It\u2019s the Friday before Memorial Day. That means it\u2019s both time to break out the summer music and to play a song I always play this weekend. Two songs, actually.<\/p>\n
<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u201cJack & Diane\u201d – John Mellencamp<br \/>\nYears ago, when we were still lake people, one of my better Facebook posts was something along the lines of \u201cIt\u2019s not Memorial Day weekend until you\u2019re drunk at the lake and you hear \u2018Jack And Diane.\u2019\u201d We don\u2019t have a lake house anymore. I don\u2019t really get drunk, either. But we can still listen to Mellencamp to kick off the biggest weekend of the year in Indy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSober\u201d – Elbow<br \/>\nSpeaking of not drinking\u2026I\u2019ve been hot and cold on Elbow over the years, but have been enjoying their most recent music.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat\u2019s Fair\u201d – Blondshell<br \/>\nWhen Sabrina Teitelbaum first hit the scene she took a lot of heat for capitalizing on her father\u2019s status and wealth to establish her career. With album #2 out, there\u2019s no doubt she\u2019s a legit talent.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRadio Armageddon\/What Rock Is\u201d – Chuck D<br \/>\nMistachuck is back! I listened to his new album last week. It\u2019s solid, especially when considering that he is 64 years old. But so much of it, from his voice to the production to the arrangement of the songs, comes off as a B-minus version of his classic work in Public Enemy. These are the first two tracks on the album. They give you an idea of what most of the rest of the album sounds like.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMetal\u201d – The Beths<br \/>\nThe Beths\u2019 music almost always makes me happy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBird On A Swing\u201d – Cory Hanson<br \/>\nA dramatic shift in tone and sound from his last project, which was jammed full of Eighties-esque shredded solos.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy Friend Dario\u201d – Vitalic<br \/>\nIt\u2019s race weekend. Vroom vroom.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"My City of Ruins (Live in Manchester, May 14, 2025)\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xgrQQLdyYLU?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>“My City Of Ruins” – Bruce Springsteen Live in Manchester, May 14, 2025<\/p>\n<p>I attempted to include this in the playlist above, but for some reason it’s not showing up. Seems fishy to me. If you’ve been following the news this week, you know why this is here.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince - Summertime\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Kr0tTbTbmVA?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>\u201cSummertime\u201d – DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince<br \/>\nDRUMS PLEASE!!!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s the Friday before Memorial Day. That means it\u2019s both time to break out the summer music and to play a song I always play this weekend. Two songs, actually. \u201cJack & Diane\u201d – John Mellencamp Years ago, when we were still lake people, one of my better Facebook posts was something along the lines of \u201cIt\u2019s not Memorial Day weekend until you\u2019re drunk at the lake and you hear \u2018Jack And Diane.\u2019\u201d We don\u2019t have a lake house anymore. I don\u2019t really get drunk, either. But we can still listen to Mellencamp to kick off the biggest weekend of the year in Indy. \u201cSober\u201d – Elbow Speaking of not drinking\u2026I\u2019ve been hot and cold on Elbow over the years, but have been enjoying their most recent music. \u201cWhat\u2019s Fair\u201d – Blondshell When Sabrina Teitelbaum first hit the scene she took a lot of heat for capitalizing on her father\u2019s status and wealth to establish her career. With album #2 out, there\u2019s no doubt she\u2019s a legit talent. \u201cRadio Armageddon\/What Rock Is\u201d – Chuck D Mistachuck is back! I listened to his new album last week. It\u2019s solid, especially when considering that he is 64 years old. But so much of it, from his voice to the production to the arrangement of the songs, comes off as a B-minus version of his classic work in Public Enemy. These are the first two tracks on the album. They give you an idea of what most of the rest of the album sounds like. \u201cMetal\u201d – The Beths The Beths\u2019 music almost always makes me happy. \u201cBird On A Swing\u201d – Cory Hanson A dramatic shift in tone and sound from his last project, which was jammed full of Eighties-esque shredded solos. \u201cMy Friend Dario\u201d – Vitalic It\u2019s race weekend. Vroom vroom. “My City Of Ruins” – Bruce Springsteen Live in Manchester, May 14, 2025 I attempted to include this in the playlist above, but for some reason it’s not showing up. Seems fishy to me. If you’ve been following the news this week, you know why this is here. \u201cSummertime\u201d – DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince DRUMS PLEASE!!!!<\/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-16312","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\/16312","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=16312"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/dsnotebook.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16312\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16318,"href":"https:\/\/dsnotebook.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16312\/revisions\/16318"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dsnotebook.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16312"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dsnotebook.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16312"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dsnotebook.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16312"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}