The Boss on Independence Day.

I think it started at dusk on Monday evening when we finally located the New City Brewery in Easthampton, a new-age craft brewing start-up located in a decidedly old-school brick mill building the size of downtown New Albany, with lots more of them located in the immediate vicinity.

Immediately Bruce Springsteen's album The River began playing in my head, and so now it's "Independence Day," July 4.

The subconscious is an amazing tool, indeed.