Friday Playlist
A very Good Friday and Happy Easter weekend to you all. https://open.spotify.com/user/224aiwksicafjldlua6nnpo4y/playlist/0lfEmiwLjSB3Donp1wKxBo?si=iMXjFNLMTLecuJGzA8u6WA “Everybody Here Hates You” – Courtney Barnett. This song is a grower. I was just thrilled CB had put out a couple songs for Record Store Day. But as I’ve listened to this more and more, it has gotten into my head and I really like it. “Caves”…
Reader’s Notebook, 4/17/19
Through a combination of laziness last week and being super busy this week I haven’t caught you up on what I’ve been reading over the past month. Black Leopard Red Wolf – Marlon James This book arrived with massive hype. James’ last novel, A Brief History of Seven Killings captured nearly every major book award and was one of my…
TIGER!!!
Holy shit! What else can you say to Tiger Woods winning the Master’s in 2019, 11 years after his last major victory and 14 years since his last win in Augusta? It was a pretty insane weekend down at Augusta National. First, a big shout out to Mother Nature. Usually if I’m discussing her I’m calling her a bitch. But…
Friday Playlist
A bit of a busy week here for a variety of reasons, which has put me in the strange position of not having a big queue of new music to share. So some classics for you this week. https://open.spotify.com/user/224aiwksicafjldlua6nnpo4y/playlist/53s9WU35qyn9FNpWpvziAf?si=8j5bbwhHQDe-LeXrI_HgLQ “Float On” – Modest Mouse. This song has jumped up a lot recently on Sirius for some reason. I think I’ve…
Spring Break Biggie
It’s a Nephew Duty day so getting this out a little later than I planned. OK, now for the trip itself. First off, I must say, I can not recommend enough traveling on off-days during spring break. I believe we saved a little on the airfare by doing a Thur-Thur trip. More importantly, the airports were breezes to get through.…
The Final
I’ll hold off on my big spring break summary to share some thoughts on the end of the college basketball season. I don’t know if it is me getting older, the media getting stupider, or a combination of both, but I have a harder time following sports media without getting pissed off these days. For example, in the lead-up to…
Spring Break 2019, Part 1: Prologue
As expected, my Cancún summary is rather long. So I shall divide it into a couple posts for you. Part one goes back to the pre-trip drama I mentioned before we left. Two Sundays ago we were deep into the trip prep process. Packing, printing itineraries, making our 30th Target run, etc. As a part of this I pulled out…
Friday Vid
“Real Thing” – Middle Kids. We are home, safe and sound, tanned and tired. We made it home a little after 9:00 last night thanks to multiple delays in our return flights. A long summary post of our week in Cancun will come Monday. I monitored my music sites while away, bookmarking posts I wanted to come back to. I…
Friday Vid
https://youtu.be/7VzakY8h5vI “Mirror in the Bathroom” – The English Beat. RIP to one of the coolest men, and coolest names, in the second British Invasion of the 1980s, “Ranking Roger” Charlery.
Reaching for the Stars, Vol. 24
Chart Week: February 25, 1978 Song: “How Deep Is Your Love” – Bee Gees Chart Position: #10, 23rd week on the chart. Peaked at #1 for three weeks in December 1977 and January 1978. The most amazing chart stretch of my life was the Bee Gee’s run in the late ‘70s. They absolutely owned the charts thanks largely to the…