Reaching for the Stars, Vol. 74
Chart Week: May 24, 1980 Song: “Another Brick in the Wall, Part 2” – Pink Floyd Chart Position: #17, 19th week on the chart. Peaked at #1 for four weeks in March/April. Each week Casey would read letters from his listeners, generally either Long Distance Dedications or general music questions that his crack staff of researchers would answer. Occasionally he…
Weekend Notes: Basketball and Gatherings
Nothing but hoops and parties for us this weekend. L’s basketball team was supposed to have the week off before their final push of the season. They got invited to play in a tournament at the last minute. Because of our schedules, she could only play in the Saturday games, which worked out just fine. In game one we were…
Friday Playlist
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0cSNkNVWgtwrDKvmyMxTlh?si=832582c9770f441e “When They Come For Me” – Spielbergs When this dropped a couple weeks back, one of my Brothers in Music sent me a message that said, “Shit is hot.” My response: “Shit is indeed hot.” Still laugh about when we coached soccer together and wanted our team to take the field to Spielbergs’ “We Are All Going To Die.”…
May Media
Movies, Series, Shows Ozark, season four, part two Ozark found its groove in season three and maintained that into the first half of season four. S4, E8, which kicked off the last half of the final season, was one of the best hours in the series’ total run. And then things kind of fell apart. That tension I loved so…
Reader’s Notebook, 6/1/22
:07 Seconds or Less – Jack McCallum The “season inside” schtick is one of the most satisfying sports book tropes available to writers. A reporter embeds with an athlete, team, or even entire sport for a year and relates the inside dope on their experiences after-the-fact. Unless the subject is super boring, the result is usually a compelling read. I’ve…
Stats
May 2022 Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever – 66 Frightened Rabbit – 49 Hatchie – 31 Pink Floyd – 26 Spice – 23 Complete stats available at my Last.fm page.
Holiday Weekend Notes
The first weekend of the summer is in the books. We were busy. M and C finished classes on Thursday. Unless there’s a surprise coming we don’t know about, they both had really good semesters with just one B between them and a handful of A+’s. And now M is a senior. Yikes! I took C to finally get her…
Friday Playlist
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1S8VmIz2vLY58bOnc84YPa?si=67bf765e15ae4f71 “Turn Up The Sunshine” – Diana Ross, Tame Impala Calling it right now: this is the cross-generational, cross-genre song of the summer. One of my nephews loved Pharell’s “Happy” when he was two. I predict his two-year-old brother is going to be crazy about this song. “Summer Nights” – Hazel English And this should be the indie rock song…
Some Bond Links
I really enjoyed this look at Pierce Brosnan’s career. Especially the section where the author discusses how despite, seeming to be the ideal James Bond, Brosnan’s run in the series always seemed lacking. Mostly, the Brosnan Bonds feel like a franchise trying to figure out how to pivot back to relevance, casting a seemingly perfect Bond who, unfortunately, symbolized a…
Reader’s Notebook, 5/25/22
Good grief, I’ve gotten bad about these again. Didn’t I say I was going to start posting after I finished each book to keep from getting so far behind? Or did I just think it? Regardless, I clearly failed to follow up. I guess that will be my goal for the summer, when I expect my reading pace to quicken.…