408. "Me and Mia" Ted Leo and the Pharmacists

"Me and Mia"
Ted Leo and the Pharmacists
Shake the Sheets
2004

I have a problem. Not only am I mostly deaf in one ear (from all the ROCKIN) (No, just kidding, from when I got hit by a truck when I was crossing the street one time), but I am completely oblivious to my surroundings.
Often, I'll see someone at work or at a party, and they will tell me how they saw me out and about one day, and I completely blew them off. People who know me well enough to know that I am usually totally lost in thought (important stuff usually, like wondering if there are hamsters in the wild, and if so, what do they use for hamster wheels) will laugh about it, but on more than one occasion the person was offended.
And one time it was my boss who had just fired me. Heard about that one secondhand. Still kind of happy about that, because if I had noticed her, I never would have had the balls to blow her off.
So Ted Leo and I both lived in RI for a time (he might still live there, I don't spend time tracking his movements). What is completely plausible, indeed almost a dead lock guarantee, is that one time at a kickball game or something Ted Leo happened by, and tried to say hi to me.
Ted Leo: "Tim ! Tim, hey, man! You've retweeted me a couple of times! @Guidedbyvodka, man, hey, come on, say hi to me!"
Me: (Not hearing him, trying to desperately to remember the name of the main guy from the old cartoon M.A.S.K.) ....
Ted Leo: "Tim ! Hey, I want you to join our band! You can be the new lead singer! Timmy and Ted Leo and the Pharmacists! Let's make this happen!"
Me (walking away down the street): (Thinking maybe the main dude's name was Ted Stryker? No, that was Airplane! Heh heh. "Excuse me, stewardess. I speak jive." I need to watch that movie again...)

THIS DEFINITELY HAPPENED.