Tuesday Links
A few links I’ve come across in the past few days that are worth sharing. First, the New York Times wrote about one of M’s classmates. That’s right, THE NEW YORK TIMES! I never guessed Booker would rise as high in the national rankings as he has (#2 in one list, #4 in another) when I stood next to him…
Weekend Notes: School Visits and Tennis
A pretty boring weekend around our house. I wrapped up Stranger Things. M went to a concert. But other than that the weekend proper was pretty low key for our family. We had great weather so we spent a lot of time just hanging out around the pool or on the back porch. College Visits Thursday M and I took…
Friday Playlist
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7FJgfElWvetUQUwMzeL88t?si=c3d2d74714364bd3 “These Are The Days” – Inhaler I had not heard of this band until this week despite them having a #1 album in Ireland and the UK last year. They are a four-piece from Dublin that sound a little like the most famous band to ever come out of Dublin. That’s no coincidence: lead singer and guitarist Eli Hewson…
June Media
Movies, Series, Shows Tokyo Vice I heard mixed things about this, but when I realized Michael Mann was involved, I decided to give it a try. It’s classic Mann: visually stunning with some high highs and low lows. My favorite part about the show was Ansel Elgort, the actor who plays main character Jake Adelstein. The real Adelstein is from…
Holiday Weekend Notes (Heavy With Cooking Content)
We’ve reached the midway point in academic summer, an occasional always highlighted by our family’s July 4th celebrations. This year’s was a little lower key than recent ones. We had no out-of-town visitors this time, so fewer cousins, aunts, and uncles running around. It was as hot as it’s been any recent year, so it was probably good we had…
Independence Day Playlist
Only one change to the playlist for this year, which is now four years old. The dark tone that carries through many of these songs seems more appropriate this year. I hope you all have happy and safe gatherings.
Emergency Sports Post
Some MASSIVE sports news dropped on Thursday. With Monday being a holiday, who knows what can happen between now and when I get around to sharing some thoughts. So a quick-ish, emergency post about… UCLA/USC Jumping To Big 10 WHAT?!?!!? Where the fuck did this come from? I have to say, I am utterly amazed that the UT/OU to SEC…
Friday Playlist
Over halfway through the year; that’s kind of nutty! Be looking for my annual bonus playlist on Monday. https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1ptS7CPCztYAfNIpdvLtSe?si=e556e77807424c28 “Rubberneckers” – Christian Lee Hutson A perfect mid-summer song in tone, this is about how many people you run across in LA who have made messes of their lives. It doesn’t take much to extrapolate that to our entire country right…
Stats
June 2022 The War on Drugs – 106 MUNA – 40 Dehd – 25 The Beatles – 25 Night Moves – 23 Complete stats available at my Last.fm page.
Reader’s Notebook, 6/29/22
Midnight in Siberia – David Greene Interesting timing on reading this. Greene is a former NPR reporter who was the network’s Moscow bureau chief in the early 2010s. Late in his tenure, he took the Trans-Siberian Railway 6000 miles across Russia. In 2014, he returned to take the same journey and write about it. It is a fascinating read because…