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Whereas Philip organized his records alphabetically, Paul organized them by the order that they were acquired. Philip wondered how Paul could remember, since the collection of records was at least twenty years old. It’s easy, Paul would explain. The first record I bought was Ziggy Stardust by Bowie. I liked it so much that I bought the rest of his records. That brought me to Eno, which brought me to Roxy Music, which brought me to Bryan Ferry, which brought me to . . . and so on. Philip thought that Paul had an extraordinary memory to be able to organize his records and books that way. If Paul had tried it, he’d never find anything. The first record he’d bought was Billy Joel’s The Stranger and he didn’t own it anymore. As far as what Billy Joel had led him to, he had no idea. Philip asked Paul what he felt like hearing; Paul told him to put on Velvet Underground’s Loaded. Philip asked where he could find that. Next to the Lou Reed records, Paul said. Where did you think?

About the Author
Marco Kaufman has published in several different fields, including literary criticism, medical writing, and Holocaust historicism and currently writes on The Big Book of Grievances, his weblog of short fiction, flash fiction, and works in progress.

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