Brandon's Buzz

Chris Isaak — “Wicked Game” (from Heart Shaped World) —

Sherry Ann resides foremost in my thoughts on this morning of this day, September 2, 2010. 9-02-10. See, when we were but young, hormone-propelled high school churren, Beverly Hills, 90210 was not so much a mere television show as it was an obsession — for the world’s youth at large, to be sure, but specifically for us. (True story: at the beginning of sophomore year, with all the latitude that her allowance would permit, Sherry Ann schlepped from store to store buying up all the teen magazines — anybody out there remember Teen Beat? Or Bop!? — that she could find, as the periodicals were literally littered from cover to cover with photographs, posters, stickers, and images of the show’s sickeningly photogenic cast. She then delivered unto me this ridiculous pile of magazines, and I swear to Jesus, I sat on her living room floor for an entire weekend with a pair of scissors clipping out pictures and text for the sole purpose of cobbling together a 90210 scrapbook for my best friend in the world, a scrapbook that she’ll swear to this day still exists, even though she hasn’t allowed me or anyone else to touch or even lay naked eyes on it since its completion.) And on this day, I can think of no more appropriate song to emanate from the hive’s speakers than this one, a haunting and nearly ethereal tune that became an all-time smash in large part because of its use underscoring a pivotal Dylan/Brenda reconciliation scene that Sherry Ann made me watch, rewind, watch, rewind, and watch again roughly 17,000 times. Much love to you on all days, my dear, but most especially on this one.

names dropped with reckless abandon: "Beverly Hills 90210", Chris Isaak, Sherry Ann