Happy Hangin' Out

Americans spend an average of 110 days a year in what's called a "Dark Mood." I found an answer to that. Just roll down the car window, and hang your left elbow out in the sunshine. You'll begin to feel like the "King of the Road."
"Louie Louie Generation" folks will understand. Air conditioning was so new, bars and movie theaters advertised the fact that they had air conditioning, so you could come in and cool down while you watched a movie or sipped your suds.
Most of us who lived in big cities slept on our fire escapes on hot summer nights. I was a Coney Island life guard back then. There were fireworks every Tuesday night at Coney Island in the Summer. And sometimes the best fireworks took place under the boardwalk.
My girlfriend's name was Matilda in those days. "Girlfriending" was different back then. Matilda was heavily influenced by the teaching of Sr. Mary Knucklebuster. That teaching did not include "Hooking Up"...unfortunately for me. I was more influenced by the teaching of Hugh Heffner...which produced some less than stellar evenings in the back seat of my old car, which I bought from my friend Eddie Kelly for $25.
My plans for the future included becoming a night time disc jockey in New York, so I could hang out with big time singers and actresses, like William B. Williams did on WNEW radio. I got to do that too. I've led a "King of the Road kind of life. Today's podcast explains all that. It's called "Happily Hanging Out." Give a listen please. It might help the next time you find yourself in a "Dark Mood."