June 30th, 2010

Because of all of the people it attracts?

Btw, there's a pretty cool true story behind the name, Lights Out. For the past 5 or 6 months, whenever I walk or drive directly under streetlights, they occasionally happen to burn out at the exact moment as I pass underneath them. The first few times I just shrugged it off, then it kept happening. 27 times. At least. I know at least because if I wasn't sure between 12 or 13, for example, I would choose the 12. Also, the day that I came up with the name (lights 23 and 24), my friend, Josh, and I were watching "Oz" and three times, the guards said "Lights out," which they barely ever show in any episode, and him and I were talking about what time lights out would be in prison (10:00, btw). AND my other friend, MacNeil (also a Josh), wrote lyrics including a line that read, "Lights flicker and burn out," of course, it was in reference to my coincidences, but it's still weird that he wrote it on that exact day. Lastly, when we were ten and didn't even play instruments, Josh and I formed a band that comprised of us thinking up the name and that's it. For no meaningful reason whatsoever, the first name that popped into my head (8 years ago), was Lights Out.

Fucking nuts, huh? Sign from God, dude.

Edit: I forgot about this one that proves it's not just a series of coincidences. One Saturday night, my mom asked me to come over and nail yard sale signs to the wooden streetlights at the sides of the road near our neighborhood before I went out with my three friends, MacNeil, Josh, and Drew (not in the band). I posted them both and as I was walking away with the hammer, I had this sudden urge to walk back to the streetlight and hit it with the hammer. I went back, and the nanosecond, nay, the MICROsecond that the hammer made contact the post, the light immediately burnt out, and I could hear all three guys just yelling at me to get back in the fucking car.

Also, my mom witnessed one and my grandmother witnessed two of them go out within five minutes. I told everyone in my family the name and the story behind and they all love it. The day after I thought of it, I wasn't too fond of it, but I definitely like it.