Time Travel Isn't Hard

Today's song: Read My Mind by The Killers

Today's post will be a short one.  I really can't believe that I have not done a song by The Killers yet.  I have recently come to the realization that The Killers have replace The Police as my favorite band.  The Killers make music that would not have been out of place in the 80's.  That may explain part of the appeal of the band for anyone whose musical sensibilities were being set during the Reagan administration.  But there is more at work to explain the appeal of The Killers, at least for me.

I make no secret of the fact that I think that members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, often known as Mormons, are, as a group, better than the rest of us.  Brandon Flowers is just another example of the validity of this theory.  It isn't just that h writes great songs, he does good in the world.  Each year since 2006 The Killers put out a Christmas single and donate the proceeds to the Product Red campaign which combats the spread of AIDS in Africa.  In 2010 the band played on the White House South Lawn as part of a USO concert organized as part of the Independence Day Celebration.  I'll forgive the band for playing at a campaign rally four days later for Harry Reid and barrack obama because in February of 2011 Brandon had a private lunch with Mitt Romney. 

There isn't any artist that Alexa spins more often for me than The Killers, not even Taylor Swift. (Who I promise I will cover later.  Any post on Taylor is going to be a monumental effort on my part regardless of the length of the post because it is important to get that one right.)  Read My Mind is probably my favorite song by the Killers.  It's not that I like Mr. Brightside less, Mr. Brightside is an outstanding song by a young artist.  Read My Mind is the sort of song that gets produced by that same young artist after he matures and really comes into his own.  Flowers has stated that Read My Mind is the best song he has ever written.

Flowers will be putting out his second solo album in May.  He has released the first single from the album Can't Deny My Love.  I like it, maybe you will too.  In any event I'll be picking up the album in May. May will be a big month, new Brandon Flowers album, new Neal Stephenson book, and something else that I am not allowed to talk about yet, but it does involve hockey jerseys.

I have enjoyed putting these posts out this month but I have not been getting a lot of feedback.  If you are actually reading these posts and are enjoying them let me know.  If there is  a song you'd like me to do there are three slots left, but obviously Taylor is getting one of them.  In truth, I plan to do more writing in the future, probably one or two posts a month so there will be a chance to honor any requests I don't get to in March.  I will also be taking the blog private again soon, for reasons that will become obvious in May to the extent that they are not obvious to you already.  If you want to keep reading just get me your email address so you can be added to the whitelist.

Later

Bob