That thing they say about interesting times? These might be some. That said, I’ve blathered on enough about politics and Constitutional interpretation for this week; if something happens, it happens, but that’s not what this particular utterance into the void is going to be about.

Let’s get dull.

This week, on the micro/household scale has been pretty mundane, all told. Apart from holiday prescription delays creating minor impediments to my antidepressant dosage and my sleep schedule, it’s been downright boring. I’ve fallen back into the “working stiff” mindset, sitting my meetings, briefing them what gets briefed, and pushing my paper for eight hours or so, then not doing that. I got a little bit of outside time (not as much as I’d ideally like, given the things mentioned in the second sentence of this paragraph), started digging into a 1200 page high fantasy epic, did some taxi duty for the offspring, and honestly, not much else.

And, y’know? I’m okay with that.

I’ve got next to nothing on deck for the weekend, apart from supporting the whole “pack the kid back up to college” thing, and coming to terms with the fact that in non-pandemic times, I’d be rehearsing feverishly for many gigs at Marscon, the annual meeting of my musical family, which would normally happen next weekend in Williamsburg. I expect we’ll do some online stuff, but it’s not quite the same. Oh well.

So there we go, banality with a touch of maudlin. Feels appropriate.

Anyway, here’s the first random playlist of the new year; 80s alternative, some folky stuff, a little riot grrl, and the darkest song I’ve ever heard from a guy mostly known for writing music for the Muppets:

1. “Racer-X” – Big Black
2. “Chick Habit – April March” – Bound
3. “Motorway to Roswell” – Pixies
4. “Six Different Ways” – The Cure
5. “Hurts to Be Alive” – Whitmer Thomas
6. “Alone Again Or” – The Damned
7. “To Fall Is not to Fail” – Dear Nora
8. “Car Song” – Elastica
9. “Up All Night” – The Boomtown Rats
10. “People of the Sky” – Sloan
11. “The Mothman Song (Believe in the Power of the Mothman)” – The Paranormal Song Warrior
12. “Brand New Key” – The Dollyrots
13. “The Hell of It” – Paul Williams