Friday Playlist
Back at it after a week off. https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5l7CCBx3H9CNXAJTEupVCG?si=HGpp6OiaQRCehleGi0gAWw “Call Me Snowflake” – Middle Kids. MK’s new EP came out a couple weeks back. I don’t know why I was surprised, but it is really, really good. I guess I figured since they had released a couple solid singles from it in advance, there wouldn’t be much more to it. But…
Friday Playlist
https://open.spotify.com/user/224aiwksicafjldlua6nnpo4y/playlist/63wVs4F83jbtJ7qbRZX4Sw?si=STBfByoiSmyI8Gb76ifIvA “You’re Trying Too Hard” – Nightjacket. I feel like I definitely have a sound for 2019 so far: Female vocals over what is mostly indie pop with some hints of other genres mixed in. This band fits right in it, blending some dream pop and shoegaze into their pop stew. “Who You Are” – Mannequin Pussy. This band fits right…
Friday Vid
“Summertime” – DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince Apologies for the lateness; I spent the last two days with L down at CYO camp and just got home a little after 3:00 today. But it is Memorial Day weekend, so let’s kick off the summer of 2019 with the greatest summer song of all time.
Friday Vid
“Beautiful Stranger” – DMA’s covering Madonna. Just a video today. We had a huge, surprise storm blow through between 5:00 and 5:30 yesterday afternoon. Our power went out at exactly 5:32 and did not come back on until 4:45 this morning. Thus I’m scrambling a little this morning, and have to be at school for the annual Walkathon shortly. We…
Friday Vid
“Head Rolls Off” – Frightened Rabbit. It was a year ago tomorrow that, just after getting home from dropping my girls at school, the official news broke that Scott Hutchison’s body had been found floating in the Forth, as he had warned us about ten years earlier. It’s been a tough year for me as a massive fan of Scott’s…
Friday Playlist
Separating the playlist from the video this week, as I need to say a few things about the video. https://open.spotify.com/user/224aiwksicafjldlua6nnpo4y/playlist/5Czs1acMzgHCC7y541VHTT?si=37k6L2D_TtuYI9HNWL9IkA “They’ll Never” – Stef Chura. Oh hells yessssss! This is the perfect song to get the warm weather season kicked off right! (I say that when we have almost no chance of reaching 60 today). “Hello Sunshine” – Bruce Springsteen.…
Friday Playlist
https://open.spotify.com/user/224aiwksicafjldlua6nnpo4y/playlist/637bsQ2MGWH7Mmn8db5UL5?si=cJSQubSyRGGu7UdGwyCZLQ “Datura” – GOON. I had to pick the order in which I listen to the various decade channels on SiriusXM the most, the two ‘80s stations would be first, obviously. Perhaps surprising to some the 70s on 7 would be second before Lithium, the 90s alternative and grunge channel. The ’90s just don’t connect with me these days the…
Reaching for the Stars, Vol. 26
Our Internet was out almost all day yesterday, so my web time was greatly reduced. Fortunately I had some notes pulled together for this post, which I was able to hammer out between other activities. Chart Week: April 26, 1986 Song: “West End Girls” – Pet Shop Boys Chart Position: #3, 7th week on the chart. Peaked at #1 the…
Friday Playlist
Wait, it’s Friday already? And it’s almost May? Holy crap time has flown this week/month. So apologies for the last-minute playlist. https://open.spotify.com/user/224aiwksicafjldlua6nnpo4y/playlist/5mA08qiHph892nfaSs9dRN?si=zQR3Cj78SoqepK4LvOXJlg “any other night” – the dates. I’m having a hard time finding anything about this group, mostly because the combination of song title and group name falls into one of those Google holes where about 1000 other things…
Reaching for the Stars, Vol. 25
Chart Week: April 20, 1985 Song: “We Are the World” – USA for Africa Chart Position: #1, 5th week on the chart. Spent four weeks at #1. Ah, the 1980s celebrity/cause single. It seems like there were tons of these but a check of Wikipedia shows there really weren’t that many original songs written for this or that benefit. I…