Kristin,
Your mom and I just watched the sequel, S Darko.
S stands for Samantha, Donnie's sister.
It made no sense whatsoever, so I ate a barrel of sunshine
and backed it up with a tab of microdot
and it all became perfectly clear.
During the final scene, the background music
was a Cocteau Twins song from the 80's.
I was sure that it was them
because the lyrics were completely incomprehensible
as all Cocteau Twins songs are.
And I thought it clever, a sort of inside joke,
that the producers would pick such a song
knowing full well that the movie was equally abstruse.
But in the end, I felt vindicated
triumphant even
in my esoteric music tastes.
I know full well that I am one of a very select few
really myself alone and the movie producers
that knows who the Cocteau Twins actually are
certainly not a single person in the target age group for the movie.
Knowing that you once left my vinyl of them laying about one day,
as I had to return it to its sleeve
and put it in its rightful spot in the bin,
picking up after you
I thought you perhaps a kindred spirit
perhaps the only other person east of Los Angeles
who could possibly recognize them
after having played them on my turntable.
Victory is mine.
No longer will I have to tolerate ignorant fools
that criticize my music tastes.
I will bask in the smug satisfaction that my music
is a soundtrack for the most hippish of an idiotic sequel
as any that has ever existed.
-Dad
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