The Day that Splinter Died
This week I wrote a song about my friend Splinter. Some of this song is imaginary, but there’s plenty of real stuff in it too. Especially the part about him driving. That guy was one crazy driver. He had this old subaru that he would just go flying around in. If you are a skier you’ll know what I’m talking about. At 16, Splinter was the highest ranked skier in the world for his age. I once saw him jump off an 80 foot cliff into lake George like it was nothing. I think there’s some correlation between driving, skiing, and jumping off insane cliffs. Splinter also loved speaking German and reading Hegel, but that’s not in the song. He disappeared to Eastern Europe a few years ago.
January 30th, 2008 at 9:42 pm
Sorry to fact check you there ogawa but the cliff off which splinter threw himself was 60, not 80 feet, good song though homes
January 31st, 2008 at 5:59 pm
I like it a lot. It grew on me throughout. I don’t know if that suggests something about the beginning or not. I’ll have to listen to it again. But by the end though I was really enjoying it. I’d love to hear it live with some kickass drums
February 3rd, 2008 at 10:59 am
I enjoyed rehearsing this one last night. -mike