friday random elevenish “balanced break?” edition
So, last weekend was a nice diversion, getting to play some shows with my friends down in Durham. I thought we sounded pretty good, though it’d have been nice if more folks had come to the shows. This one wasn’t really a big music event, though double-digits would’ve been nice. The Saturday show, though, did stream to several hundred as part of FilkOntario’s online content. Plus, on my drive home, I stopped and spent some time at another VA State Park, which was nice, checked another off the list, and included some neat bear warning signs and an encounter with a huge herd of deer in the evening.
Since then, it’s been a relatively busy week, all told, as these four-day week tend to be. After being off on Monday to handle some errands, I spent the week clearing the decks and making sure everyone has what they need while I’m out next week.
Not that being off next week is going to be a serious vacation. Bright and early Monday morning I’ve got more continuing periodontal drama that’ll likely have me laid out for a couple of days of recovery featuring heavy-duty painkillers and soft foods. Yay.
It’s not all medical tedium, however. There’s a spring break long-weekend trip out of town to visit a cool aquarium with the youngest, and maybe catching up with a few friends a few states south; we’ll see.
Until then, though, it’s scheduling these last couple of meetings, approving documents, and trying to track down a pricing proposal that’s gotten lost in the digital æther…
But while I’m doing that, I’ve got some tunes playing in the background. I went with Spotify’s Discover Weekly list again, which is full of all the neat indie radio hits again this week, but farting around otherwise with streaming music (when not listening to the latest political commentary…oh, by the way – happy indictment day!), I was listening to “Rise”, the new single from Extreme, and learned that they did a live version of Pornograffitti back in 2016 for the record’s 25th anniversary, which is cool, since I wore that cassette out listening to it in high school and college.
- “Olympia, WA” – Molly Tuttle
- “One Stop Shop (For A Fading Revolution)” – Twen
- “It Ain’t Over” – The Black Keys
- “Heavy Heart” – Bartees Strange
- “Ride On” – The Nude Party
- “Tangled” – Ceramic Animal
- “Break the Bough” – Yola
- “Hello Take Me Anywhere” – Night Shop
- “Out Loud” – Remember Sports
- “Hospital” – Madison Cunningham
- “Heat Above” – Greta Van Fleet
- “So Sleepy” – Fiona Apple, feat. Jon Brion and The Punch Brothers
- “Night Moves” – Lissie
