Body Dumper Track for Week of March 8, 2010
“A Day in the Life” by Chocolate Snow is this week’s Body Dumper track. It’s a stark contrast to the Fever Dog whimsy of last week’s Joe Walsh tune. This is one of the songs former ABA Basketball player Larry “Time Machine” Tinsley would listen to in his 1971 Buick Riviera. Larry was a high school basketball stand out at Highland Park High near Detroit. From 1971 - 1974 He played college ball at St. John’s in New York. He proved to be their star player and was not well versed in humility. In the spring of ‘74 He signed with the Kentucky Colonels of the ABA. He was a primary contributor to their 1975 championship run. Seemingly, Larry’s future was bright. But in the following season his character issues were abundant. Nobody wanted to play with Larry, no matter how talented he was.
In 1976 the NBA adopted a few of the ABA teams. The Kentucky Colonels were not one of them. Larry could not get picked up by any NBA team during the merger. His reputation was that of a me first, show-boating hothead. He ended up back in Detroit in 1976. Larry had no degree and no options to play ball. His demise was quick and poetically painful…..He became a drug pusher and brutal henchman for the Manny Atlas crime ring.
I’m going to represent Larry’s life in a prolific movie. Undoubtedly, I will use this song. It will appear listed in the soundtrack as: Chocolate Snow - A Day in the Life (Tinsley’s Lament).
