{"id":16232,"date":"2025-04-18T07:21:51","date_gmt":"2025-04-18T11:21:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dsnotebook.me\/?p=16232"},"modified":"2025-05-29T09:59:14","modified_gmt":"2025-05-29T13:59:14","slug":"friday-playlist-345","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dsnotebook.me\/index.php\/2025\/04\/18\/friday-playlist-345\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday Playlist"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I have an absolutely loaded Friday as we prepare for weekend guests and our extra-large family gathering for Easter on Sunday. Because of that I\u2019m starting this Thursday evening, and I\u2019m not really sure where it\u2019s going to take me after this odd week. Let\u2019s find out together!<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Spotify Embed: Friday Playlist 4\/18\/25\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/playlist\/1mlgX0sKC5cwbswK21ve8O?si=c032c2248e424a30&#038;utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u201cApril Skies\u201d &#8211; The Jesus and Mary Chain<br \/>\nThey\u2019re going to be dark and stormy for the next couple days, at least here in Indy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Feeling Is Gone\u201d &#8211; The Horrors<br \/>\nMan, this could be straight off of Depeche Mode\u2019s 1990 classic <em>Violator<\/em>. And I do not hate that at all.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cVacation\u201d &#8211; Say Sue Me featuring Kim Hanjoo<br \/>\nFirst the Koreans took over the pop world. Now they\u2019re aiming for indie rock? I give them credit: ain\u2019t nothing wrong with this jam.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLean Into The Wind\u201d &#8211; Doves<br \/>\nI don\u2019t pretend to understand how the music industry works these days. For example, Doves just released a new album about six weeks ago. Now they\u2019ve released a new song that wasn\u2019t on that LP. Officially, it was a Record Store Day release. Although it landed on Spotify, etc at the same time. Which is fine. Often these leftover tracks didn\u2019t make the album for a reason. In this case, though, I do not understand why this wasn\u2019t on <em>Constellations For The Lonely<\/em>. It is very good, as good as any track on the full album. Thank goodness we get to hear it!<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvery Time I Hear\u201d &#8211; Sharp Pins<br \/>\nGorgeous jangle pop from Chicago.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGod Knows\u201d &#8211; Tunde Adebimpe<br \/>\nThe former TV On The Radio frontman\u2019s solo debut is shaping up to be a real dandy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGood Friday\u201d &#8211; Cowboy Junkies<br \/>\n\u201cEaster\u201d &#8211; Strand of Oaks<br \/>\nMay the Easter Bunny be good to you all.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Joy Division - Transmission [OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO]\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6dBt3mJtgJc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u201cTransmission\u201d &#8211; Joy Division<br \/>\nThis week, or maybe next, <a href=\"https:\/\/dsnotebook.me\/index.php\/2023\/05\/10\/my-podcast-life\/\">marks the 20th anniversary of my old music podcast<\/a>. This was the first song played on the first show, which I referred to as transmissions. Good times. Ian Curtis was something else.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have an absolutely loaded Friday as we prepare for weekend guests and our extra-large family gathering for Easter on Sunday. Because of that I\u2019m starting this Thursday evening, and I\u2019m not really sure where it\u2019s going to take me after this odd week. Let\u2019s find out together! \u201cApril Skies\u201d &#8211; The Jesus and Mary Chain They\u2019re going to be dark and stormy for the next couple days, at least here in Indy. \u201cThe Feeling Is Gone\u201d &#8211; The Horrors Man, this could be straight off of Depeche Mode\u2019s 1990 classic Violator. And I do not hate that at all. \u201cVacation\u201d &#8211; Say Sue Me featuring Kim Hanjoo First the Koreans took over the pop world. Now they\u2019re aiming for indie rock? I give them credit: ain\u2019t nothing wrong with this jam. \u201cLean Into The Wind\u201d &#8211; Doves I don\u2019t pretend to understand how the music industry works these days. For example, Doves just released a new album about six weeks ago. Now they\u2019ve released a new song that wasn\u2019t on that LP. Officially, it was a Record Store Day release. Although it landed on Spotify, etc at the same time. Which is fine. Often these leftover tracks didn\u2019t make the album for a reason. In this case, though, I do not understand why this wasn\u2019t on Constellations For The Lonely. It is very good, as good as any track on the full album. Thank goodness we get to hear it! \u201cEvery Time I Hear\u201d &#8211; Sharp Pins Gorgeous jangle pop from Chicago. \u201cGod Knows\u201d &#8211; Tunde Adebimpe The former TV On The Radio frontman\u2019s solo debut is shaping up to be a real dandy. \u201cGood Friday\u201d &#8211; Cowboy Junkies \u201cEaster\u201d &#8211; Strand of Oaks May the Easter Bunny be good to you all. \u201cTransmission\u201d &#8211; Joy Division This week, or maybe next, marks the 20th anniversary of my old music podcast. This was the first song played on the first show, which I referred to as transmissions. Good times. Ian Curtis was something else.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[9],"class_list":["post-16232","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-music"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dsnotebook.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16232","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dsnotebook.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dsnotebook.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dsnotebook.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dsnotebook.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16232"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dsnotebook.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16232\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16233,"href":"https:\/\/dsnotebook.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16232\/revisions\/16233"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dsnotebook.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16232"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dsnotebook.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16232"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dsnotebook.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16232"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}