Friday Playlist
Several new songs by old artists this week. And some new songs by new artists. In other words, a normal week. “In The Sun” – Blondie We’ve had a little too much sun this week. It’s been miserable. This song makes me feel a little better about it. “Breakaway” – Been Stellar These kids keep cranking out good tracks. “Modern…
Reaching For The Stars, Vol. 113
Chart Week: June 23, 1984 Song: “I’ll Wait” – Van Halen Chart Position: #32, 11th week on the chart. Peaked at #13 for two weeks. I made my three-hour drive to Lexington, KY last Saturday morning solo. As it was also my birthday weekend, I thought the best way to celebrate would be to listen to an American Top 40…
Friday Playlist
Summer is here (officially)! The time is right… “Dancing In The Street” – Van Halen A lot of people shit on it, but this is one of my all-time favorite summer songs. “This Summer” – Sleigh Bells This track comes from an album called Bunky Becky Birthday Boy. Hint, hint. “Waawooweewaa” – OK Cool We need more songs titled after…
Friday Playlist
Well this has turned into quite a significant playlist. We lost two absolute musical giants over the past week. I found an incredible live performance from an artist we lost nearly 30 years ago. I am also headed back to Kansas City for the weekend, so I have to throw something from the (old) KC scene in there. And then…
Reaching For The Stars, Vol. 112
Chart Week: June 5, 1976 Song: “Love Really Hurts Without You” – Billy Ocean Chart Position: #36, 10th week on the chart. Peaked at #22 for two weeks in May. It’s always fun to be surprised when listening to old American Top 40’s. As I worked my way through this countdown, and glanced ahead at the list of songs on…
Friday Playlist
After a slight lull, the music has really started to pile up again, so we are back to the thick and juicy playlists. “Celebrated Summer” – Hüsker Dü (Nods head.) Yeah, this is the good shit. “Did I Say Too Much” – The Beaches Serious Song Of The Summer vibes here. “Inland Ocean” – Matt Berninger With the NBA Finals…
Friday Playlist
This came together surprisingly well for it being a short, busy week. It helps that we are in Summer Music season. “Constructive Summer” – The Hold Steady Always good advice to build something in the summer. “Andromeda” – Preoccupations Not a bad song on the latest Preoccupations album. “One Million” – Rocket Other than “Cherub Rock,” I was never a…
Friday Playlist
It’s the Friday before Memorial Day. That means it’s both time to break out the summer music and to play a song I always play this weekend. Two songs, actually. “Jack & Diane” – John Mellencamp Years ago, when we were still lake people, one of my better Facebook posts was something along the lines of “It’s not Memorial Day…
Friday Playlist
We’ve reached what may be the busiest 10–12 days of the year for our family. Thus I’m putting this together Thursday evening, which could lead us in some surprising directions. “Friday On My Mind” – Brògeal This seems like a good way to start. When writing about this band, Tom Breihan said, “They look and sound like the most Scottish…
Weekend Notes
Well that was a fantastic weekend! Belated Happy Mothers Days to all the moms out there. I hope you had as good of weekends as we did. Visitors Our good friends Dave and Maureen visited from KC over the weekend. The reason for their trip, other than hanging out at blog headquarters, was so Dave and I could watch Bob…