Friday Afternoon Time Travel It's interesting how music can transport us to certain places and events along the timelines of our lives. Long ago, before streaming and digital downloads, FM radio was the standard. There was a local DJ who played Jimi Hendrix's "Hey Joe" every Friday during the after work drive time. I heard... Continue Reading →
Poems & Poets: The Mix Tape
April is poetry month I figured it would be fun to kick of National Poetry Month with a Poems & Poets Mix Tape https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5Am4snY3fmaqt2KaAphP1s?si=714f-TheRg-vB42bT9GzNg
Some Scribbles Concerning “Us and Them”
Power, Pronouns, and Persuasion It’s a cool afternoon out here in East Tennessee, and I find myself enjoying a shot in the dark and listening to The Dark Side of the Moon. Pink Floyd’s “Us and Them” is a sincere and understated piece concerning war. One of the aspects of the song that always resonates... Continue Reading →
Relationships Gone Wrong: The Mix Tape
Happily Ever After? Valentine's Day, that day of romance and relatiosnhips has past. Here is a collection of relationship songs with a not so happily ever after. https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2OKvL2iretD0tBV5Mzt9YB?si=S4U6MZX5TMy5bnS-aFkhYw
The Imporatnce of the Mix Tape
As we grow older we may become a little sentimental, nostalgic, and/or out of touch. But there is a certain age when we realize that the more things change the more they remain the same. An example of this is the Mix Tape aka the Playlist. The playlist/mix tape, whether digital or analog, is an... Continue Reading →
The Point of “Pointless Drinking”
The Wisdom of a Solitary Drinker What is LaVere’s eternal barfly, that drinker at the end of the bar dispensing a bit of 80 proof wisdom, trying to tell us? Is “Pointless Drinking” meant to be some sort of cautionary tale? Is it a plea to abstain or is there some other message? The song... Continue Reading →
Reels, Records, & Reads 