Friday Playlist
Let’s see what I can whip up for you this week. Some old stuff, some new stuff. All good stuff. https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4nxSIt6ruOKjE7x7N3Aby3?si=JYLq6p1dSb-u9r8BQpn7Iw “You Got The Love” – Rufus & Chaka Khan This week I read a long interview with Ray Parker, Jr. He seems like a pretty cool dude and has had an amazing career. He wrote this song with Chaka…
Friday Vid
I didn’t work on a playlist this week, so only a video today. “Release” – Pearl Jam I couldn’t settle on something to watch last Saturday so started scrolling through YouTube and came across Pearl Jam’s 2018 performance at Lallapalooza in Brazil. Two and a half hours later I had watched the entire thing and knocked out a couple bourbons…
Reaching for the Stars, Vol. 47
Chart Week: August 14, 1982 Song: “Someday, Someway” – Marshall Crenshaw Chart Position: #40, 6th week on the chart. Peaked at #36 for two weeks in August/September. Some one-hit wonders are easy to explain. There are the accidental hits, songs by unknown artists that get tied to popular movies or TV shows. There are novelty hits that piggyback on some…
Friday Playlist
A delayed but very special playlist for this week. Today would have been Joe Strummer’s 68th birthday. To celebrate, a group of musicians is doing [a virtual tribute concert](https://www.joestrummer.com) for Joe later today. Sadly I’ll be running around getting the girls then heading to kickball, but I will certainly be watching a replay over the weekend. As Strummer is on…
Friday Playlist
All about the ladies this week. Well, kind of. There is a male artist in the PL, but as you’ll learn, he was “in a phase,” as my mom would have said. https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0qnJThjEn3irKQDbqIwjNu?si=uQNjlCdESFyn7EOxNKP4UQ “the 1” – Taylor Swift I give Taylor all the credit: show knows how to write a fucking song. I keep getting drawn back to her folklore…
Reaching for the Stars, Vol. 46
Chart Week: August 2, 1986 Song: “Your Wildest Dreams” – The Moody Blues Chart Position: #20, 16th week on the chart. Peaked at #9 for two weeks in July. Having a teenage crush on a teacher is kind of a rite of passage, the stuff dozens – perhaps hundreds – of trashy novels and movies have been based on over…
Friday Playlist
With our situation constantly in flux, a lot can change in a week. But as it stands this morning, all three of our girls are scheduled to be back in a school classroom this time next week. Which makes this the final playlist of a rather long summer. Nothing specific to celebrate that, but this will be a mega playlist…
Friday Vid
“Vacation” – The Go-Go’s As we enjoy our final day of vacation, please enjoy this classic video on the subject.
Friday Playlist
“Mariana Trench” – Bright EyesI’ve never listened to Bright Eyes, but I enjoyed Conor Oberst’s collaboration with Phoebe Bridgers last year as part of Better Oblivion Community Center. As if for people like me, Bright Eyes is about to put out their first album in over a decade. Based on this track, I’ll at least give it a courtesy listen.…
Friday Playlist
“Divine Accidents” – 5 Billion in DiamondsThis band features Butch Vig, the drummer for Garbage and producer for dozens of big 1990s alt acts, and Ebbot Lundberg of Soundtrack of Our Lives. It sounds like a mashsup of SOOL and ELO, which is not unpleasant at all. “Destroyer” – Lala LalaPhoebe Bridgers recently recommended Lala Lala’s new album. I have…