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.…

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.…

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…

“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? 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.…

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…

Back to the (mostly) newer music this week. https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3JXm4e8afwBOMGPj0nWKuV?si=3859ffd35ee34ad0 “Lucky One” – The Big Pink I like the heavy, almost ominous feel of this track. “Literary Mind” – Sprints I’m a long-time sucker for songs that capture the feeling of being young and in love, and this sure does that. I especially like how, as the song builds, the band’s…

I did not do a lot of new music listening this week. So, to switch things up, I’m just going to play my Spotify Liked Songs on shuffle and see what it throws out for this week’s list. I’ll also make it extra-long, hopefully a good soundtrack as you wrap up your week. https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4Rvkn4I3rIkAD7Srr0pyyl?si=3b5304f08fbd427a “1234” – Feist Remember when iPod…

Once again we are brushing up against a slowing stream of new music, so this week’s playlist is a little more eclectic, at least in terms of date of recording. https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1BvcKtltKbR57Ikfyzyb8e?si=ae25d46ae8b94a23 “At Attention” – Northern Portrait You cannot convince me these kids aren’t actually from the industrial north of England. Sure, their bio says they are from Denmark, but I’m…