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…
Reader’s Notebook, 9/30/21
After a six-week-ish lull, my pace of knocking out books has picked back up. I’ll likely finish another book later today, but wanted to go ahead and get this out. Missionaries – Phil Klay Klay’s second work about modern warfare is his first true novel; Redeployment was a series of short stories based loosely on his service as a Marine…
Some Sports From the Weekend
My sports weekend was a little more compressed than normal. We hosted several of M’s friends and their families Sunday evening, so we spent a lot of time prepping for them and then enjoying their company. Friday night was CHS’ homecoming. We went to dinner with a couple other families and by the time we walked in, the Irish were…
Friday Playlist
No long essays about how old music makes me feel this week. I do write a little more about most of these songs than I usually do, though. https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1EnYwdzLt7XAvHneeIa6rp?si=6322b695f8114d0a “Waste Your Time” – Jackson+Sellers Jade Jackson says this song is about those final moments of a toxic relationship, when you are reevaluating everything you’ve been through and realize it wasn’t…
Thursday Links
Finally worked through my Instapaper account to find some things I’ve saved to share with you. Dave Holmes Visits 1988 to Pay Respect to Casey Kasem’s Last True American Top 40 Countdown Someone posted this piece to the AT40 Facebook group I’m a member of. It comes from right after Casey Kasem died back in 2014, but I still enjoyed…
When It Is Hard To Watch
There are constant reminders that we live in crazy-ass times. Times where simple differences of opinion aren’t allowed and every debate has to be A Whole Thing. Times where civility has disappeared from discourse and it rapidly transitions into vitriol. Some of you know my wife has a second job, taken to support my blogging career. Not really. Taken, truthfully,…
For Those Who Celebrate…
…Happy Holiday
Reaching for the Stars, Vol. 62
Well piss. I swear that I’ve posted this about three different times over the past two days. Obviously I’m losing it. Chart Week: August 25, 1984 Song: “Breakin’…There’s No Stopping Us” – Ollie and Jerry Chart Position: #34, 13th week on the chart. Peaked at #9 the week of August 4. I love musical origin stories. Especially ones where a…