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Artist:

Steppenwolf

Song:

Magic Carpet Ride

Album: 

Live Steppenwolf

Year: 

1971

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MusicIsMyWeapon | MEMORY FROM 1994

Magic Carpets

LOCATION: Engelbert Dorm , Durham, NH

YEAR: 1994

TAGS: UNH

PUBLISHED: February 12, 2008

I shouldn't be writing memories. I should be working...however, I just read a memory that made me think of my first week of college.

After a horrifying experience by my parents during Freshman orientation (some kid got drunk and fell out the 2nd story window), they asked the school to put me in a quieter dorm.

Well, they did, I was in Engelbert Hall. In a forced triple.

What I didn't know - Englebert was for Students Electing to Live Free.

I didn't know what that meant, until about a week in, when my roommate told the RA about the 12 ounce Natty Lite I had in the fridge. (I was saving it for saturday).

Free from Natty Lite, I guess.

This song still gives me chills. I remember that first week, no classes, no homework, before getting kicked out of my dorm, and free as bird....listening to Steppenwolf.

Gotta love those magic carpets...

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