LISTEN: “Lava Lamp” by Andy Park

Let’s get the easy jokes out of the way from the get-go. Andy Park has earned some exposure as a finalist in the Avalonfest Song Writing Contest, a contest sponsored by the “clothing optional” Avalon resort in Paw Paw, W.Va. All right, now we can move one. Park is one of four national finalists who’ll compete at the resort this Friday, Aug. 8. (Avalon officials note that most musical acts who to play at the resort perform with their clothes on). “I look at it this way,” says Park in an e-mail. “If I can handle playing in front of a crowd of naked people, I should be able to get through anything.”

Two of his songs were chosen, “Lava Lamp” and “Breaking Blues,” and you can hear the first by clicking on the link above. Says Park: “Lava Lamp is a love song that I wrote for my girlfriend. It is based on simile: ‘You and me are just like a lava lamp.’ I was thinking about how a couple can blend and flow together… like a lava lamp. I like it because it’s a fun song and it’s happy.”

Park is a singer/songwriter based in Charleston who is also well known as guitarist in the
Voodoo Katz. He plans on naming his debut solo CD after today’s Song of the Day. “I decided on Lava Lamp as the title track because it represents a happy ending.” For more on his music, visit www.myspace.com/andypark2.

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