This Mobile Life
Wednesday, fliers were posted on every car windshield on our street to inform us that there would be a house being moved down our street, and we needed to move by 11pm or be towed. We waited with anticipation wednesday night, to no avail.
Thursday, my friend Chris parks his car on the street, and we think little of it. We go to a movie, and in the middle get text messages saying that the house was being moved that night. Once "Hustle and Flow" was finished (Grade: a solid B), we headed home just in time to avoid towing (it would have been on our dime) and catch the house being moved down the street.
Apparently this is more common than I knew. People can save thousands of dollars by moving old homes into the country, renovating them and then selling them. Who knew?
Since I thought it was a crime that they changed the night of the move (wed. to thurs.) on everyone, and then still saw fit to tow people out of the way, tow them back to where they were parked, and then ticket them for the cost of both tows, I thought I'd give you the new Fruit Bats song "Lives on Crime" off their new album on Sub Pop, Spelled in Bones.
I listened to this album for free on Sub Pop's website, until they took it off once the Album was released. You can get it at Sub Pop now. It sounds a little like the Shins: low-key, original indie pop with unique lyrics and a penchant for nostalgia. Recommended.
Fruit Bats- Lives of Crime
When you think about it, people who tow cars for a living live "lives of crime": they steal cars for a living, then extort money from you in order to give it back.
posted by paul @ 11:04 PM
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