Did the Third Man Records tour today and pulled the fortunate Ben Blackwell tour guide lottery ticket. Was lovely.
I’m sure I’ve read this before, but The Oral History of Prince’s Super Bowl XLI Halftime Show. Some real nuggets in there!
Olivia Rodrigo with the girls tonight. Can’t say I’ve been to a concert with that volume of crowd singing before. Pretty fantastic!
I probably should make watching Prince’s Super Bowl halftime show an annual event. Chills every time.
Adam Wood’s (@adam) 2023 album list is out! That means I have plenty to listen to in 2024. Yay!
Steve Wilson has ChatGPT write a Christmas song in the style of Steven Wilson. December Skies.
My Apple Music Replay is completely fictional. When Tina Turner died I probably listened to 10 songs. She’s my 2nd artist on Replay at 1,989 minutes. Ike & Tina add another 1,020 minutes. What the heck?!
Last night I saw Brit Floyd for the second time this year. In a smaller city, closer to where we live, so felt good supporting acts coming to that venue. And they are still great! Oh, and was able to bring two of my children. 😊
Where do you pick up audiobooks? I don’t listen at a fast enough pace for Audible, but I’m running out of reasonable options at the library (Libby). Either the wait is months or the books are 18 hours, which I can’t finish before they’re due.
Drake marching band. (A football game has broken out around their show, apparently.)
I was today years old when I learned that Minnie Riperton is Maya Rudolph’s mother: music.apple.com/us/album/…
The Ticketmaster four ticket limit is really a bummer for a family of five.
Janelle Monáe was very good. Glad to have seen her live.
Basically every radio station is playing Fast Car and We Didn’t Start the Fire. Welcome to 2023!
I love going to concerts. There’s one I want to see tonight. I have tickets to Janelle Monáe next Monday. I don’t love the 150 minutes of driving required and the sleep deprivation. I’m not planning to go tonight and I am weirdly unexcited for Monáe. This seems like it might be a key self discovery.
Wishing Steven Wilson had a mailing list in addition to an RSS news feed. (Unless I’m missing it?) I miss the short window on his deluxe edition preorders every time.
Yes, throwing it back.
TIL: Chad Smith (Red Hot Chili Peppers) played drums on Dua Lipa’s Break My Heart.
Hey, y’all, I got my first Apple Music Discovery Station recommendation!
New Wong, y’all! Cory Wong - The Lucky One.
I just ran into Zara Larsson for the first time. My goodness, what pop music! Zara Larsson, Tove Lo, Robyn, and so on. The Swedes just don’t stop on the pop front, my goodness!
A smokey night at Brit Floyd.
I wrote a blog about City Pop. Perhaps you’re curious?
Achy Breaky Heart reached a higher peak on the Billboard pop charts than Smells Like Teen Spirit.
Let the fast and furious marching band season begin!