The Sun Machine

I just had to relay this post from a music centric message board I belong to.  The thread asks to relay mind altering experiences you've had in your life.  Here's the story this particular boarder had to tell.

I used to smoke a bit on my way home from work everyday.

I had just picked up Bowie's Space Oddity and had it among a handful of CDs on random play. I had never heard most of the album before and when "Memory of a Free Festival" came on I was completely absorbed in it. Blown away. The last 2-3 minutes of the track is this beautiful repeating chorus of "THE SUN MACHINE IS COMING DOWN AND WE'RE GONNA HAVE A PARTY."

You know those moments when the song, the buzz, the weather and whatever else is just perfect? It was one of those. I was floored. Head over heels in love with this song. Instantly.

Anyway, I get home, throw a leash on the dog and head out for a walk. The whole time, that chorus is circling in my head, "THE SUN MACHINE IS COMING DOWN . . . . "

A couple of the neighborhood kids are playing in a front yard as we walk. They ask if they can pet the dog so we stop. One little boy is drawing on the sidewalk with colored chalk. "Look what I drew!" he says.

"Cool," i say.  "what is it?"

"A sun machine."

A Great story, huh?  The question...is this serendipity or some intentional cosmic happening?  Who knows.  Suffice to say it's these type of things that make life so grand.

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[chris joseph]

In another bit of serendipity, when I did a Google search on E.C.C.O., to link for you here, the first result was from a weblog I used to frequent. A few online friends are contributors, and I'd just been twittering with one of them this morning :)

http://www.futurehi.net/docs/ECCO.html