79: Armed Forces My first Elvis Costelloand the Attractions album, Armed Forces ruled my 16 year-old world, so much so, that I can still sing alongword for word to every songon this album, except for thewords I couldn’t understand, because there were no lyricsin the liner notes, and becausesometimes, Elvis Costello mumbles. I know IContinue reading “#655: C is for Costello, Elvis (79/98/18)”
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#650: C is for The Claypool-Lennon Delirium
If you had asked me,during the 90’s what the likelihood would be of a collaboration between Les Claypoolof Primus and Sean Lennon, the famous offspring of a Beatle, I might have saidthere is zero chance of that. I would be wrong, of course. The resultingalbums, as one would expect, are pretty weird. Unconventional, silly, psychedelic,Continue reading “#650: C is for The Claypool-Lennon Delirium”
#604: A is for Average White Band
A quick note from yours truly to begin. It took me 11 days to listen to 29 record albums by 14 artists and to write a poem-like thing for each songwriter or band filed under the letter A in my collection. There were, in that 29, a couple of double albums, but I have onlyContinue reading “#604: A is for Average White Band”
#601: A is for Arctic Monkeys
“Can we please be absolutely sure that there’s a mirrorball for me?” I hadn’t heard these guysin nearly a decade and one dayin 2022 their new album came across the radar, as they say, a new album called The Car,and I streamed it out of purecuriosity. This was not your mama’s Arctic Monkeys, but IContinue reading “#601: A is for Arctic Monkeys”
#594: A is for Alvin, as in Dave and Phil
Sometimes I forgethow certain records find their way into my collection. I may have mistakenDave Alvin for DaveAllen of Gang of Fourand Shriekback fame, but on second thought,I’m pretty sure this record was a bonusfor an order I made a long time agodirectly from Yep Roc,probably a freebee that came with a record by RobynContinue reading “#594: A is for Alvin, as in Dave and Phil”
#592: A is for Arooj Aftab
I go to a tequila bartonight, not for tequila, but for food, in part because it’s right behind the liquor store, where I reallywant to go, but also becauseI need something to eat. No kitchen. Everything on the food menu is preparedhere inside of an air fryer.I can easily go elsewhere,elsewhere, but for convenienceand economicsContinue reading “#592: A is for Arooj Aftab”
#588: On Not Going Back to the Schoolhouse on the First Day of School for the 4th Year In a Row
I hardly give it a thoughtuntil my wife heads out of the housewith a tub of red vines for the drum line info table where herstudents will entice the 9th gradersinto joining indoor percussion. Then, I give it a thought. This is the fourth school yearin a row that I have not reportedback to workContinue reading “#588: On Not Going Back to the Schoolhouse on the First Day of School for the 4th Year In a Row”
#587: A musician of a certain age. . .
. . . sits on his drum throne and bends overto tighten the floor tom legs and the agonyis immediate. He’s not sure if he hears an actual crack or if the pain synapses inhis brain are exploding his auditory nerves. What is most likely is that the pain hascaused him to yell. He’s settingContinue reading “#587: A musician of a certain age. . .”
#587: Streak Ends! Stats Fail!
According to my Insight Timerstatistics, I meditated 203 consecutivedays and then I stopped. This morning, I meditatedfor the second consecutive day. Part of me feels like I’ve been robbed, so disappointed tohave broken my streak, to have experienced such a monumental stats fail. Another part of me wantsto trash the Insight Timeraltogether, right along sideofContinue reading “#587: Streak Ends! Stats Fail!”
#586: Literature Only: Another Air Travel Poem
Hi, there. Sure is nice seeing you here at 30,000 feet. Feel free to enable, open, scan, and browse, but please note, you can place literature only inside the plastic pouch above your upright tray table. Anything decidedly not literature, you’ll have to place elsewhere. I know you’re already frustrated with the free-for-all nature ofContinue reading “#586: Literature Only: Another Air Travel Poem”
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