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Weekend by weekend, I am slowly learning the set list of the cover band that is playing somewhere around the corner. I do not know which establishment it is; thus far I've been too indifferent even to make my way downstairs to look around. Maybe next week. Why go, when I can hear everything from home? Right now, for example, they are doing "Brick House." Before that, they did a credible job with "Love Rollercoaster." But before that, they were manhandling Prince's "Kiss." Of all the Prince songs they could do, that is not the one they should be doing. I don't know much about music, but to me, "Kiss" is a relatively light and frothy pop song. They were weighing it down with a heavy funk groove. From what I understand, Prince does not think that other musicians should cover his tunes, and I tend to agree with him. Especially in this case.

The cumulative effect of this set list is that it reminds me of all the Friday and Saturday nights I spent at the roller skating rink in Pinellas Park, Florida, circa 1979. Around and around I went, skate-dancing to "Rapper's Delight" and "The Rubberband Man." I really did spend almost every Saturday night there for about a year. They would have these all-night skates and we would literally skate all night long. I was sort of new to the area and I didn't know many people well. It bothered me to be so lonely all the time, but that was just the way things were for most of my youth. At least at the skating rink, I had something to do.