Weekend Notes
A big weekend full of big events. Prom The big event of the weekend was M’s final CHS prom. It was quite the stressful week leading up to the dance. There was way more drama in her friend group this year than last. There was one breakup last week, another of her friends is dumping her boyfriend this week, and…
Friday Playlist
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2WYMNH2i8FedpRDmdW3l66?si=58eb8bb6f9db4ccb “Need You No More” – Chappaqua Wrestling These kids cracked my Top 10 last year and just released their full-length album. It’s not bad; it’s getting mostly positive reviews around the webz. This is probably the second-best track. “Scabs” – Speedy Ortiz SO was one of the bigger buzz bands of the early 2010s, but disappeared for a bit…
This Weather Is Bullshit
After an amazing first two weeks of April, we had the inevitable backslide. I shouldn’t be surprised. Last week was back-and-forth until Thursday night, when a cold front rolled through and sucked all the warm weather away with it. Monday morning it was 28. We had several chilly, gloomy days where it felt more like mid-November than mid-April. Although the…
Weekend Notes
It was a pretty boring weekend in our house. There were no games or practices. No parental social events. Nothing at all on the calendar. C talked S into taking her to Ikea to get her birthday present a little early – a new desk set – so we spent Saturday afternoon putting that together and rearranging her room. As…
Friday Playlist
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7vedWKwodnvQPSwMIsjfju?si=cbc1495fb9bb4347 “One That Got Away” – MUNA MUNA’s first album was filled with great songs with a variety of influences, from indie to dance to country. Knowing that, I’m going to assume their follow-up isn’t going to be 100% shiny, late ’80s tracks like this, which sounds straight out of a 1988 American Top 40. Although that would be awesome.…
Reaching for the Stars, Vol. 84
Chart Week: April 17, 1982 Songs: “Stars On 45 III (A Tribute To Stevie Wonder) (Medley)” – Stars On 45, “Pop Goes the Movies (Part 1) (Medley)” – Meco. Chart Positions: #38, 4th week on the chart. Peaked at #28 for two weeks in May. #35, 10th week on the chart. Peaked at #35 for two weeks. First off, elephant…
A Change in (Pas)Times
I’ve been working on this post for literally two months. It isn’t groundbreaking, super important, or one that I think my readers will finish and say, “Damn! That was some good blogging!” It’s just a post about hobbies and how my interests change over time. The problem is I keep turning it into a lengthy philosophical rumination about how/why we…
Weekend Notes
A weekend of transition in various ways. Kid Hoops Back to tournament action for L and her travel teammates. Her ankle is still recovering from the sprain she suffered over a month ago. In our games Saturday that showed. She seemed sluggish and a step slow. We lost the first game by 18 to a very good team. They were…
Friday Playlist
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7Iu8oNr3BY9TYrgxwQVtUi?si=40153ce895d1417a “Let’s Hang Out Forever” – The High Water Marks This was a great song to soundtrack the past week, as it felt more like summer than spring. “Want To Know” – Free Range Country or Not entry of the week. “Wrapped in Gold” – World News This could be from 1985 just as easily as it could be from…
Reader’s Notebook, 4/11/23
Africa Is Not A Country – Dipo Faloyin Those of you who read these posts should know I’m perpetually behind, and even after nearly 20 years I’m still not smart enough to jot down my thoughts about a book shortly after finishing it. So the first entry in each post is usually going to be about four weeks old and…