Great Intros

     Let’s talk about introductions. 

     Rather, let me write about introductions as an introduction to what I feel 

     are great introductions. How’s that for an introduction?

1.       The pizza from Al Forno’s. Yes, people, your appetizer is an introduction to your meal and the spicy pizza from Al Forno’s shakes your hand firmly and says “nice to meet you and YOUR taste buds.” A delicious, spicy enough, sauce lightly covers a thin, delicious, buttery crust as you find yourself pondering “should I get one of these to go,” just until you grab the bartender rather roughly by the arm and yell in his ear, GET ME ONE OF THESE TO GO!”

2.       Drop Dead Legs by Van Halen. I won’t apologize for liking Van Halen, not to you, not to jazzers, not to Putin, no one. Are they past their prime? Yes, and have been since 1984. Was the tour with David Lee Roth a gigantic mistake? Yes. However, Ed can play the damn guitar and this intro is just so tasty. Chimey arpeggios dripping down into a delicious volume swell. Goosebumps just thinking about it.

3.       And then there were 3.