4.4.24I feel the pain of everyoneThen I feel nothing The song Feel the Pain — from Dinosaur Jr.’s 1994 album, Without a Sound — opens with the squeaky, dry pop of a cork releasing from a bottle. From there, the lyrics and music pour out like so much delicious wine. It’s a manic, three-chord hymn …
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Professor Sandman’s Cosmic Jukebox of Harmonic Consciousness: 3X5 by John Mayer
4.3.24You should have seen that sunriseWith your own eyesIt brought me back to life I am an absolute sucker for a good sunrise. And really, as far as sunrises go, good is the baseline, and they get better from there. The only bad sunrises are the ones I don’t see. And clouds aside, that’s on …
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Professor Sandman’s Cosmic Jukebox of Harmonic Consciousness: JUMPER by Third Eye Blind
4.2.24I wish you would step back from that ledge, my friend Trigger Warning: discussion of suicideIf you are struggling with suicidal thoughts, please call or text 988 or visit 988lifeline.org. I’m hurting tonight. Someone whose work I admire — a comic book writer/artist — committed suicide yesterday. It’s hit me so much harder than I …
Professor Sandman’s Cosmic Jukebox of Harmonic Consciousness: AMERICAN DREAM by Raye Zaragoza
4.1.24I took a sick day today. My first of the year. I hate missing time in the classroom with my students, and as of right now, my tummy still feels like garbage. So I don’t feel much like writing. But I just heard this amazing song on an episode of Resident Alien, a wonderful show …
Professor Sandman’s Cosmic Jukebox of Harmonic Consciousness: SYNCHRONICITY II by The Police
3.31.24Many miles awayThere's a shadow on the doorOf a cottage on the shoreOf a dark Scottish lake I had a song ready to go for tonight, but I’ve got something else I need to get out instead. I’m probably a bit too tired to even be tackling this, but here we go. Groundbreaking psychiatrist and …