The Beach Boys’ Brian Wilson said the song, “Be My Baby,” was “The greatest record ever produced.” He added, “I felt like I wanted to try to do something as good as that song and I never did. I’ve stopped trying.” Now that’s high praise. We lost Ronnie Spector this week. She was still a … Continue reading Sunday Music: Be My Baby
Category: Sunday Music
Sunday Music: Play That Country Tuba, Cowboy
My brother said the song stopped everyone dead when it came on in the kitchen he works. At the mercy of shuffle mode, his Spotify-shuffle picked out “Play That Country Tuba, Cowboy” from the obscure Vandals album, The Vandals Play Really Bad Original Country Tunes. Understandably, nobody else had ever heard it, and the song … Continue reading Sunday Music: Play That Country Tuba, Cowboy
Sunday Music: Mele Kalikimaka
It's a sound of my childhood - not just the whole White Christmas album (the movie AND the Bing album), but this particular song. One part Bing's crooning, another part The Andrews Sisters harmonizing, and a dash of non-northeastern cold, bright and warm Hawaaiin magic. Happy holidays, thanks for being here with me. https://youtu.be/FezVApPddqU
Sunday Music: Trying To Ignore The Elephant (Somehow)
3 recent deaths, one milestone birthday, and I’m thinking a lot about the lots we draw in what’s turned into a lot of life (not, ahem, enough yet, just for the record). Jason Isbell’s “Elephant” keeps playing in my head all the while. It’s a song about a friend with cancer. It’s a song about … Continue reading Sunday Music: Trying To Ignore The Elephant (Somehow)
Sunday Music: Remembering The Monkee With The Hat
As a proud member of the 1980s Nick at Nite generation, I’m no stranger to The Monkees (via all those glorious reruns). Michael Nesmith, aka the one with the hat, passed away this week. I’ve revisited the band and the TV show on more than one occasion (see this prior Monkees post here). They’re a … Continue reading Sunday Music: Remembering The Monkee With The Hat
Sunday Music: Alice’s Restaraunt
It took just over an hour to get to and from Grandma's on thanksgiving. On the way home, Dad would drive, Mom would co-pilot, and my brothers and I would ride in the dark back seats, staring out the windows, riding over the river and through the woods, listening to the radio. Not every time, … Continue reading Sunday Music: Alice’s Restaraunt
Sunday Music: Hide Your (Ghost/Laser) Face
There’s a voice in my head. Whenever I do something with a ton of confidence, or whenever I've got that little extra punch of gusto, it appears in my brain and says, “oh is that the shit you’re running with?” It comes from this song. Specifically this remix. https://youtu.be/HiKEkKsZlOY
Sunday Music: Get Me Out Of Here (Nightime)
Hey! Sundays are for music. As a music-maker working in a less-than-musically focused world, this is my way to connect what I’m doing, thinking, and feeling with my favorite mode of expression This week I’ve been listening to… Big Star doesn’t come up a lot in conversation, but when they do, I get all sorts … Continue reading Sunday Music: Get Me Out Of Here (Nightime)
Sunday Music: After The Funeral Music
Hey! Sundays are for music. As a music-maker working in a less-than-musically focused world, this is my way to connect what I’m doing, thinking, and feeling with my favorite mode of expression This week I’ve been listening to… Two too many deaths of people I loved in the past two weeks. Wherever this email finds … Continue reading Sunday Music: After The Funeral Music
Sunday Music: Misfits Halloween Among Us
Hey! Sundays are for music. As a music-maker working in a less-than-musically focused world, this is my way to connect what I’m doing, thinking, and feeling with my favorite mode of expression This week I’ve been listening to… October and Halloween mean one thing: Misfits songs. I used to have my kids read Misfits lyrics … Continue reading Sunday Music: Misfits Halloween Among Us