[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OlLC1Iy1UkE&eurl]Like any American, I own a car. I only needed one incident to build the undying hate I have for the industry. They scour the alleys and streets, looking for any opportunity to strike helpless victims. I understand they are the dung beetles of transportation, moving crap from one location to another. Here are my issues:
-They try and lock up vehicles before the owner can even speak to them, eliminating any chance of discussing the issue rationally.
-They are often old men who act like jackasses. Being very short and terse with their skimpy explanation.
-They try to cut deals with you, offering to let your car go if you pay them cash in hand.
-They flock to car wreck scenes like vultures to a fresh kill, fighting for the days goods.
-No matter what the circumstance, once they’ve hooked up your car, you will be asking your friends for a ride (usually 20 miles from where you got towed, somewhere outside the city) to the outskirts of town to pay for your car, traveling expenses incurred by transporting, and time spent at the lot.
I once was towed while the car was running and a friend was sitting in the car with the doors open. They’re that cold.
I’ve always dreamt about fighting back. It’s hard not to feel righteous when you see an unshaven, overweight male yelling at a freshmen in college for having her car parked 7″ over the line. She cries and pleads as he continues with his “work”. I’ve often times dreamt about jumping in his truck, and towing him away. I’ve also dreamt about the sawed off shotgun he probably has locked and loaded.
Respect to this lady, she’s got more rice balls than I do.
For all those college kids planning to spend the next week or so locked up in local campus libraries, here are some tunes to jam out to whilst learning why the hell you need sin graphs to plot your route to the nearest bar. Cheers!
Lyrical:
Air – Surfin on a Rocket (Good stuff. Made The Virgin Suicides sing)
Andrew Bird – A Nervous Tic Motion to the Left (Like Beruit’s long lost.)
Beruit – The Flying Club Cup ( Something I like to listen to while knocking down a tall one at the local pub.)
Lyric-less:
Ratatat – Loup Pipes (Listen to this before being a ninja.)
The Octopus Project – I Saw the Bright Shinies (Atx shoutout)
The Gotan Project – La Vigu?ela (accordian, classical guitar, beautiful singer, djs. You can’t go wrong)
Tchaikovsky-Borodin – Sleeping Beauty: Andante (Almost died to this song once. Seemed appropriate.)
Obviously you’re going to want to seeq these artists to fully experience their awesomeness.
