Favorite Songs of 2022
We have arrived at one of the most glorious days of my blogging year: the reveal of my favorite songs of the past 12 months. I often attempt to find common threads that wind through my selections. At first I wasn’t detecting any this year. There were a few songs about dead people, but that was a small subset of…
Friday Playlist
Some brand new songs and one that goes back nearly 50 years for this week’s playlist. (Spotify embedding is cranky this morning, so here’s a link) Friday Playlist 12/9/22 https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6PrFQ6Y0xt5JJnHAB5wx1b?si=a478ce2e928544ab “Peace Blossom Boogy” – Babe Rainbow Not sure how/why it happened, but I just heard this five-year-old song about going to Venice for the first time. Spotify must be tracking…
Friday Playlist
Since returning home I’ve been super focused on getting my Favorite Songs of the Year playlist put together. I’ve made a lot of progress and expect to post it in about 10 days. In the meantime, the next two weekly playlists will feature some songs that were weeded out as I get the big list down to its final number.…
Reaching for the Stars, Vol. 79
Chart Week: November 23, 1985 Song: “Separate Lives” – Phil Collins and Marilyn Martin Chart Position: #3, 8th week on the chart. Peaked at #1 the week of November 30. (Note: To tide you over during our Thanksgiving vacation, I’ve scheduled a couple posts to drop while we are away. I’m hoping all goes well and they appear on time…
Friday Playlist
I’ve pretty casually mentioned a couple times that our family had a trip to Italy planned. The time for that trip has arrived. Tomorrow morning we will drive up to Chicago, hop on a flight to Paris, and hopefully end up in Rome by early afternoon Sunday. Over the next seven days we will be exploring Rome, Florence, and Venice.…
Friday Playlist
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1quRsxCGUaWzdgzIokpPlM?si=6f93b16705bd45ad “October Passed Me By” – girl in red DAMMIT! I meant to include this last week. I guess it still applies. “Honey” – Romero I just learned that this song is a couple years old, but it appears on Romero’s first full-length album that was just released, so it’s getting a second round of love from the music blogs.…
Friday Playlist
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0Gnq8oozGlZmW50yoLHgnw?si=b00e4ce8e5bb4ea2 “How Far We’ve Come” – The Big Pink This big, positive track is a good thing to listen to in the heart of the political season. There’s a lot going wrong in the world, and I tend to think we’re heading a very bad direction in so many different aspects of life. But in other ways, we’ve really come…
Friday Vid
“Superstition” live on Sesame Street – Stevie Wonder L and I arrived at our house, tired but happy, around 1:00 this morning following a long, jam-packed, and mostly excellent trip to Washington, D.C. with her classmates. I’ll get to all of that next week. In the meantime, Stevie Wonder’s Talking Book album had its 50th anniversary this week. Pop culture…
Monday Playlist
Monday playlist? WHAT?!?! That’s right, a very special playlist to kick off the week. By the time you read this I will likely be in the air, on my way to Washington, D.C. as a chaperone for L’s 8th grade class trip. We have an action-packed week ahead of us, from the moment we land until we depart late Thursday.…
Friday Playlist
Slow week here at blog headquarters. Or actually a busy one in terms of commitments outside the home which has meant for limited posting opportunities. Expect the same next week, but more on that later… Here is this week’s selection of music. https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3FEXoZkBfgFLmUrmk8YatP?si=4c29cc634a9e41d5 “See” – Hooveriii Hoover three, get it? The latest track to pop up recently that has at…