May Media
Movies and Shows Confessions of a Dangerous Mind Hard to believe this movie came out in 2002. And that I’ve managed to not see it in those 19 years! Based on the “autobiography” of game show creator and host Chuck Barris, it details both his efforts to make it in the TV biz and his – likely – fictional life…
Weekend Notes
One of our more laid back Memorial Day holiday weekends is now in the books. Unlike most of the past decade, when we would either go to the lake or host a pool party, we had no major plans this year. We did have some friends over for dinner Friday, but it was cold and rainy that night so the…
Stats
May 2021 * Middle Kids – 39 * Manchester Orchestra – 25 * Pearl Jam – 18 * Dumptruck – 17 * Paw – 16 Complete stats available at my Last.fm page.
On Lost Hits and a Must-See Classic Video
A special music post for this Memorial Day. It has nothing to do with the holiday, but this seemed like a good day to squeeze it in. Music writer Sean Ross tracks what he calls Lost Hits. Based on his self-created Lost Factor, he looks at old songs and sees how often they get played today. Songs that were popular…
Friday Vids
Drums please… Summer is here! So why is the high only going to be 60 tomorrow? Remind me of this when the heat index is 115 in two months. Happy race weekend to my Indy peeps.
New Car Chronicles
Today marks two weeks in as an Audi owner. I owe you faithful readers of this series some thoughts. The honeymoon is not over; I still love, love, love my Q5. It is pretty much everything I was looking for in a replacement for my Big Chevys.[1] Nimble, quick, comfortable. It has just enough sportiness to make it fun while…
On Heroes, Villains, and Uncomfortable Decisions in Sports
We had great weather all weekend, and a ton of activities (L and I went to watch Indy 500 qualifying, C had her birthday dinner out with friends, and we hosted a nephew birthday party), so I did not sit and watch endless hours of coverage of the PGA Championship. I saw enough to get the vibe of the tournament,…
End of the School Year
We have reached the final week of the 2020–21 academic year. It’s kind of hard to believe the year was as “normal” as it was. To be very clear, it was not normal. There were all kinds of mandates and limits and headaches compared to what our girls had done every year before Covid hit. There were lots of bumps…
Friday Playlist
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/51UJUBH6QwYHeEnMAIiCPu?si=95c886ddc9ab47be “Don’t Go Puttin Wishes in My Head” – TORRES Mackenzie Scott has been making critically acclaimed, ground-breaking music for going on a decade now. This might be my favorite thing she’s ever done. “Heavy Glow” – The Glow I always think it’s kind of cool when bands have song titles that include their name. Like it’s some kind of…
Hoaxes and the Search for “Truth”
Remember the 2002 film Catch Me If You Can? Leonardo DiCaprio starred as Frank W. Abagnale Jr., a man who fooled people into thinking he was an airline pilot, among other things, to live a jet-setting, check-forging, stewardess-banging life. The movie was wonderful, as I recall. It had just the right breezy tone to fit the times it was set…