Jan. 11, 2024 Summer is on my mind tonight. And with it, summertime music. The drive home this evening was filled with snow and slippery roads. A big, windy storm (the second in less than a week) is coming Saturday, and there are two big snowstorms possible next week. So I’m thinking of summer. On …
Month: January 2024
Professor Sandman’s Cosmic Jukebox of Harmonic Consciousness: BREAK IT DOWN AGAIN by Tears for Fears
Jan. 10, 2024 Picture it: the summer of 1993. But don’t picture the beach or an open highway or any of those other summer cliches. Instead, picture a guy on the precipice of leaving the family farm he grew up on for the past 19 years and worked on for the past seven. He’s driving …
Professor Sandman’s Cosmic Jukebox of Harmonic Consciousness: LOVE AND MERCY by Brian Wilson
Jan. 9, 2024 It’s a tough time of year. Winter and I don’t get along well for a lot of different reasons. Some trivial, some not. Right now I have a cold (again!), I’m wiped out, and if I don’t work at preventing it, I feel like I’m trapped. Trapped in a cold, white box, …
Professor Sandman’s Cosmic Jukebox of Harmonic Consciousness: YOU’VE GOT A FRIEND IN ME by Randy Newman
Jan. 8, 2024 I turned 49 a few days ago. I’ve been told several times recently that this doesn’t make me old. Which is a relief because I’m not that wise yet, either. There’s still time. But even lacking a high degree of wisdom, there are some things I’m beginning to understand. One of them …
Professor Sandman’s Cosmic Jukebox of Harmonic Consciousness: IF THE BRAKEMAN TURNS MY WAY by Bright Eyes
Jan. 7, 2024 I’ve had this song in my head all day. Not stuck in my head, though. “Stuck” implies wanting it to get out, and as far as I’m concerned, this song from Bright Eyes’ 2007 album, Cassadega, can stick around as long as it wants. Anxiety has unfortunately been a constant companion to …
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