So we’ve been watching Mad Men Season 1, primarily b.c of all the hype. Nerd hype, of course: NPR stories, Fresh Air interviews, blog reviews . . . you know, the normal places.
And I’ve been LOVING the opening credits, especially, especially the percussion bit at around 0:29. Every single time we watch it, I tell Dave how much I love those 3 seconds. (I’m sure being married to me is not going to get old at ALL.)
So I decided to look up Mad Men music and see if I could find who did it. Do you want to know who? RJD2! That’s who. A dude I’ve been following since like 2002. I don’t have his latest, but I’ve heard a lot of it because just TODAY I set up an RJD2-based playlist on Pandora. (Okay, that was Dave’s idea- but to be sure, the Shakira playlist I made rocks, too.)
Anyway, I saw him live in I don’t know what year, but it was at the Meridian and the chick swiped my card and said the machine didn’t work and I’d have to use their P.O.S. ATM machine with all the crazy fees and pay cash. So I did only to find out a few days later that the card payment DID go through. I called the Meridian a few times, only to talk to a hungover-sounding manager who said he’d look into it. And I gave up b.c I’m a sucker.
Clearly I’m not holding a grudge.
Anyway, I went up to buy a t-shirt at that concert and was surprised to see RJ handling his own merch. Don’t know why, but I was. I was a little star-struck, but I thanked him for doing what he does. He smiled and said, “Thank YOU for doing what you do.” Maybe he meant buying his music and t-shirt, but I was hoping he meant it on some sort of universal karmic level.
RJ- I’m totally sleeping in that T-shirt tonight. This one goes out to you.
LOL