– KFWB – The Elliot Field Frolic – January 29, 1959 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection –
You’re screwed. You have the attention span of dandruff. Nothing fits. You stopped riding your bike places. You look at yourself in the mirror and gag. You swear your nose is getting bigger. You already tried shaving but you bled all over the bathroom and your mom almost fainted. Your dad laughed. You hate your name. You need glasses but the ones you got make you look like Dexter Boynton.
You have hair in places you never had hair before, and the hair on your head won’t stay put. You dad walks past you in the hallway and says “I smell onions” and you realize its you. You pay attention to the ads on TV – the ones for Ban Deodorant and Italian Swiss Colony Wine. Your attention span comes to a grinding halt every time you flip through the latest copy of Ladies Home Journal and come across the “I dreamed I was . . .” Maidenform ads. You have discovered “funny feelings” and what “boner” means.
You aren’t sure why – this is new territory for you. Your head feels like scrambled eggs most of the time. You start to think Invasion Of The Bodysnatchers is based on fact, ’cause it’s happening to you, right here – right now.
But it ain’t all bad. You discovered Rock n’ Roll and you bought your first 45 at May Company – Dion & The Belmonts: Rosalie. Can’t get it out of your head – it’s floating around up there with all the other stuff – at least your brain has a soundtrack. Your new best friend is your transistor radio. The one with an earplug you lay in bed and listen to all night. You go from Zero to Mach 1 in less than a second and despite all that’s going on, you’re happy most of the time. Happy about what? You don’t know. You aren’t sure.
You’re going to be figuring that out any day now, if your brain lets you.
Here’s a good 90 minutes worth of The Elliot Field Frolic from KFWB, just as you heard it on January 29, 1959.
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