Tuesday Links
As we come out of the age of Omicron and brace for whatever is next, this is a good reminder of how far we’ve come, and how quickly, in combating Covid–19. If Covid vaccines had taken as long as the mumps vaccine to develop, the world would have had to face the Delta and Omicron waves with the vast majority…
Weekend Notes
Spring? That first weekend each year when the weather turns warm is always a delight. Living in the Midwest you know there will be plenty of wild weather swings before spring completely arrives. Yet even in a year like this when winter wasn’t all that bad, these weekends are welcome. Saturday it was in the mid–70s here, breaking a daily…
Jayhawk Talk: TC-Whew!
March is here! The days are getting a little longer, brighter, and warmer. Spring break is three weeks away. We’ve had a few geese in our yard already, the onslaught to come. The City of Indianapolis is fixing potholes! Baseball is about to start. And KU fans are freaking out. My experience with the Jayhawks this week was tempered by…
Friday Playlist (With Bonus Album Review)
Flipping the script this week, putting the video up top so my album review can land at the bottom of the post. “Seventeen Going Under” – Camp Cope covering Sam Fender I love everything about this. Including lead singer Georgia Maq’s Frightened Rabbit tattoo on her left bicep. https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1U1rSkIvKUQLupGarcYtQa?si=19efae017535426d “Old White Church” – Arthur Dodge & The Horsefeathers Most of…
February Media
Shows and Movies Ozark, season four, part one Throughout Ozark’s run, I’ve been unable to keep from comparing it to Breaking Bad. I know I’m not the only one. And I’ve often felt that Ozark did not quite reach the same level as BB. Partially because BB came first, partially because there isn’t a single character in Ozark that you…
Reader’s Notebook: 3/1/22
Anthem – Noah Hawley Hawley can spin a story. Here he takes a little bit of everything going on in the world today and mixes it together: Covid, our former president, climate change, toxic discourse on social media, the Insurrection, and even Joe Rogan. He whips that up into the biggest possible mess. There is a total breakdown of society…
Stats
February 2022 Eddie Vedder – 124 Gang of Youths – 93 Something for Kate – 40 Phantastic Ferniture – 27 The Beatles – 26 Complete stats available at my Last.fm page.
Weekend Sports Notes
Jayhawk Talk A large game in Waco Saturday. KU looked fantastic for the first 15 minutes against Baylor, then, other than a brief spurt in the second half, pretty pedestrian. I was as low-key about this game as any late-season, Big 12 contender matchup in years. I listen to three different KU-focused podcasts and all of them insisted last week…
Friday Playlist
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/54UkRmpa6oBpbgAPsuCRNB?si=93542ac035934e42 “A Real Thing” – The Beths This lovely track from New Zealand sets up a run of poppier tracks that make up the bulk of this week’s PL. “Bad Love” – Dehd In the write-ups for this song, I saw it compared to the blog rock of the ’00s. I certainly hear that, but I also hear a nice…
Jayhawk Talk: Some Notes
One last breather before the biggest and toughest stretch of the year, via a good, old-fashioned thumping of Kansas State. I’m not sure why K-State decided to force the tempo Tuesday night. They damn near beat KU a month ago playing their normal style of ball. Why they thought they could come to Lawrence and win a track meet is…