A boy and his chicken

The other day, my 18 year old and I drove to New Hampshire
(aka the land of no taxes) to purchase her a laptop for university. We found a very solid little unit for her, and also purchased two Jason Mraz CDs. Mssr Mraz is a wonderfully talented young musician with a unique syncopated style and an unbelievable vocal range. His style is unique and very challenging musically, but he makes it sound effortless. At any rate, his quirky sense of humour is evident in his label art and one CD features Jason and a chicken quite prominently. As soon as I saw the cover, I dubbed the album "A Boy and his Chicken"; a nickname my daughter loved. When she copied the CD onto her new laptop, she changed the album name to a boy and his chicken--something sure to cause discussion with her friends. While we enjoyed brunch and listened to Mraz at his finest, we amused ourselves to no end creating stories to explain the album art, giggling nonstop for the better part of an hour. In one, Jason was traveling with his chicken when the car broke down, causing the chicken to become irate. The resulting spat ended with the dishevelment of the surrounding area and with Jason Mraz knocked unconscious by the chicken's formidable right hook. They eventually made up and ended up enjoying a 3D movie together. In another variation, the chicken was a mugger who got the better of Jason--upon regaining consciousness after being walloped with an egg filled blackjack, Jason was so impressed with the chicken's spunk that they became pals and celebrated a new friendship at the movies. Yet another exceedingly silly variant had the chicken being Jason's lover, and the two had a lover's quarrel over a flat tire in a seedy neighbourhood overrun with Kentucky Fried Chicken franchises.

To really understand this you'll have to see the label art for the CD for yourself--its almost worth the cost of the CD without the music being thrown in! The album in question is called "Waiting for my Rocket to come". His newest effort "Mr. A-Z" is also well worth the investment, and its art is just as much fun as the chicken art.