Friday Playlist
The new music has been, thankfully, piling up again. So let’s go deep this week with an extra-packed playlist. https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7zJa8rdvchL1SxNPyb6OlM?si=ace9b79327764b5d “House Burn Down” – King Princess Being pessimistic about your life shouldn’t sound this good. “Lockdown” – The Wind Ups Maybe it’s just me, but I hear a lot of the Ramones in this track. “Why Don’t You Touch Me”…
Early July Sports Notes
KU Hoops It would be nice to say a dizzying three months of roster flux at Kansas came to an end Tuesday when Ochai Agbaji and Remy Martin both announced they were pulling their names from the NBA draft list and would be playing as Jayhawks in the coming season. But given how crazy college hoops is at the moment,…
Holiday Week Notes
A busy family and holiday week is in the books. We had visitors. My brother-in-law, his wife, and their three kids who live in Boston spent a week with us. Their kids are 6, 3, and 2. When I think of our kids being those ages and trying to spend a week as guests in someone else’s home, the word…
Friday/Holiday Playlist
‘Tis the season for my annual Independence Day playlist. One new addition this year but otherwise the same collection of fine songs that can, at least tangentially, relate to American Independence Day. Everyone have a safe and happy Fourth of July weekend!
June Media
Movies and Shows Big Shot Coach Korn and his band of merry basketball warriors triumphed. In that, there was no surprise. It was the trials and travails along the way that made their journey compelling. Will Coach Holly be on their arch rival’s bench next year? L and I hope there is a season two so we find out. Jessalyn…
Stats
June 2021 * Middle Kids – 22 * Wolf Alice – 16 * Pearl Jam – 15 * 2nd Grade – 13 * Crowded House – 16 Complete stats available at my Last.fm page.
Reader’s Notebook, 6/29/21
We have a house full of guests this week. My brother-in-law and his family from Boston are staying with us. So far that has meant lots of pool and play time as we’ve dodged the daily thunderstorms. It’s also C’s first real week of summer after wrapping summer school up last week. In a few hours I’m going to go…
Friday Playlist
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7uF5mMF2vKbAqTfGSc6iDP?si=936bf6aa771a455d “Nashville Girls” – Janet Simpson This was about to drop off my current music playlist when I realized I had not shared it with you. Which is a huge error on my part, because it is a hell of a song, filled with swagger. “Inside My Head” – Lost Ships I love songs like this that have a variety…
Reaching for the Stars, Vol. 58
Chart Week: June 12, 1982 Song: “Fantasy” – Aldo Nova Chart Position: #32, 12th week on the chart. Peaked at #23 for two weeks in May/June. I only caught a few songs of this countdown, but I tuned in at the perfect time. I’m guessing I had not heard this jam in a long, long time. Which is a damn…
On Packed Weekends and Golf
Decent weekend in our house. I watched a lot of golf, thanks to the US Open being played on the West Coast. Which is always the best. The girls were even moderately interested since we stayed right off the course during our visit to San Diego two years ago. I watched some Euro championship soccer. I watched some F1. L…