My Podcast Life
We are coming up on the 20th anniversary of this blog. Or at least the original site the current iteration grew from. I’m sure I’ll whip together something to commemorate the proper anniversary in June. This morning I saw an article about podcasts and got to thinking about my history with them, which was somewhat tied to my blogging history.…
Friday Playlist
Mostly uptempo rockers this week. A notable exception at the bottom for a very important reason. https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3o3d896tXeejDrTgtlOvWb?si=44ad7f0670b74d03 “Positive Charge” – The Gaslight Anthem The first new GSA song in nine years is a little underwhelming to me. Brian Fallon’s vocals sound very different from how they used to sound, which makes a huge difference. “Days Move Slow” – Bully The…
Friday Playlist
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2WYMNH2i8FedpRDmdW3l66?si=58eb8bb6f9db4ccb “Need You No More” – Chappaqua Wrestling These kids cracked my Top 10 last year and just released their full-length album. It’s not bad; it’s getting mostly positive reviews around the webz. This is probably the second-best track. “Scabs” – Speedy Ortiz SO was one of the bigger buzz bands of the early 2010s, but disappeared for a bit…
Friday Playlist
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7vedWKwodnvQPSwMIsjfju?si=cbc1495fb9bb4347 “One That Got Away” – MUNA MUNA’s first album was filled with great songs with a variety of influences, from indie to dance to country. Knowing that, I’m going to assume their follow-up isn’t going to be 100% shiny, late ’80s tracks like this, which sounds straight out of a 1988 American Top 40. Although that would be awesome.…
Reaching for the Stars, Vol. 84
Chart Week: April 17, 1982 Songs: “Stars On 45 III (A Tribute To Stevie Wonder) (Medley)” – Stars On 45, “Pop Goes the Movies (Part 1) (Medley)” – Meco. Chart Positions: #38, 4th week on the chart. Peaked at #28 for two weeks in May. #35, 10th week on the chart. Peaked at #35 for two weeks. First off, elephant…
Friday Playlist
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7Iu8oNr3BY9TYrgxwQVtUi?si=40153ce895d1417a “Let’s Hang Out Forever” – The High Water Marks This was a great song to soundtrack the past week, as it felt more like summer than spring. “Want To Know” – Free Range Country or Not entry of the week. “Wrapped in Gold” – World News This could be from 1985 just as easily as it could be from…
Friday Playlist
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0bOTCe8GgyKEdyHV4sKxso?si=266c3bfd462b4f89 “Anti-Curse” – boygenius The supergroup released their first full-length album last week. It’s very good, or at least the high points are. I love how it’s a combination of songs where each singer takes the lead and songs that are collaborations with all three taking turns. Here Julien Baker is up front. Critic Steven Hyden liked this song so…
Thursday Playlist
I decided to go with a Thursday Playlist after noting the date. We are off very early tomorrow for a week in the Dominican Republic with roughly a third of M’s graduating class. Two other local high schools will also have large contingents at our resort, so it’s going to be Indy in the Tropics, I guess. Knock on wood…
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…
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…