Friday Playlist
A very Good Friday and Happy Easter weekend to you all. https://open.spotify.com/user/224aiwksicafjldlua6nnpo4y/playlist/0lfEmiwLjSB3Donp1wKxBo?si=iMXjFNLMTLecuJGzA8u6WA “Everybody Here Hates You” – Courtney Barnett. This song is a grower. I was just thrilled CB had put out a couple songs for Record Store Day. But as I’ve listened to this more and more, it has gotten into my head and I really like it. “Caves”…
Friday Playlist
A bit of a busy week here for a variety of reasons, which has put me in the strange position of not having a big queue of new music to share. So some classics for you this week. https://open.spotify.com/user/224aiwksicafjldlua6nnpo4y/playlist/53s9WU35qyn9FNpWpvziAf?si=8j5bbwhHQDe-LeXrI_HgLQ “Float On” – Modest Mouse. This song has jumped up a lot recently on Sirius for some reason. I think I’ve…
Friday Vid
“Real Thing” – Middle Kids. We are home, safe and sound, tanned and tired. We made it home a little after 9:00 last night thanks to multiple delays in our return flights. A long summary post of our week in Cancun will come Monday. I monitored my music sites while away, bookmarking posts I wanted to come back to. I…
Friday Vid
https://youtu.be/7VzakY8h5vI “Mirror in the Bathroom” – The English Beat. RIP to one of the coolest men, and coolest names, in the second British Invasion of the 1980s, “Ranking Roger” Charlery.
Reaching for the Stars, Vol. 24
Chart Week: February 25, 1978 Song: “How Deep Is Your Love” – Bee Gees Chart Position: #10, 23rd week on the chart. Peaked at #1 for three weeks in December 1977 and January 1978. The most amazing chart stretch of my life was the Bee Gee’s run in the late ‘70s. They absolutely owned the charts thanks largely to the…
Friday Playlist
A slap-dash, quickie playlist this week as I had a few things lined up this morning and have a lot of basketball to watch this afternoon. https://open.spotify.com/user/224aiwksicafjldlua6nnpo4y/playlist/47dmUZT8VeIzZEAEY0IrrL?si=pgxZCAzjRZ64LmVh_OtNnw “Friendly Aliens” – Chad VanGaalen. This guy is from Canada. This song is trippy and strange and fun. “Without a Blush” – Hatchie. Your weekly Australian song. Her EP last year was excellent.…
Friday Playlist
Some more rockin’ tunes this week. https://open.spotify.com/user/224aiwksicafjldlua6nnpo4y/playlist/4GjsHmrTAYLUiLZ6MelxOj?si=-hx5gjLBTL26M0anwNlQtA “Satellite” – The Get Up Kids. This band might be the most successful to come out of the Kansas City/Lawrence music scene of the late 90s/early 00s. I run into people all the time who love them. But I was never a huge fan; emo just never was my bag. But this song…
Reaching for the Stars, Vol. 23
Chart Week: March 1, 1986 Song: “Beat’s So Lonely” – Charlie Sexton Chart Position: #26, 12th week on the chart. Peaked at #17 for three weeks in March/April. One-hit-wonders come in all size, shapes, sounds, and types. Charlie Sexton may be one of the cruelest examples of a OHW. Sexton was a bit of a musical prodigy, trained in his…
Friday Playlist
https://open.spotify.com/user/224aiwksicafjldlua6nnpo4y/playlist/0yT7ZiLSBAPGVmDPTCKXx9?si=LXSC2g_VQJuCICOId25t3Q “Don’t Be So Hard on Yourself” – Alex Lahey. We don’t deserve all the great music that Australia is pumping out these days. Last week Julia Jacklin’s newest album came out. Stella Donnelly’s was released today. Alex Lahey is next on the list, with hers dropping on May 17. “In the Capital” – Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever. Man did…
Friday Playlist
It’s March! Which means accumulating snow Sunday followed by record cold for most of next week. Le sigh… Here’s some music to get you through the latest trash weekend. https://open.spotify.com/user/224aiwksicafjldlua6nnpo4y/playlist/7gwBR1Cx5HyA9PZvmJAbKF?si=efqLUPjiTruUjtnoxKge8Q “Capacity” – Charly Bliss. An ear worm that defies putting in a musical slot. I hear lines back to the music of at least three different decades in here. “stay”…