Keeping your cool

I awoke to the most terrifying words in the F-C vocabulary: heatwave warning.

You know me, I just can't handle it. I barely slept a wink last night, as Mrs F-C insisted on having the windows open, meaning you can hear a pin drop from six miles away, thanks to the industrial architecture that buffers our cul-de-sac. Time to get the fan down from the attic.

So let's think cooling thoughts today. To help you relax, here's Strawberry Switchblade with the criminally overlooked Since Yesterday follow-up Trees and Flowers. Although it's actually about hating trees and flowers, it's a gorgeous clarinet-heavy summery swirl for lying in the long grass and staring up at the sky. (See also Mouthful of Grass by Free and Who Knows Where The Time Goes by Sandy Denny). This 12" version is especially evocative. There's nothing like the clarinet for evoking the swoonsome dreaminess of a warm midsummer afternoon.