Friday Playlist
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4wXQfjXzteyVCWAuVALYoY?si=347438b1952e49c4 “Brothers Gonna Work It Out” – Public Enemy This popped up on my workout playlist this week. Peak PE. “Crystal Bullets” – White Denim I can dig what these cats are laying down. “Knead” – illuminati hotties ih’s album Let Me Do One More has received almost universal acclaim. I don’t love Sarah Tudzin’s voice, so I can’t get…
A Night at the Theater: Bond
I saw my first movie in a theater since late 2019 last night. The reviews were decent enough and the Covid numbers here falling fast enough that I felt comfortable going to see No Time To Die with my brother-in-law. Four other people had the same idea, so we had plenty of room to ourselves and felt perfectly safe. I…
Weekend Hoops – October Madness
Although L’s basketball team is in week one of their three-week stoppage of play for fall breaks, there were still hoops to be played last weekend. St P’s normally hosts a Cadet (7th/8th grade) A team tournament over fall break. We had some logistical issues and weren’t able to host this year, but a neighboring parish took it over so…
Friday Links
A few items to add to your reading queue for the weekend. I’ve always bought into the myth that minor league baseball was somehow purer than big league ball, and the connection between minor league clubs and their communities was deeper than that between big cities and MLB clubs. That’s probably all Bull Durham-fueled garbage, but baseball is largely built…
Friday Playlist
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0lXQVulcpAb6qNaVOu1o8k?si=8132032798e34c17 “Silk Chiffon” – MUNA featuring Phoebe Bridgers MUNA is doing it right. They landed a gig opening for Phoebe Bridgers on her fall tour. Then they parlayed that into her taking a guest vocal spot on their latest single. In a different time, this song would be a huge radio hit. And making a large chunk of the country…
An Old Man on the Court
I’m a little shocked that I am upright and able to walk today. You see, L’s coaches cancelled their practice last night and decided to have a loose shoot-around/scrimmage. I took L then hung around in case they wrapped up early. The coach, who I’ve coached with four different times, roped me into the fun. We started with a game…
Weather and Sports
Mother Nature can’t figure out what she wants to do. For the past few days, if you’ve looked through a window to see what’s going on outside, you would assume fall has taken over. It’s been cloudy most of the times, flat out dreary a few times, so you would think you would need to bundle up a bit when…
September Media
Somehow I did not watch a single movie last month. I think that was mostly due to paralysis by too many choices. There were plenty of nights when I scrolled through the various streaming services we pay for, searching for a movie that jumped out at me for 30–45 minutes then gave up and watched a show. Movies and Shows…
Stats
September 2021 The Cranberries – 30 Matt Pond PA – 27 The War on Drugs – 27 We Were Promised Jetpacks – 24 Beastie Boys – 23 Complete stats available at my Last.fm page.
Friday Playlist
Welcome to the fourth quarter of 2021. My late year itch to build my favorite songs of the year list has already started to make its presence known. Holiday music is eight weeks away. Let’s kick it off with a pretty standard Friday Playlist. https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3NkI0YkMQm4E4XrgEnZENs?si=8fa6d2deab9f404b “Weights” – Bartees Strange A bonus track from the updated, deluxe version of Strange’s debut…