2.9.24 Not a lot to say tonight. I just want to hold this space for anyone seeking gentleness at the end of a difficult week. It’s been a stretch of days filled with unmet expectations, illness, and sadness for so many people I know and care about. When I was little, this song from Glen …
Month: February 2024
Professor Sandman’s Cosmic Jukebox of Harmonic Consciousness: PEPPER by Butthole Surfers
2.8.24 The late, great Anthony Bourdain likened working in a restaurant to serving on a pirate ship. I can say that if this comparison isn’t entirely accurate, it’s pretty damn close. Butthole Surfers’ only Top 40 hit — Pepper, from the 1996 album Electric Larryland — was released in mid-April of that year, two days …
Professor Sandman’s Cosmic Jukebox of Harmonic Consciousness: BUBBLE TOES by Jack Johnson
2.7.24 It’s a special day. For the past 22 years, I’ve had the honor and privilege of being the father to my middle child. They’re one of the bravest, kindest, lovingest humans I know, and there isn’t a day that goes by that I don’t count myself lucky to be their dad. Tonight I’m coming …
Professor Sandman’s Cosmic Jukebox of Harmonic Consciousness (with Bonus Poem): THIS TOO SHALL PASS by OK Go
2.6.24 I’ve been stuck on a teacher thing the past couple days. I start to think I’ve moved past it, and then it turns out I haven’t. Nothing earth-shaking, but it’s buggin’ me, you know? I can’t let it go, but I need to. Otherwise, I’ll make a habit out of getting hung up on …
Professor Sandman’s Cosmic Jukebox of Harmonic Consciousness (with Bonus Poem): HAPPINESS WRITES WHITE by Harvey Danger & HAPPINESS WRITES WHITE by Edward Hirsch
2.5.24 I know jukeboxes don’t play poetry, but please allow me a bit of artistic license. “Happiness writes white” is a phrase written by Henry de Montherlant, a French novelist known for his egocentrism and tendencies toward autocracy. The words suggest that happiness is a blank space. There just aren’t ways to effectively describe it, …
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