| Day 139: Boston (More Than A Feeling)
April 21, 2022
To: Younger David Fleming dorkface1@aol.com
From: Doc lookatmenow@gmail.com
Date: January 26, 1979
Subject: Concert
Hey, dude, it's your future self. I've been thinking about us since Boston's "More Than A Feeling" came on.
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To: Doc lookatmenow@gmail.com
From: Younger David Fleming dorkface1@aol.com
Date: January 26, 1979
Subject: Concert
Doc? What the heck? Are you really from the future?
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To: Younger David Fleming dorkface1@aol.com
From: Doc lookatmenow@gmail.com
Date: January 26, 1979
Subject: Concert
Back to the future, you might say? Don't ask. You'll get it in about 10 years.
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To: Doc lookatmenow@gmail.com
From: Younger David Fleming dorkface1@aol.com
Date: January 26, 1979
Subject: Concert
This is so cool. How did you know to find me at the Wharf Rat?
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To: Younger David Fleming dorkface1@aol.com
From: Doc lookatmenow@gmail.com
Date: January 26, 1979
Subject: Concert
How else was I going to contact you? You're a couple years away from your first Apple.
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To: Doc lookatmenow@gmail.com
From: Younger David Fleming dorkface1@aol.com
Date: January 26, 1979
Subject: Concert
My first apple? What? Been eating those since I was four, you idiot.
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To: Younger David Fleming dorkface1@aol.com
From: Doc lookatmenow@gmail.com
Date: January 26, 1979
Subject: Concert
Again, you'll get it in a few years. Anyway, I knew I could send messages through that Space Invaders game. Anyway, that's not important. I wanted to give you a heads up about that Boston concert you're going to tonight.
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To: Doc lookatmenow@gmail.com
From: Younger David Fleming dorkface1@aol.com
Date: January 26, 1979
Subject: Concert
Man, this is so cool. You are from the future. Much like the spaceship on the cover of the Boston album.
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To: Younger David Fleming dorkface1@aol.com
From: Doc lookatmenow@gmail.com
Date: January 26, 1979
Subject: Concert
Trust me, the future is about as exciting as seeing spaceships again on Third Stage. What a tired trope.
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To: Doc lookatmenow@gmail.com
From: Younger David Fleming dorkface1@aol.com
Date: January 26, 1979
Subject: Concert
Trope? What are you talking about? And there are second and third stages at the concert?
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To: Younger David Fleming dorkface1@aol.com
From: Doc lookatmenow@gmail.com
Date: January 26, 1979
Subject: Concert
Ugh. I forget it will be a few more years before you start reading anything besides Mad Magazine.
Anyway, "More Than A Feeling" always reminds me of something I wish I could tell my younger self. You know when I lose myself in a familiar song and I close my eyes and I slip away.
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To: Doc lookatmenow@gmail.com
From: Younger David Fleming dorkface1@aol.com
Date: January 26, 1979
Subject: Concert
Good God, is this what I have to look forward to? An old age defined by Boston lyrics? The guys and I are mostly going tonight to get out of the damn house. It's not like we're rabid Boston fans.
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To: Younger David Fleming dorkface1@aol.com
From: Doc lookatmenow@gmail.com
Date: January 26, 1979
Subject: Concert
That reminds me. Listen really closely before the concert. You'll hear something then that will change your life.
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To: Doc lookatmenow@gmail.com
From: Younger David Fleming dorkface1@aol.com
Date: January 26, 1979
Subject: Concert
Is there an opening band? They don't list anybody. In the past it has been Sammy Hagar or Blue Oyster Cult.
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To: Younger David Fleming dorkface1@aol.com
From: Doc lookatmenow@gmail.com
Date: January 26, 1979
Subject: Concert
No, this will be in the incidental music played while the roadies set up. I don't want to give anything away, but it will be just what you needed.
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To: Doc lookatmenow@gmail.com
From: Younger David Fleming dorkface1@aol.com
Date: January 26, 1979
Subject: Concert
Just what I needed? Will it be a girl who can't keep her hands off of me?
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To: Younger David Fleming dorkface1@aol.com
From: Doc lookatmenow@gmail.com
Date: January 26, 1979
Subject: Concert
Oh, good God, shut up. No. We are digressing. No, what I want you to be ready for is something I still recall as I wander on, as clear as the sun in the summer sky. Don't let Tim go to the bathroom alone.
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To: Doc lookatmenow@gmail.com
From: Younger David Fleming dorkface1@aol.com
Date: January 26, 1979
Subject: Concert
O.k., that's it. I think I get why I won't have a girl who can't keep her hands off of me. You telling me that in the future I will be gay . . . not that there's anything wrong with that.
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To: Younger David Fleming dorkface1@aol.com
From: Doc lookatmenow@gmail.com
Date: January 26, 1979
Subject: Concert
Sweet Jesus, no. Shut up and just listen to me. When Tim goes to the bathroom, you and Steve are going to be attacked by some thugs. Please do whatever is necessary to prevent this terrible disaster.
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To: Doc lookatmenow@gmail.com
From: Younger David Fleming dorkface1@aol.com
Date: January 26, 1979
Subject: Concert
O.k. you are really losing me here and some punk behind me really wants this Space Invaders game.
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To: Younger David Fleming dorkface1@aol.com
From: Doc lookatmenow@gmail.com
Date: January 26, 1979
Subject: Concert
Look, at some point during a natural break in the concert, the three of you will head into the concourse. Three guys will come up to you, claim you said something derogatory about Cherokees, and then one will hit you. Steve will be paralyzed by one with a cane between his legs while Tim will be clueless in the restrooms. Avoid this. Go to the bathroom as a group.
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To: Doc lookatmenow@gmail.com
From: Younger David Fleming dorkface1@aol.com
Date: January 26, 1979
Subject: Concert
Honestly, you're kidding right? All of this because you heard "More Than A Feeling" recently.
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To: Younger David Fleming dorkface1@aol.com
From: Doc lookatmenow@gmail.com
Date: January 26, 1979
Subject: Concert
Yes, in so many words, that is exactly it. Trust your intuition. It is more than a feeling.
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To: Doc lookatmenow@gmail.com
From: Younger David Fleming dorkface1@aol.com
Date: January 26, 1979
Subject: Concert
I refuse to accept the responsibility.
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To: Younger David Fleming dorkface1@aol.com
From: Doc lookatmenow@gmail.com
Date: January 26, 1979
Subject: Concert
Sheesh, like that isn't the mantra of our teenage years. Look, promise me you'll just take precaution.
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To: Doc lookatmenow@gmail.com
From: Younger David Fleming dorkface1@aol.com
Date: January 26, 1979
Subject: Concert
Precaution? I thought you said there would be no girl wanting her hands all over me.
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To: Younger David Fleming dorkface1@aol.com
From: Doc lookatmenow@gmail.com
Date: January 26, 1979
Subject: Concert
Good God, no wonder I try to forget my teenage years. Just know that every time we hear that soaring "More than a feeling" when I hear that old song they used to play, we will regret not being ready in that moment.
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To: Doc lookatmenow@gmail.com
From: Younger David Fleming dorkface1@aol.com
Date: January 26, 1979
Subject: Concert
Wow. This is really lame. These are just songs, future me. I am not going to go to the bathroom the same time as my friends just to avoid some stupid confrontation. Tell me, I always figured future me would be smart enough not to be hitting the doobies. Is that not the case?
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To: Younger David Fleming dorkface1@aol.com
From: Doc lookatmenow@gmail.com
Date: January 26, 1979
Subject: Concert
Let me assure you, I am alive and well. The Doobies are another time, younger me. Just remember my precautions.
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To: Doc lookatmenow@gmail.com
From: Younger David Fleming dorkface1@aol.com
Date: January 26, 1979
Subject: Concert
Whatever. Look, I gotta go. These aliens are not going to shoot themselves.
"More Than A Feeling." Boston. Boston. Epic. 1976. Link here.
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