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 …
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 …
Professor Sandman’s Cosmic Jukebox of Harmonic Consciousness: SELF-COMPASSION with Dr. Kristen Neff
3.21.24 No song tonight. I can’t pick one. Where I’m at, where I know other people I care about are at, this is needed much more. If you’re reading this, I hope you take the time to watch and listen to the video before. It’s the kind of thing that can change your life. It …
Professor Sandman’s Cosmic Jukebox of Harmonic Consciousness: THE WORLD’S GREEN LAUGHTER by The B-52’s
3.20.24 Yesterday was the first day of Spring, and I just got home from a class I’m taking about the intersection of gardening and literacy. I’m also ignoring that there are snow squalls passing through as I write this. I’m ready for the verdant splendor of growing grass, flowers in bloom, and tree branches heavy …
Professor Sandman’s Cosmic Jukebox of Harmonic Consciousness: SCREEN DOOR by Uncle Tupelo
3.19.24 Down here, where we're at Everyone is equally poor Down here, we don't care We don't care what happens outside the screen door When No Depression — the 1990 debut album from Uncle Tupelo — was released, no one could have known just how big a splash the album and band would make. It …