Friday Vid
“Head Rolls Off” – Frightened Rabbit. It was a year ago tomorrow that, just after getting home from dropping my girls at school, the official news broke that Scott Hutchison’s body had been found floating in the Forth, as he had warned us about ten years earlier. It’s been a tough year for me as a massive fan of Scott’s…
Friday Playlist
Separating the playlist from the video this week, as I need to say a few things about the video. https://open.spotify.com/user/224aiwksicafjldlua6nnpo4y/playlist/5Czs1acMzgHCC7y541VHTT?si=37k6L2D_TtuYI9HNWL9IkA “They’ll Never” – Stef Chura. Oh hells yessssss! This is the perfect song to get the warm weather season kicked off right! (I say that when we have almost no chance of reaching 60 today). “Hello Sunshine” – Bruce Springsteen.…
Timeless Fashion (I Hope)
We’ve had a lovely run of weather lately that has kept me out of the house much of this week. Running some errands. Hitting some golf balls. Coaching and watching sports. Good stuff. Today the weather broke a bit. It is warm and muggy, but there are thick, ominous clouds racing across the sky as steady gusts blow. Storms are…
Weekend Notes
We had a big sports and family weekend. So some quick notes are in order. Friday L had a big kickball game. This was against the only team to beat them this season, a game we lost by three runs after giving up 12 runs in the first inning. Things were a little different this time. We held them to…
Friday Playlist
https://open.spotify.com/user/224aiwksicafjldlua6nnpo4y/playlist/637bsQ2MGWH7Mmn8db5UL5?si=cJSQubSyRGGu7UdGwyCZLQ “Datura” – GOON. I had to pick the order in which I listen to the various decade channels on SiriusXM the most, the two ‘80s stations would be first, obviously. Perhaps surprising to some the 70s on 7 would be second before Lithium, the 90s alternative and grunge channel. The ’90s just don’t connect with me these days the…
Reaching for the Stars, Vol. 26
Our Internet was out almost all day yesterday, so my web time was greatly reduced. Fortunately I had some notes pulled together for this post, which I was able to hammer out between other activities. Chart Week: April 26, 1986 Song: “West End Girls” – Pet Shop Boys Chart Position: #3, 7th week on the chart. Peaked at #1 the…
Kid Sports
We put M on a bus to Washington, DC at 6:15 this morning. So seems like the perfect moment for a kid sports update time! Kickball C’s team, which I am helping to coach, is 0–2 with one game rained out so far, another removed from the schedule because the team we were supposed to play could not play on…
Friday Playlist
Wait, it’s Friday already? And it’s almost May? Holy crap time has flown this week/month. So apologies for the last-minute playlist. https://open.spotify.com/user/224aiwksicafjldlua6nnpo4y/playlist/5mA08qiHph892nfaSs9dRN?si=zQR3Cj78SoqepK4LvOXJlg “any other night” – the dates. I’m having a hard time finding anything about this group, mostly because the combination of song title and group name falls into one of those Google holes where about 1000 other things…
School Days
I really want to crank out a kid sports update. But this is our busiest week of the spring – two games tonight, track meet tomorrow, two games Thursday, game Friday, track meet Sunday – and it seems like I should wait until we get through it before I start breaking things down for you. Instead I’ll share what I…
Reaching for the Stars, Vol. 25
Chart Week: April 20, 1985 Song: “We Are the World” – USA for Africa Chart Position: #1, 5th week on the chart. Spent four weeks at #1. Ah, the 1980s celebrity/cause single. It seems like there were tons of these but a check of Wikipedia shows there really weren’t that many original songs written for this or that benefit. I…