R is for Renaissance Affair

[jon_chaisson]

I've said this many times before...I loves me some Hooverphonic. Blue Wonder Power Milk is one of my go-to albums during writing sessions. "Renaissance Affair" wasn't a single, but it was used in a handful of commercials like the VW Vapor in 2006. This one came out while I was working at the HMV in Solomon Pond Mall, and you'd hear me playing this one in the back room constantly (along with Dishwalla's And You Think You Know What Life's About, which came out on the same day). There were a lot of good releases out in 1998, and that was also a good year for creativity for me. I was headlong into writing The Phoenix Effect at that time, and experiencing a resurgence in my poetry as well. I'd pretty much gotten past the frustration of the 1995-96 failures and setbacks and was aiming forward at this point. I was also taking quite a few roadtrips across the state, both to comic stores and to various Boston hangouts. It was a good year for me.