A little smaller selection this week, as I’ve had two music projects that have been sucking up my listening time this week. “London Calling” – The Clash Joe Strummer was born 72 years ago this week. At first, I accidentally added the entire London Calling album to this playlist. For a second I thought about making that the entire PL…

“Archbishop Harold Holmes” – Jack White What an idiot I am! White dropped his No Name album on streaming services two weeks ago, and I listened to it a ton after we got home from vacation. Then, somehow, I forgot to include a track in last week’s playlist. Again, idiot. This track is soooo White Stripes-y, with his spitfire vocals…

A week off means we stick with the extra-stuffed playlists. I don’t hear any complaints. “Summer In The Park Pt. 1” – East Coast Connection Early August used to mean you got focused on how to maximize the last few weeks of summer. Not these days, when most of the country goes back to school well before Labor Day. There…

No playlist next week, so I’ll see if I can cram a few extra songs into this one. “Florida” – Modest Mouse We will depart early Sunday for a week in the Florida panhandle. This is the only song overtly about Florida in my collection, thus its inclusion. Thursday was also M’s birthday. Famously, I was listening to “Float On”…

Another long-ish collection this week. I doubt any of you mind that much. “Summer Nights” – Hazel English Nothing better. “Chicago” – Japandroids Tuesday I listened to Japandroids’ classic Celebration Rock all-the-way-through for the first time this summer. So, so good. For the first time, I realized at least one of my kids is right at the age that album’s…

After taking a break for the holiday, I’m offering you an extra jam-packed playlist at no extra cost. “Rain In The Summertime” – The Alarm After the remnants of Hurricane Beryl rolled through this past week, there’s a chance of rain every day for the next week. I won’t complain, though, as the showers will be scattered each day and…

No true playlist this week. Instead I’ll share two fun videos I’ve been sitting on for a few weeks. First, clips of classic Peanuts cartoons edited to somewhat match the classic Boston songs “Foreplay/Long Time.” https://youtu.be/qxtgJIQk1Ec?si=wfCl8mz0f5SIIhuD Next, someone recreates New Order’s “Blue Monday” using a staggering variety of Casio instruments.

I’m putting this list together late Thursday, for reasons I’ll get to in a moment, so it could take some weird turns. “Summer Girl” – HAIM Yep. “Save It For Later” – Eddie Vedder We were busy with the last night of summer league ball Thursday, so I couldn’t give any attention to the biggest event on TV: season three…