Friday Playlist
Welcome to the fourth quarter of 2021. My late year itch to build my favorite songs of the year list has already started to make its presence known. Holiday music is eight weeks away. Let’s kick it off with a pretty standard Friday Playlist. https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3NkI0YkMQm4E4XrgEnZENs?si=8fa6d2deab9f404b “Weights” – Bartees Strange A bonus track from the updated, deluxe version of Strange’s debut…
Friday Playlist
No long essays about how old music makes me feel this week. I do write a little more about most of these songs than I usually do, though. https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1EnYwdzLt7XAvHneeIa6rp?si=6322b695f8114d0a “Waste Your Time” – Jackson+Sellers Jade Jackson says this song is about those final moments of a toxic relationship, when you are reevaluating everything you’ve been through and realize it wasn’t…
For Those Who Celebrate…
…Happy Holiday
Reaching for the Stars, Vol. 62
Well piss. I swear that I’ve posted this about three different times over the past two days. Obviously I’m losing it. Chart Week: August 25, 1984 Song: “Breakin’…There’s No Stopping Us” – Ollie and Jerry Chart Position: #34, 13th week on the chart. Peaked at #9 the week of August 4. I love musical origin stories. Especially ones where a…
Friday Playlist
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3vr4vLNbPtAzVOUANrWWv5?si=19a6709a82ae4219 “I Don’t Live Here Anymore” – The War on Drugs with Lucius The title track from the upcoming TWOD LP. It is the brightest, shiniest, poppiest track the band has ever done. Naturally I love it. Lucius provides a very nice vocal assist. “This Enchanted” – Hatchie Harriet Pilbeam recently signed with Indiana label Secretly Canadian, and this is…
Friday Playlist (With Bonus College Girlfriend Commentary!)
I think you’re going to like this group of songs, but I bet you enjoy my essay about this week’s video more. It’s not often I dive into my romantic past here, so prepare to laugh at/mock me. https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6GF6qOeUJAtg0OdWzDIcvl?si=9bbe65e529084600 “Long Way” – Eddie Vedder WHOA! When I heard Eddie had a solo album coming out I was not enthused. His…
Friday Playlist
It’s the last weekend of the summer of 2021. My new music folder seems a bit light at the moment, so we’re going to get a little nutty this week. I hope you find the nuttiness pleasing to your ears. https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2LMxMwJjAazetSKaJ4GakS?si=bb12595a2fb14cb0 “Red Hill Mining Town” – U2 Through hands of steel And heart of stone Our labor day Has come…
Thoughts on “The Number Ones” of the ’80s
Tom Breihan passed a notable milestone this week in his The Number Ones series: he finished the 1980s. Most days I just glance at the comments. But Monday, as Phil Collins’ “Another Day in Paradise” closed out the decade, I read deep into them, enjoying commenters’ various picks of favorites, most hated, most overlooked, etc tracks. I don’t participate in…
Friday Playlist
We’ve reached the point in the year when it starts to hit you how deep into the calendar we are. I’m only 4-5 weeks away from starting to give early attention to my favorite songs of the year list. Yeesh. https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0zvkECw31R2wGdj2iy0LuZ?si=8419b47f03ab4604 “Undone” – The Shivas I know I had heard of this Portland band in the past, but can’t say…
Friday Playlist
By the time you read this post and begin listening to this week’s tracks, S and I will be on the road, headed west towards Kansas City and a weekend wedding. To honor that occasion, these songs are inspired by the collection of music the bride-to-be gave her DJ. Plus one song required any time I go to KC. https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3iRzQbi6alNQgPWjqVV3L8?si=c547663919dc4c64