. There we shot what we needed, had dinner, and got to bed around 10 pm. We woke up at 5 am and flew to Detroit to shoot on the bus Rosa Parks took her stand on.

So, in the hotel room in New York, I set the alarm without really looking at it and went to bed. At 5 am, this is what I heard (no joke, it started on the first note):

I instantly snapped awake and then just laid back with a huge grin on my face… I mean aside from having Stevie Ray Vaughan peeling through Crossfire, waking up to Eddie Van Halen is a near perfect morning…

Unfortunately I was sharing a room with my boss, Wes, and let’s just say he and I do not share the same taste in music. About 20 seconds in to the 2 minute guitar solo linked to above he said something along the lines of, “Are you going to shut that noise off any time soon?” The moment was shattered and there was nothing left but to get out of bed.

Anyway, I happen to think that someone ought to market an alarm clock that plays Eruption instead of the stupid annoying sound they have now…

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