My friend Carrie & I once had a discussion about which Jason Isbell song we could write a book (or maybe it was a short story) about. I think she chose “Outfit” or maybe it…
Posts tagged In love with that song
Let’s Talk About How Revolutionary ‘I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man’ Is
It’s 10 o’clock on a Saturday morning. The sun is shining and I’ve had my coffee. Prince has been dead for two days now and I’m sitting here listening to “I Could Never Take the…
16 Reasons I listened to The Decemberists’ ‘Philomena’ 16 times today
Some days certain songs seem to really hit the spot, like in a physical way. The song seems to settle into the space where your ear attaches to the side of your head and just…
14 Reasons I Fell in Love with Jeremy Messersmith’s ‘It’s Only Dancing’
Today has been the Mondayist, Januaryist, Winter-Malaisest day of all days. Everyone in Minnesota is cranky. All the bullshit minor annoyances of daily life feel 821 times worse than usual because the temperature is Minus…
An Appreciation of ‘Things’
Here’s the thing. I’ve discovered now that I have a crapton of paying work to do (yay!), I really, really have to come up with some sort of way to reconcile the guilt I have…
But Mr. Mister really was on the radio
The time to come clean has arrived. What I’m about to tell you will shock and perhaps appall you. Some of you will ridicule me mercilessly for this weakness. Others of you will promptly dismiss…
The only thing you need to know about today, my heart’s like a kick drum
Today I discovered Kick Drum Heart by The Avett Brothers. I discovered the song today after buying their album I And Love And You. It’s one of those things I do every New Year, vow…