Bits n Pieces Playlist

The recent explosion at my house left me a bit tattered and scarred. A solid start to a playlist backstory, right?

Out of gas, and the one person who normally handles this kind of thing is gone for a few days. So I took a short hike to the market, grabbed a canister, and brought it back. I should be hooking it up if I want to eat or shower—most of the place runs on gas.

But as I get ready to do it, I find myself staring at my right hand gripping the valve. Which means I’m also staring at the still-unhealed wounds from battling a house fire a few weeks ago. Checking the setup for this new tank, I’m more than a little uneasy. It’s not how I’d configure things if I didn’t want my bedroom blowing up again.

A small, not-uncommon hose leak could drift straight to the furnace pilot. That’s probably what happened last time. I wasn’t the one who set it up, and I didn’t know anything was wrong until the bang—and the blaze—in my bedroom.

So yeah, long-term safety concerns aside, I need to hook this up and cook. But I’ve been putting it off, mostly from a kind of understandable anxiety.

I stepped outside a moment ago to just do it, and the thought hit me: I could die right now, doing this. That’s a weird feeling. It’d be easier with music in the background.

I had been playing tracks earlier—before and during the walk to the store. But what’s the right soundtrack for the moment you might get launched into the sky?

I scrolled through my recent listens and landed on The Chocolate Watchband. Been deep in a garage/indie rock mood lately. Always have been, but it’s been especially strong recently.

While I was thinking that, the playlist shifted to some early Rolling Stones BBC stuff. This time it was Muddy Waters’ Can’t Be Satisfied. A little cooler but Watchband was basically a Stones ripoff brit rock cover band. I don’t mean that as criticism in fact I love it. He even does rare shit like Chuck Berry’s Come On in the style of Mick from their first recording session. Much respect.

So either song would work, but let’s be real—I might be messing with this for a while. back and forth with wrenches. My plan is I’m going to leave the large empty as a buffer. add a dining tray someone left here to block the lower area some more as well. I should not the tank is a short one and sits at the pilot level making the whole thing even more dangerous. But less so around the corner, I think. Then I have to hope the valve sizes match up. and make sure its just on tight with no leaks. Once thats all done i can eat but going to have to get the pilot on too which is the harriest part. So I put together a tight 30-minute playlist on Tidal. It’s called Bits n Pieces—as in, getting blown to. Enjoy and if I never post again, well hahaha we know why.