Friday Playlist
Some really good, brand new music to share this week. https://open.spotify.com/user/224aiwksicafjldlua6nnpo4y/playlist/4dmpYiVFF1j6PRmrFnzLe0 “Shine On Me” – Dan Auerbach. The lead single off the Black Keys’ vocalist’s second solo album sounds like Beck channeling George Harrison. Which means it’s fabulous as hell, and perfect for spring and early summer. “Silver” – Waxahatchee. Katie Crutchfield has written some great songs over the years,…
What If The Beatles Had Said Yes?
Last week was a guest editor week at Kottke. Tim Carmody took over and devoted the week to looking back at where and how the web has evolved over the past decade-plus, and revisiting some of the site’s readers’ favorite parts of the classic web. On Thursday Carmody posted a piece called The Web is a portal to other words,…
Bonus Video
“Starfish and Coffee” – Prince A year ago I was watching this video – one of the few Prince videos available on YouTube at the time – in tears. Still can’t believe he’s gone, especially as we learned about how troubled his final days/years were. I’ve read a couple retrospective pieces about Prince today, and one of them included this…
Friday Playlist
It’s a throwback day around our house today. I’m watching one of my 11-month old nephews for the day. It feels like 2005, 2007, or 2009. So I thought for the Spotify portion of the Friday tunes, I’d pull three songs from those years when I was spending each day with my 11-month-olds. There’s some humorous subtext to at least…
Friday Playlist
https://open.spotify.com/user/224aiwksicafjldlua6nnpo4y/playlist/6dR7wBdBHV2rmuTS8GN9kg “Dull” – Microwave. Thus crunchy, grungy track sounds a lot like something Manchester Orchestra might have done when they were sussing out their more dramatic sound. “New” – Family Friends. A strong, mid-90s vibe alt-rock radio vibe here. “Stars” – Hum. If I’m sharing songs with one-syllable titles and Clinton-era overtones, I might as well go back to the…
Friday Playlist
A different sort of playlist this week. On our lazy spring break, I roared through the Pearl Jam Twenty book that was released as a companion to the documentary of the same name a few years back. When I picked it up at the library, I expected it to be just a collection of photos and other memories of the…
Friday Playlist
Busy week so low on posts. Still time to share some music, though. https://open.spotify.com/user/224aiwksicafjldlua6nnpo4y/playlist/7HcpJIx4Zjjb0omsjxLXBr “Please, Let’s Go Away” – Trementina. Today is the first day of our spring break. As we’ve already taken a trip this year, we’ll be staying close to home for the next week. Doesn’t mean we can’t wish we were going somewhere warm, especially since the…
Friday Playlist
A quick playlist since I’m well behind schedule today. https://open.spotify.com/user/224aiwksicafjldlua6nnpo4y/playlist/5Y45v4RvyVaVZbGanP4FBa “Dundee Man” – Spiral Stairs. I was sure this band was Scottish. Turns out it is actually Pavement co-founder Scott Kannberg. I still like the song. “Hope The High Road” – Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit. Drifting more toward the rock side of his alt-country sound, I really like…
Friday Playlist
https://open.spotify.com/user/224aiwksicafjldlua6nnpo4y/playlist/3AB0Mx5E3Si8rzIuz1tH8q “Darling” – WOMPS. Some fine, Frightened Rabbit-approved Scottish rock.“Sentimental and Monday” – Holy Holy. Apparently this song has been around for a couple years, but I just found it thanks to one of my Spotify Discovery playlists. It’s cold, rainy, and bleak in Indy today. This song is perfect for this morning.“Why We Fight” – Fast Romantics. There’s something…
Friday Playlist
Yesterday was the 30th anniversary of the release of U2’s The Joshua Tree. I remember buying the cassette shortly after it came out, but I either got a bad copy or let it sit in the sun or my tape player mangled it, because within a couple plays it began sounding terrible. As I was five months from getting my…