Friday Playlist
A playlist filled with, mostly, heavier tracks this week. https://open.spotify.com/playlist/20H1Qm5v0ajlRaH8RFh5NH?si=ed9fb74dce5a4c1d “Angelica” – Wet Leg A little change in sound on this latest track from Buzz Band Wet Leg. There’s some Missing Persons in the DNA of this song. And some grungy guitars that aren’t quite Shoegaze but certainly owe something to that movement. “Rockstar” – Momma Speaking of crunchy, ’90s…
EN-CEE-TWO-AY Picks
It’s finally here: the first normal NCAA tournament in three years! It’s also supposed to be well into the 70s here in Indy today, so it might be the most perfect day ever. I did not do a ton of research in preparation for making NCAA picks. I listened to a couple podcasts that had sections on picks, and I…
Weekend Hoops Notes: Tourney Time
I watched a ton of hoops this weekend. The most in ages. Especially on Saturday, when I barely left the couch. Two of our nephews stopped by and one of them, the nearly six-year-old, asked C, “Why is Uncle D always watching basketballsports?” Basketballsports. One word. Made me laugh. You picked the wrong weekend to get any attention from Uncle…
Friday Playlist
Haven’t been as deep into the new music the last couple weeks, so this didn’t come together as quickly or smoothly as usual. I’ll adjust my listening habits for next week. https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6VPfmPBW8VLs7inGXc69TB?si=e22bde67951e418a “Something” – Hater Some solid, noir-ish indie rock from Sweden. I keep wanting to say this has a mid-90s feeling to it, but I’m not sure that’s right…
Tuesday Links
As we come out of the age of Omicron and brace for whatever is next, this is a good reminder of how far we’ve come, and how quickly, in combating Covid–19. If Covid vaccines had taken as long as the mumps vaccine to develop, the world would have had to face the Delta and Omicron waves with the vast majority…
Weekend Notes
Spring? That first weekend each year when the weather turns warm is always a delight. Living in the Midwest you know there will be plenty of wild weather swings before spring completely arrives. Yet even in a year like this when winter wasn’t all that bad, these weekends are welcome. Saturday it was in the mid–70s here, breaking a daily…
Jayhawk Talk: TC-Whew!
March is here! The days are getting a little longer, brighter, and warmer. Spring break is three weeks away. We’ve had a few geese in our yard already, the onslaught to come. The City of Indianapolis is fixing potholes! Baseball is about to start. And KU fans are freaking out. My experience with the Jayhawks this week was tempered by…
Friday Playlist (With Bonus Album Review)
Flipping the script this week, putting the video up top so my album review can land at the bottom of the post. “Seventeen Going Under” – Camp Cope covering Sam Fender I love everything about this. Including lead singer Georgia Maq’s Frightened Rabbit tattoo on her left bicep. https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1U1rSkIvKUQLupGarcYtQa?si=19efae017535426d “Old White Church” – Arthur Dodge & The Horsefeathers Most of…
February Media
Shows and Movies Ozark, season four, part one Throughout Ozark’s run, I’ve been unable to keep from comparing it to Breaking Bad. I know I’m not the only one. And I’ve often felt that Ozark did not quite reach the same level as BB. Partially because BB came first, partially because there isn’t a single character in Ozark that you…
Reader’s Notebook: 3/1/22
Anthem – Noah Hawley Hawley can spin a story. Here he takes a little bit of everything going on in the world today and mixes it together: Covid, our former president, climate change, toxic discourse on social media, the Insurrection, and even Joe Rogan. He whips that up into the biggest possible mess. There is a total breakdown of society…