Friday Playlist
Another Friday, another list of fine musical products for your ears. https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1wptdmoCDiBXp2YMzDQp28?si=6edc7b1cd26245f8 “Hot & Heavy” – Lucy Dacus Dacus was responsible for my favorite song of 2018. She may have released my favorite song of 2021 this week. This is just so freaking good, and she is a total treasure. “Complex” – Tristen Tristen also had one of my favorite…
Spring Sports, Pt. 1
We are about 10 days into the spring CYO sports schedules, which means we are at roughly the halfway point of those compact seasons. Here’s a quick look at how the family has done so far. Both C and L are two games into their kickball seasons, with a third game rained out for each team. L’s team is 2–0.…
Fun With Lists
This piece is from last fall, but I came across a Tweet that linked to it over spring break and saved it for a moment like now, when I’m busy and can’t generate any original #Content for you. Although I am a lover of pop culture lists, I can appreciate how they are often ridiculous. This “list” is a fine…
Current Status: Vaccinated
I received my second Pfizer vaccine shot on Friday. WHOOOO-HOOOOO!!!!! No issues, other than a sore arm. I’ve heard wildly varying stories from others who have already been through both shots. S and several other friends got wiped out by shot #2. In her case, she felt achy and sore and lethargic for about 24 hours. Another friend was out…
Friday Playlist
Let us continue our adventure through the flood of (mostly) new music that has arrived with spring. https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0p5BL5JJKDbkyC7nykSFb9?si=a7d7274c69f347b0 “Understand” – The Cry The Cry are one of those un-searchable bands. There are albums named The Cry. A TV show. A movie. Books. Enough noise that search engines find it very difficult to spit out information about the actual band, which…
Reader’s Notebook, 4/8/21
Can’t Slow Down: How 1984 Became Pop’s Blockbuster Year – Michaelangelo Matos My spring break read seems like it was written directly for me. Matos takes a deep look at all of the music of 1984. It begins with Thriller dominating the music world in late 1983 and carried through to mid–1985 and Live Aid. Along the way he spends…
College Hoops Thoughts
Well, we now live in a world where Scott Drew has a national championship and Kansas is facing probation. Just fucking great. If I could, I would light college basketball on fire and let it burn a slow, painful death. OK, that’s a little harsh. And, honestly, I can deal with whatever is going to happen to KU. It’s the…
Car Shopping Chronicles, Part 1
Welcome to a new series here on Ye Olde Blog. It will focus on my process to pick my next vehicle. I know, exciting, right?!?! Feel free to skip if you’d rather read my normal bullshit about sports, music, and books. For about five months I’ve been spending A TON of time researching what I should get when the lease…
Friday Playlist
After a week away, and a week before with no playlist before that, it might take a few extra large playlists to dig through the pile of new(ish) music I have. You, my loyal readers/listeners benefit! So let’s get after it. https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5BsQ3wK1SDmteQLak3vN5X?si=0yOi2K7eQQS9DLhJ227vSg “A Rat Without a Tail” – Daniel Romano A pretty dope song that recalls numerous influences, most notably…
Roy, Roy, Roy
Wow, in a shocker that is apparently not an April Fool’s Day joke, Roy Williams is retiring after 33 years as a head coach. I am equally surprised and unsurprised. Both because of his age and his demeanor in recent years, it has been fashionable to wonder if each season would be Roy’s last. But I am honestly floored this…