Two songs by Pantha du Prince, a book by Carl Wilson, and an Italian you tube video.
Follow this link to a site where you can stream the whole album. But for the purpose of this post, just play track #1 “Lay in a Shimmer” and track #9 “Welt am Draht.”
I had never heard of [...]
I love magazines. I have a few current favorites. Over the years I have had many favorites. They change year to year–or sometimes even by month. I especially love when magazines arrive by mail. Buying them from a newsstand or grocery store just doesn’t feel as special. I have [...]
Here we go again. Thank you Rachel for kicking off the TGW best-of season with such a great mix. These here are not the songs that got played most, that framework is finished (with a five year old in the house, that would mean way too much Lady Gaga, Taylor Swift, and the [...]
“I think there are only three things America will be known for 2,000 years from now when they study this civilization: the Constitution, jazz music and baseball.”
Gerald Early
Am I really writing about sports? It feels strange, but I think I can do this.
My Dad loved baseball, so, well, thus, I loved baseball. I grew up [...]
Recently I was asked by a friend if I would like to go on a 900 mile trip in a sailboat from Scotland to Portugal. Without thinking, I said, hell yes. Everyone kept saying, wow, what an opportunity. You must go. This is a once in a lifetime. They were right. And so I went. [...]
Depending on how you define these things, I’ve made seven cross-country road trips in these 40 years of life.
The first two (my only round trip voyage) occured when I was about eleven or twelve. Family summer vacation: driving from Albuquerque to Maine and back again in a Ford Van with two parents and six kids. [...]
It’s official. The lists have begun. Oh, the joy! Let the carping begin: Amerie at #32? WTF!?!? Looking forward to August 31 and Sept. 28th!
Thanks to a recent birthday, I’ve acquired a few new books. I’m very excited about them. Has anyone out there read any of these and care to offer an opinion? It’s kind of an intimidating stack, but what a lovely way to get through the heat of August. Air conditioning and a [...]
Yes, that’s right. July 2nd. And I’m singing Happy Birthday. You’ll all recall that the Continental Congress actually declared independence on July 2nd here in Philadelphia (Bring it Philly!). John Adams wrote this in his journal:
“The Second Day of July 1776 will be the most memorable Epocha, in the History of [...]
Although the calender-makers may quibble, summer feels like it has arrived. And so the time has come for this: the third and final installment of our Thursday playlist project. It’s been fun crafting our most-played songs into a few themed mixes. Today’s installment is the best of them. And [...]
