Professor Sandman’s Cosmic Jukebox of Harmonic Consciousness: MATH PROF ROCK STAR by Jim’s Big Ego

3.26.24I’ve gone through five different songs so far tonight, and nothing’s clicked. My brain doesn’t want to string words together in a meaningful way. Being in the middle of a four-day block of standardized testing will do that to a teacher. So here’s a silly song about a math professor who’s also a total heartthrob. …

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Professor Sandman’s Cosmic Jukebox of Harmonic Consciousness: DRIVE by The Cars

Who’s gonna pay attention to your dreams? Who’s gonna plug their ears when you scream? I hate mile marker 30 on Interstate 89 South. The long, slender, green sign pretty close to right at the exit to Randolph, VT. It marks the last half hour or so of Vermont driving on I-89. And just over …

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Professor Sandman’s Cosmic Jukebox of Harmonic Consciousness: NORTHERN LIGHTS by Death Cab for Cutie

3.24.24 Northern lights filled our skies Empty nights synchronized Yesterday an early-spring snowstorm socked in much of Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine. Tonight and tomorrow night, a different kind of storm will give us something different to talk about, at least if you’re able to stay up late enough. There’s a geomagnetic storm doing whatever …

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Professor Sandman’s Cosmic Jukebox of Harmonic Consciousness: BLUE SKIES by The Choir

3.23.24 I've got a cause I should surely defend I hope you will agree I've got a tire I would love to suspend I'm searching for a tree And I'm running down the street But I haven't found my feet It’s been a long day, canopied by a heavy gray sky that dumped an early-spring …

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Professor Sandman’s Cosmic Jukebox of Harmonic Consciousness: MISSED THE BOAT by Modest Mouse

3.22.24 Everyone's unhappy, everyone's ashamed Well, we all just got caught looking at somebody else's page Well, nothing ever went quite exactly as we planned Our ideas held no water, but we used them like a dam When it comes to lyrical content, Missed the Boat is one of the tops for me. A track …

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