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 …
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Professor Sandman’s Cosmic Jukebox of Harmonic Consciousness: HOLD ON HOPE by Guided By Voices
3.18.24 Every street is dark And folding out mysteriously Well, that's the chance we take to be Always working Reaching out For a hand that we can't see This is a big one. I’ve been putting the words together in my brain for a few days now. In some ways, this piece has been under …
Professor Sandman’s Cosmic Jukebox of Harmonic Consciousness: I AM A ROCK by Me First and the Gimme Gimmes
3.17.24 One of the most important aspects of music that I don’t focus on enough here (because I am a writer and like to imagine that I have IMPORTANT THINGS to say) is that music should be fun. If just farting around isn’t part of one’s musical diet, one gets navel gazey and self-serious. And …
Professor Sandman’s Cosmic Jukebox of Harmonic Consciousness: PRETTY PIMPIN’ by Kurt Vile
I woke up this morning Didn't recognize the man in the mirror Then I laughed, and I said, "Oh, silly me, that's just me" Then I proceeded To brush some stranger's teeth But they were my teeth And I was weightless Just quiverin' like some leaf Come in the window of a restroom I’m not …
Professor Sandman’s Cosmic Jukebox of Harmonic Consciousness: LIFE IS A HIGHWAY by Tom Cochrane
3.15.24 There's no load I can't hold A road so rough, this I know I'll be there when the light comes in Just tell 'em we're survivors It’s a little after 10 p.m., and I just got home from doing one of my favorite things: bringing one of my kids home. My youngest is home …