![]() ![]() I originally wrote this for a pilot for a TV show and it got rejected, but I really thought it was a cool idea. ![]() This is probably the oldest idea I’ve had for a song that actually made the record. Her name is Arizona Star Alexakis, and she’s the coolest person I’ve ever met in my life. This is a flat out love song for my little girl, my youngest daughter. I feel like, after being diagnosed with MS and learning more about it, people with MS, autoimmune diseases, or cancer have to deal with these diseases all the time, so every day is a hot water test. The doctors would put them in super-hot water, 115 degrees to be exact, and wait for them to start showing symptoms. The reason I called it The Hot Water Test is because back in the ‘40s and ‘50s, before they knew how to diagnose MS, the only way they could diagnose it is knowing that people w/ MS had a very acute sensitivity to heat. You’re looking into something shiny and beautiful, and sometimes it bites you in the ass. It’s also what happens when you stare into the sun or something bright for too long. So that’s what the line “orange is turning blue” refers to. This is a socio-political, almost comical poke in the eye to the fact that Orange County, which has been a conservative bastion forever (or at least my whole life), is now pretty much represented by a majority of Democrats. Yes, I too am going to have a house with a pool. This song is kind of poking fun at myself as well, because I’m having a hole dug in my backyard right now. The people who sold them their mortgages knew they were going to go belly-up and that they (the lenders) were going to make money on the backside as well. This song is kind of a poke in the eye of this whole attitude that got us into the great recession in the first place, where people who were making $30-40K a year were buying $500-600K houses and it just wasn’t sustainable. One of the things about living in California is that everyone has a house with a pool. This song is kind of tongue in cheek, socio-political, sarcastic humour. After being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (MS) and going through all of the things that I’ve gone through over the years, I’m in a great place now - I’m back living in California, I’m loving it, and my family is happy. ![]() This song, once again, is a love song, written for my wife and the life that we have together. ![]()
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