Early mornings, made by warnings
Sum 41 - "Heart Attack"
What's the point of the alarm that I'm ignoring?
It's even raining, I'm not complaining
But waking up is hard to do
So, turn my head, it's back to bed with no delay
Can't be bothered by the phone ten times today
Why get up? My morning doesn't even start 'til two
Forget reality, waking up is hard to do
Listen: https://chorus.fm/share/son...
I’ve discovered that The Ataris are perfect track workout music.
When the stars exploded billions of years ago, they formed everything that is this world. Everything we know is stardust. So don’t forget, you are stardust.
Before Sunrise (1995)
Things on my radar today: Spiritbox, new Spitalfield single, Nightly, Jason Isbell, and that Kelsea Ballerini deluxe. I'll check out the new Lady Gaga album too. First couple listens of Spiritbox and I'm super happy with it as a follow-up to one of my favorite albums of the past few years.
Sun was out today. Goddamn if this one still ain’t perfect: https://chorus.fm/share/alb...
I made an update to our search results page today. And with that update, I think I've tackled the majority of the "big" items I had on my list for the main website. It was also the 50th update I've made so far this year to the website.
That means next is tackling some things in the forum I've wanted to do for a while. I'm not sure what's going to be first, but I have a few ideas.
The weekend has gotten away from me and I still have a few things I need to do this evening, so I am not expecting to get to write a newsletter this week. However, I do want to plug this new Oversize album, Vital Signs, that came out on Friday. It's very shoegaze/grunge-y, but with a nice balance of melody and heavier moments. It gets a full throated recommendation. Listen: https://chorus.fm/share/alb...
I missed this Sunday (1994) release last year but it's so very much right in my wheelhouse. Listen: https://chorus.fm/share/alb...
I’m trying to spend my year thinking about how in ten years, that version of me, will be looking back on right now. Am I doing the things that make me happy? Am I living a life that I’ll be proud of? Am I being kind?
Finally got around to listening to this Patrick Stump interview/podcast and it’s got a bunch of stories I had never heard before. Really great stuff: https://overcast.fm/+ABKfnu...
It’s snowing… ❄️
I'm really loving this (kinda new) Heartwork album, 'Revisionist History,' this week. Listen: https://chorus.fm/share/alb...
I wrote a script a while back to calculate the number of words (and articles) I've written on this website. I use it at the end of the year to put the stats in my EOTY post. On February 1st, 2025 I decided to run it on my entire posting history. The results:
25,212 articles published
2,551,146 words written
That includes articles going all the way back to April 2002. You know, I do think it's a little poetic the first posts are about Midtown. (As cringe-inducing as re-reading them is.) Pretty sobering to think about writing over two million words though.
Favorite thing I heard today was the new Matt Nathanson album. Listen: https://chorus.fm/share/alb...
On a Set Your Goals kick today. ‘Mutiny’ holds up so well. Listen: https://chorus.fm/share/alb...