February Media
College basketball and lots of reading slowed down the visual media I consumed last month. Or at least compared to the past two months. Still some solid recommendations if you’re looking to add to your watch lists. ZeroZeroZero Another entry in the gritty series revolving around the drug trade and its ramifications on society genre. This might be the bleakest…
Weekend Hoops
It’s March! That means Daylight Saving Time and brighter evenings are two weeks away, astronomical spring is three weeks away, and Madness in right around the corner. We had snow on the ground 27 of 28 days in February. There are still piles in parking lots and other areas that were packed up following our big storm two weeks ago.…
Stats
February 2021 Wild Pink – 40 Julien Baker – 35 Crowded House – 27 The Hold Steady – 25 Pillow Queens – 24 Complete stats available at my Last.fm page.
Friday Playlist
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2IL0oxM96Tz7czVNFGfy7r?si=XUBtfeMhSyWv9W1U6uLt8Q “Strangers” – ACTORS Ooooh, this is some good shit! Just expert dark, post-punk that sounds straight out of the transition from the ’80s to the ’90s. Sounds a little like… “Cuts You Up” – Peter Murphy …ACTORS definitely took a page out of the Peter Murphy/Bauhaus book. Since that book was written 30-35 years ago, it comes off as…
Reaching for the Stars, Vol. 54
Chart Week: February 16, 1980 Song: “Coward of the County” – Kenny Rogers Chart Position: #3, 14th week on the chart. This was the song’s chart peak. One of my complaints about the old American Top 40s that I listen to is that only a small selection of the total library of shows gets played. If you listen often enough,…
More Zen
I’ve spent a lot of time messing with this little tool, which shows you how any shape you draw would float if it were an iceberg. Iceberger Go head, fuck around with it for a bit. It’s fun to discover shapes that flip over to find their most buoyant position.
Weekend Sports Notes
It was a very busy weekend for sports, so let’s get into it. KU Hoops Five wins in a row! My big concern about this winning streak was that three of the wins came against K-State and Iowa State, the two worst teams in the Big 12. Was KU’s better play just a function of their opponents? Or was the…
Friday Playlist (Updated)
“Couch” – PONYSome pretty good pop-punk. That opening riff sounds like it came from the first Clash album. “Richie Sacramento” – MogwaiThis veteran Scottish act wrote this in tribute mostly to the late Dave Berman, but also to all their musical contemporaries who have passed in recent years. “River” – Akron/FamilySadly news broke late last night that Miles Seaton from…
Eleven Minutes of Zen
Normally when I see videos like the one I share below, I’ll watch a few minutes and then move on to something else. But I was absolutely mesmerized by this video of a boat traveling the waterways that connect Rotterdam to Amsterdam and watched the whole thing. Multiple times. I have a medical procedure coming up that I’ve already attempted…
More Snow Day Ramblings
Our girls are all back in school today. Quite a few area schools either delayed or cancelled again, but we are on a normal schedule. The mechanics of snow days are very different now than they were for my generation. Remember having to sit by the radio or TV, breathlessly waiting to hear your school’s name be read out, or…