Ahh, the "Summer Wind"...that song always reminds me of the night before graduation from college. At our house we would play that song and turn the lights up as a sign that the party was over. People didn't dig Sinatra, but we were a house full of beery Jersey dudes--and big, BIG fans of the movie "The Pope of Greenwich Village" As for summer songs, for some reason it's never summer for me without hearing "More Than a Feeling" by Boston on the radio. A few weeks back I was explaining Brad Delp's suicide by charcoal grills to my wife as we crossed the OCNJ bridge. Naturally, my wife looked at me like I'd once more grown horns out of the front of my head. More recently my "go to" summer anthem is Superchunk's "THIS SUMMER":
Nice pick, Patti. I had this Sinatra compilation and was the coolest/uncool kid when I played it during my college years. But one young lady loved to hear me play it and, well, that's all that mattered.
Patricia Abbott is the author of more than 125 stories that have appeared online, in print journals and in various anthologies. She is the author of two print novels CONCRETE ANGEL (2015) and SHOT IN DETROIT (2016)(Polis Books). CONCRETE ANGEL was nominated for an Anthony and Macavity Award in 2016. SHOT IN DETROIT was nominated for an Edgar Award and an Anthony Award in 2017. A collection of her stories I BRING SORROW AND OTHER STORIES OF TRANSGRESSION will appear in 2018.
She also authored two ebooks, MONKEY JUSTICE and HOME INVASION and co-edited DISCOUNT NOIR. She won a Derringer award for her story "My Hero." She lives outside Detroit.
Patricia (Patti) Abbott
SHOT IN DETROIT
Edgar Nominee 2017, Anthony nominee 2017
CONCRETE ANGEL
Polis Books, 2015-nominated for the Anthony and Macavity Awards
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Ahh, the "Summer Wind"...that song always reminds me of the night before graduation from college. At our house we would play that song and turn the lights up as a sign that the party was over. People didn't dig Sinatra, but we were a house full of beery Jersey dudes--and big, BIG fans of the movie "The Pope of Greenwich Village" As for summer songs, for some reason it's never summer for me without hearing "More Than a Feeling" by Boston on the radio. A few weeks back I was explaining Brad Delp's suicide by charcoal grills to my wife as we crossed the OCNJ bridge. Naturally, my wife looked at me like I'd once more grown horns out of the front of my head. More recently my "go to" summer anthem is Superchunk's "THIS SUMMER":
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Nice pick, Patti. I had this Sinatra compilation and was the coolest/uncool kid when I played it during my college years. But one young lady loved to hear me play it and, well, that's all that mattered.
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