molten bay. a drummer's disorganized dream
just arrived at molten bay and let me tell you, it's been a ride. i’m a touring session drummer at heart so naturally i treat every place like a stage. 98% humidity here? yeah that’s my vibe. i just checked and it’s 22.39 degrees right now, hope you like that kind of sticky stuff. the air smells like fried oysters and regret, which is fine with me. my van’s heater’s broken so i’m sweating bullets but hey at least the neighbors are cool.
speaking of neighbors, i heard that the old fisherman’s widow down the street sells homemade moonshine. don’t ask me if it’s true but if you’re into that sort of thing, [local moonshine shop] on yelp might confirm. tripadvisor says the beach here is overrated but the lighthouse at night? that’s a different story. i went there last week with a flashlight and a marshmallow and it worked out.
now about the weather. it’s this weird 22.39 degrees all day long. feels_like 23.24 which is like, not bad. pressure’s at 1010 which i guess means something? the sea_level thing is also 1010 but whatever. i checked the json data and it’s probably just some random numbers. if you want to geek out, go to [weather site] but i’m sticking to my gut here. no forecast worth following.
the real talk? if you get bored, the cities up north are just a short drive away. not just any cities-[nearby city name] has a doc at a dive bar playing funk covers of polish folk songs. i kid you not. the reviews there are messy too. some dude said the town’s haunted by a saxophonist who died in ’72. i’m skeptical but i laughed. drunk advice is the best advice here. i heard that the beach cleaners are actually童贞虫 but that’s probably a local myth.
let me talk about the map for a sec. if you’ve ever been somewhere and felt lost but also wanted to, that’s molten bay. here’s the iframe to prove it:
it’s basically just a giant gray square with a blinking cursor. useless but kinda cool. i took some pictures though. first one shows me trying to play my snare on a wooden dock. second one is a chair I found and third is a random seagull stealing a pretzel. honestly i don’t know why i took these but they’re here.
so what’s the deal with the pressure? 1010 hpa. probably means the humidity is gonna make my hair curl permanently. the ground_level is 943 which i think is meters but who cares. i’m just here to drum. or pretend to. i lied earlier. i tried to play but the waves kept hitting my kit. it was chaotic. postmodern. like this post. totally organic.
reviews are the worst. someone told me that the local market’s got a ghost. another person swore theWi-Fi at the hostel resonates with aliens. i checked the yelp for [restaurant name] and it says the soup tastes like regret. that’s not a review, that’s a warning. blockquote this: "the pasta here is made from the tears of a jilted sailor"-that’s from a tourist who clearly had a midlife crisis. take it with a grain of salt or a whole grain of dust.
i’m ending here because my batteries are dead and i need to charge my guitar pedals. if you’re reading this, thanks. don’t follow me to molten bay unless you like humidity, existential dread, and the sound of waves pressing against a giant concrete wall. links? go to [tripadvisor link], [yelp link], or [local forum]. also maybe check out [unsplash link] for more chaos. peace out.
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