Friday Playlist
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3Qw78U51XJXHGMLZOT3HW7?si=b5cb83b4be204aef “Get Out of My House” – Miya Folick Folick described this song as an exorcism. Which makes it a perfect metaphor for the last weekend of winter, a time for throwing out all the unnecessary things that have collected over the past little while. “Tell Me To Go” – John-Allison Weiss This track is over three years old, but…
The Most Wonderful Day of the Year
The appetizer of the First Four is complete. Now it’s time for the real deal. NCAA thoughts. Jayhawk Talk I’m not sure how to feel about this team. Kevin McCullar and Gradey Dick both say their back issues are fine. Can we trust them? Might they be fine against Howard today and flare back up Saturday in the second round?…
Reader’s Notebook, 3/14/23
In Patagonia – Bruce Chatwin Chatwin’s work was the inspiration for so many other travel writers I’ve read over the years, so this piece has always been in the back of my mind. If you’ve ever purchased a Moleskine notebook and bothered to read the insert that came inside, you know that Chatwin documented his trips in notebooks similar to…
Hoops Notes
As you might expect, I have a lot of words about basketball today. HS Hoops A quick note about HS ball. Cathedral’s run as defending state champs came to an end in the regional round of this year’s tournament, losing to #1 Ben Davis by 10. The Irish did have the lead at halftime. I had to run L over…
Friday Playlist
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3sdIZPk2ITq1wa3ogF65ja?si=2863bb17aad74736 “Not Strong Enough” – boygenius This is what I’m talking about! The first set of songs from the upcoming boygenius album each featured a different lead singer. On this one, Phoebe, Julien, and Lucy all take turns. The result is wonderful. “Crusher” – Taleen Kali You know a retro-head like me is going to enjoy the hell out of…
Thursday Links
I haven’t run across as many pieces lately that struck me as sharable. So this entry spans over a month of collection. Thus the first is a little out-of-date, and I’m guessing many of you who would be interested in it have already read it. Wright Thompson is a modern Gary Smith: everything he writes is completely compelling. Especially when…
Reaching for the Stars, Vol. 83
Chart Week: February 25, 1978 Song: “Falling” – LeBlanc and Carr Chart Position: #28, 20th week on the chart. Peaked at #13 the week of April 1. Normally I put my song grade at the end of these posts, but for this entry it seems best to offer the assessment up front. This is not a good song. In fact,…
Waylaid
You may recall that a few years back I made fun of S for getting poison ivy for the 90th time since we began dating. I bragged about how I had never gotten it so I must not be allergic to its oils. Within two weeks I wandered into a whole mess of poison ivy vines, had sores all over…
Weekend Notes
College Hoops I’ll save most of my thoughts for a post later in the week. It is always a bit of a relief when we reach this point in the season and have a few days off. November and December are usually a mix of big games and ones that KU should win easily. I’m always left wanting more from…
Friday Playlist
I’ve been dropping a bunch of old school tunes into my working playlist. So this week’s edition is going to be both extra meaty and heavy on the old. https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5XCgHNSWXvBntePGEVtKxw?si=25928d2a55e042d3 “Room” – TV Star Seems like a good song for a week when we just broke the record for warmest day on March 1 by five degrees. It is dreamy…