Ya know, I've lived in Phoenix for 12 years now and I've yet to see 18th Central, the actual address location. When I came up with that name for the song some years back, it just sounded catchy, that's it. Nothing earth shattering happened there, nothing that I'm aware of anyways...
The whole Jackie choice was a pretty cool story though. When I first came up with those lyrics, "Connie" was the first inspired name for that number...
Some time past and I took a trip back to Rhoad Island for Thanksgiving, just to visit family and get some R'n'R.. One of those nights my friend Jamie brought me down to Newport in an old Porsche that Cyd sold him with a massive gas leak I should add!! That's another story for another day.
I remember going to Dunkin' Donuts by the beach just enjoying a hot cup O' joe, when J spilled. He told me about this real bad relationthip he had with a girl named Jackie. She was one of those "life moments" that one would be better off forgetting, yet he wanted to remember her for what she was. She was Connie, and nothing could change his mind! Jackie's life was just like the girl in the song, without dying of course, but still the same in life. So that's it, Jackie was the new 18th Central queen... Thanks J for re-grouping the stars and history on that bad pig!