the wilderness downtown --- flippin genius.

ummm, hold the phone everybody, and listen carefully. Arcade Fire's amazingness is married to the chill-inducing brilliance of this customizable experience, allowing us to plug in our address and run through our old wilderness....



in this case the wilderness being your old neighborhood thanks to google street view.

so i seriously had flash backs of that thin, slippery coat of algae on the tunnel  sewer floors we weren't supposed to be in, the jelly shoes that covered our little feet as we waded through murky creek water, and the garage sale purchased schwinn bikes we'd ride up to fox mill giant.  megan usually had orange tictac stains around her mouth, maybe combined with "chap's lip", as she'd refer to it to my mom and beth would be in her adidas navy blue gazelle sneaks and lanzera shorts.  little whitney, 100% muscle, smelled of "no more tangles" b/c she was usually just freshly showered after an intense session at her gym-for-crazy-good-gymnasts and em and i would roll down our driveway in yearly chosen glasses - mine peach framed and, if her's weren't in her pocket,  a nice magenta tint... but both of us with chlorine stained hair.


i love childhood. and neighborhoods. and best friends from these two things who are still your best friends. and i love this amazingness from Arcade Fire and modern day technology that took me right back.

i am not a techie. not at all. i know nothing about "plug-ins" and "compatibility" or even "save as" vs. "run" when installing a program. but this worked on my macbook. so please try to get this to work on whatever you're watching. [ i believe it involves installing google chrome. but come on - google = trust and chrome = a cool word ] .

i hyperlinked it twice, and it's at the bottom. please click. puh-leeeze.

xo,

cw


http://www.thewildernessdowntown.com/