friday random elevenish: “budget drills” edition
Not a whole lot of note to report regarding the week; it just sort of was. Couple of things of note, however…
Woke up this morning to the encouraging headline that both houses of Congress have passed the omnibus spending bill six months into the fiscal year, so we won’t have to deal with continuing resolutions for the rest of the year, which has become a serious pain in my ass.
Ahead of MarsCon gigs next weekend, I tried out a few new tunes from last month at my buddy’s open mic at Art and Coffee last night, and while I was *very* rusty, the new material went over well, as I hoped it would, especially this one, which is honestly one of my favorites from this year’s FAWM exercise.
Honestly no idea what the weekend holds; weather looks sort of shit, but I’m still hoping for some outside time anyway; we’ll see. Mostly, I just want a little time not dedicated to program and budget management.
Tunes? Zappa makes a welcome return, a not-often-thought-of favorites at #6 and #11, and the usual mix of neat indie things I’ve not heard before, which is honestly what I’m usually looking for:
- “Minnesota Girls” – The Shackletons
- “Valley Girl” – Frank Zappa, Moon Zappa
- “My Cat’s Name Is Maceo” – Jane’s Addiction
- “Queen of the Underground” – Goat
- “Hurts to be Alive” – Whitmer Thomas
- “88 Lines about 44 Women” – Nails
- “Queen Sophie For President” – The World Is A Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid To Die
- “Sippie Cup” – Horsey
- “The Sea” – Sierra Ferrel
- “Fisherman’s Blues” – Dawes
- “It’s Love” – King’s X
- “Two Shots” – Wanda Jackson, Elle King, Joan Jett & The Blackhearts
- “Teenage Riot” – Sonic Youth
- “Better Now” – The Weather Station
- “Sunless Saturday” – Fishbone
