Friday Playlist
Unlike last week, I had almost too much music to pick from today. Let’s see how well I do editing. (One track, marked with ***, is not available in Spotify and I’m too lazy to adjust. Another vote for Apple Music…) “Summer Begins” – The Proctors Let’s go! “The Weak” – Iceage This is what The Strokes wanted to sound…
Emergency Monday Video
It is a Monday holiday, which normally would mean no posts. But with the horrible news Friday that hip hop legend Rob Base had passed at the age of 59, it seemed rude not to share the video of his biggest hit. “It Takes Two” came out of nowhere in the fall of 1988 and became a timeless classic. I…
Friday Playlist
As you can guess by the lack of activity on this website, it was a busy week for me. In strange ways, which we may or may not get to next week. Because of that, my working playlist for today was half-formed, at best. Good thing it is Memorial Day weekend, though. That unlocks multiple fun tracks for us. “Constructive…
Friday Playlist
Perhaps a bit of an edge to this week’s playlist thanks to the general theme of a few songs. “American Dream” – Alabama Shakes Brittany is letting people know! “Heatin Park” – DMA’S As if these Aussies haven’t already pushed the Manchester sound enough through their first four albums, now the lead single for LP5 is about a park in…
Friday Playlist
“Chance Encounters” – The MenzingersThese guys almost always hit. I heard this for the first time about four minutes after I posted last week’s playlist. “Like A Chump” – Mute SwanThis presents as a mid-point between shoegaze and early Madchester music. “I Want To Remember Everything” – knittingThis also might have a hint of shoegaze to it, but also sounds…
Friday Playlist
“First Of May” – Jonathan CoultonUSE CAUTION WHEN LISTENING TO THIS AT WORK.Unfortunate that we are sliding into a cooler-than-normal spring as we flip the calendar to May. I did some searching for songs about May last night and this popped up. I had never heard it before, but I am familiar with some of Coulton’s other work. This made…
Reaching For The Stars, Vol. 126
Chart Week: April 22, 1978 Song: “More Than A Woman” – Tavares Chart Position: #34, 17th week on the chart. Peaked at #32 the week of May 6. When I was a young music fan, any statement Casey Kasem made on American Top 40 was accepted as an absolute fact. What Walter Cronkite was to adults, Casey was to me.…
Friday Playlist
“Radio” – Junior VarsityBack in my music podcast days, I liked to begin each transmission with a song that referenced either radio or political struggle, to represent my fight against corporate radio. This song would obviously be a track one if I was still podcasting. “The World Is Fucked And I Love You” – Spencer ThomasSometimes songs come along and…
When The Digital World Makes It Difficult To Remember
Yesterday was the 10th anniversary of Prince’s death. His passing is a celebrity death I can remember exactly where I was when I got the news. More significantly, it was the first celebrity death that genuinely floored me. Sometimes it still does. Prince seemed mysterious and eternal. He wasn’t supposed to fall into the trap of using opioids to manage…
Friday Playlist
A pretty solid playlist this week. Two songs I’m especially jazzed about. “ATTEMPT A CRASH LANDING – THEME” – The Twilight SadKind of a pretentious title, between the name itself and the CAPS. But this song kicks ass so I’ll allow it. A proper track to kick off a playlist. “Conflagration Mindset” – ColaA stark, mechanical piece that sounds heavily…