Weekend Notes
Quite a few things to discuss this week, so I’m going to split this into two posts. The personal stuff first, the NBA Draft stuff later on today. Weather We dodged a big ol’ bullet Sunday when storms roared through our area. There was a tornado on the ground about 10 minutes north of us. Several on the ground on…
Friday Playlist
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0KlZoh7I55N0MKTi7WiJMQ?si=5dc542acf73240fc “Body” – Briston Maroney It’s always exciting when young artists prepare to release their second album, and it seems like it will be as good as their first one. “Roll the Credits” – Danielle Ponder As if it isn’t enough that Ms. Ponder can sing like this, she also used to be a public defender. What are all my…
Reaching for the Stars, Vol. 86
A rather uninteresting weekend around here, even with an extra day thrown in, so let’s jump straight into our latest exploration of Old School American Top 40s. Chart Week: June 23, 1979 Song: “I Want You To Want Me” – Cheap Trick Chart Position: #16, 9th week on the chart. Peaked at #7 for two weeks in July. Sometimes our…
Friday Playlist
Boy do I have a list for you this week. A couple gems I’ve come up with on my own. Some discovered via Spotify’s suggestions. Two new entries in the “Country Or Not” category. One track from a performer facing a huge challenge. And our latest shoutout to a lost artist. https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0xQ8S3mKdw9SMLNoBa55ni?si=aaeb82dfc1f9452d “No Reason” – Sunny War If this song…
Friday Playlist
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6tI76bmYLthiPvsUgq7WPA?si=7e239fc56564401d “It’s Alive!” – Ratboys It’s been a fairly slow album year; my New Music list that I check each Friday has the fewest entries I can recall. But I just added one for Ratboys on August 25 that has me very excited. “The Narcissist” – Blur Their first new music in ages, and it sounds exactly like how music…
Friday Playlist
The bulk of this week’s playlist is one of my dumb group of songs that share some minor trait. The music is good even if the “concept” is stupid. https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2w2pfIdmyU1VVsYq8xvVgW?si=a203e99bd4d14588 “Summer Breeze” – Seals and Crofts It’s summertime, bitches. “High Life” – Bloc Party “American Candy” – The High Water Marks “Ease On” – The High Violets “Standing on an…
Friday Playlist
I planned on taking this week’s playlist one direction, then some things happened in the music world, I realized it was a holiday weekend, and we ended our academic year, so I decided to mix things up. https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3YZ55WO2OKkrOtWsoa4eTj?si=c85864566c5b446f “Lay Low” – My Morning Jacket I watched a documentary on MMJ’s 2004 Bonnaroo performance the other night. Which means I spent…
Friday Playlist
Quite the mixed bag this week. We’ll begin with a couple tracks that owe a huge debt to ’90s Brit Pop, hear a classic from that era, dive into some Aussie music, and then get even more eclectic. https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1aCRWYCQtr4fsR87jVmy2g?si=33cdad6f47774488 “Savior” – Siracuse I have a buddy who is super into all things Manchester. Man United. The whole music scene. But…
Reaching for the Stars, Vol. 85
Chart Week: April 23, 1983 Song: “Whirly Girl” – Oxo Chart Position: #28, 10th week on the chart. This was its chart peak. We love to celebrate the one hit wonders that made a big impact on the charts and the culture. Toni Basil. Nena. Tommy Tutone. Artists of that nature that you still hear today. Then there are the…
Friday Playlist + Mini Concert Review
My Friday Playlist pool has been pretty full this year. There was a little lull in the past month where I had to do some digging to fill out the weekly lists. Suddenly, though, I am overflowing once again. When I started working on today’s edition, I had 17 songs in the queue, only two of which were older tracks.…