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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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