Friday Playlist
“Birthday” – Late Bloomer Their album came out last week and it is filled with agreeable rock like this. “Brown Paper Bag” – DIIV Their first new music in five years, their new album is focused on the state of the world and, from the band’s point of view, its impending meltdown. This lead single is appropriately sludgy and gloomy.…
Reader’s Notebook, 3/6/24
I might be reading too fast. This is the 10th week of the year and I’m about to finish my 14th book of 2024. Because of that they are running together a bit. I apologize, as these summaries aren’t the most detailed of my writing career. The World We Make – N.K. Jemisin Jemisin’s Great Cities series was supposed to…
Car Shopping Chronicles, Season 2 Part 4
I said in my last car post that despite deciding to get a Tesla Model Y, I would continue to research EVs until I actually pulled the trigger to make certain of my final decision. It doesn’t take much to send me down research rabbit holes, and I spent a decent chunk of the weekend re-evaluating my choice and diving…
February Media
Movies, Shows, etc The Greatest Night In Pop The funny way to sum up this look at how “We Are The World” was recorded would be to say it was outrageous. Some of you will get that joke. I’ve read about that night several times, but there were still some terrific little tidbits in this film. I’m on record as…
Weekend Notes
A relatively laid-back weekend, although some of that was unexpected, so a quick post to get the new week started. No, I did not buy a car. Jayhawk Talk Another road loss, although the game at Baylor was chalked up as an L to begin the season, so no real harm. Kevin McCullar came back and looked decent. He still…
Friday Playlist
“The Sound of Suffering” – Salim Nourallah I’ve long used these playlists to celebrate Spotify’s Discover Weekly feature, and share new discoveries I’ve made through it. I have to admit that something about their algorithm has changed and it has been sucking lately. It has been offering music that doesn’t match either what I listen to historically or recently. Like…